Posted in Book Reviews on Oct 28th, 2010 No Comments »
Author: Stephen King Category: Fiction – Fantasy Time is no longer what it used to be, the beams are failing and reality is shifting. These days in Mid-World (and Out-World as the story advances) are shifting and changing. When we come into this story, it is some time later after Roland’s ka-tet left the outskirts [...]
Posted in Book Reviews on Oct 21st, 2010 No Comments »
Author: Stephen King Category Fiction – Fantasy The book with the least exciting name and the least promising premise (a prequel to the story we have followed so far) turned out to be nothing like I expected and might very well be my favorite book in the series. This might be due to the fact [...]
Posted in Book Reviews on Oct 18th, 2010 No Comments »
Author: Stephen King Category: Fiction – Fantasy Roland Deschain–gunslinger from Gilead–has nearly collected the whole of his ka-tet. Eddie Dean and Odetta (now called Susannah) have fallen to his side and taken their place, emerging as eager gunslingers in training and in Mid-World, they begin their new lives, following their dinh (leader). And while they [...]
Posted in Book Reviews on Oct 15th, 2010 No Comments »
Author: Stephen King Category: Fiction/Fantasy Picking up moments from where The Gunslinger left off, The Drawing of the Three hits the ground running and never looks back. For the first time the magnitude of the epic reveals itself in the growing cast of formidable characters that soon populate this novel. Here is Roland, worn and [...]
Posted in Book Reviews on Oct 11th, 2010 No Comments »
I had mentioned that they were coming and finally, they are here, the reviews for all seven books of Stephen King’s Dark Tower series which I finished up this past weekend. For the sake of brevity, I will be releasing them one at a time, given that it is worth it to review the books [...]
Posted in Movie Reviews on Oct 4th, 2010 No Comments »
Director: Susan Koch/Jeff Werner Genre: Documentary Year: 2008 Admittedly, I am prone to give any film regarding football — as it is known to the world — a huge nod. Unfortunately there is not that many good films regarding the sport. That is not to say they do not exist, Bend it Like Beckham and [...]