This week, Expedictionary’s Quote of the Fortnight returns, this time with a quote from Robert Graves’ classic I, Claudius. The book, a fictionalized autobiography of Emperor Claudius’ life and the story of […]
This week in the Nassau Weekly, I reflect on the latest Bourne film, and Hollywood blockbuster screenwriting in general. Check out the article in the hyperlink above.
Let’s talk about The Force Awakens. There’s a lot to talk about, and there are major spoilers ahead, so there’s your warning. So let’s talk about a film with […]
This week in “Street,” I wrote a personal essay about my experience visiting the Eastern Sierra this summer. It’s a profile of the road, the land and the danger embedded […]
As part of my seemingly never-ending quest to read every book Michael Crichton has ever written (just 3 to go!), I reserved Crichton’s Electronic Life: How to Think about Computers from […]
This week’s quote comes from John Le Carre’s classic cold war novel Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy. The novel concerns the experience of master spy George Smiley attempting to discover a Soviet mole […]
This week’s Quote of the Fortnight is Halloween-themed, from Ray Bradbury’s novel Something Wicked This Way Comes, an atmospheric book about a dark carnival which comes to Green Town, Illinois […]
Last Friday saw the release of Guardians of the Galaxy, a self-aware sci-fi romp based on an obscure comic book. The film was the latest addition to Marvel Studios’ shared […]
Every summer, the usual onslaught of new John Grisham, Nora Roberts, Clive Cussler and James Patterson novels try to climb the rungs of the bestseller lists selling the most thrilling […]
July 14th is Bastille Day, the equivalent of Independence Day in the United States. French films are known for their cinematic quality – as well as their strangeness to American […]
