Beyond Rangoon

There's something off about this film. It's like there are puzzle pieces that don't fit and aren't even from the same puzzle being shoved together without any effort to actually find some semblance of cohesion. It makes me wonder about the writing process of the film. The credited writers are Alex Lasker and Bill Rubenstein,…

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Where the Heart Is

Part of that weird 80s and 90s subgenre of rich people having to interact with the homeless, John Boorman's Where the Heart Is is actually one of the more successful efforts, in the lines of Mel Brooks' Life Stinks. It's more clear-eyed and realistic in its portrayal of the issue while having something to say…

Colonial Nightmare – Coming Soon! June 1!

I've gotten far enough in the rewrite process to say with confidence that Colonial Nightmare, my newest novel, will publish on June 1. I would like to thank Mark Andrew Edwards who, he probably doesn't remember, suggested the title to this book about 4 years ago. Below is the summary that will appear on Amazon:…

Hope and Glory

It's kind of funny how you can read the description of a film, think it sounds completely out of step for a filmmaker's work, and then actually watch it to discover that it ends up fitting perfectly. A slice of life tale of a small boy in the London suburbs during World War II felt…

Goodbye, Sony eReader, Daily Edition

I bought this eReader about 12 years ago, and it has served me well. I went nuts downloading every epub file I could get my hands on, and it has about 1700 books on it. Sure, I might have only read a couple hundred of them, but I had a library in my backpack wherever…