Lights, Camera, Character: A Review of “Super 8″

It’s 1979. Four boys are busy making an amateur zombie film with their Super 8 camera and plenty of ambition. Joe, in charge of makeup and sound, struggles to reconnect with his father after his mother’s death and come to terms with the fact that she’s no longer in his life. But when the guerilla [...]

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The Original Storyteller

I’ve always said that good stories need good endings. But, good or bad, all stories come to one. We are living stories and one day each of us reaches the last chapter. This week my family was stunned to learn about the death of one of our closest friends, a woman most of us always called [...]

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Review: “The Cello Suites” by Eric Siblin

The short version: If you have even a passing interest in music, history, or good writing you should read this book. The long version: Some of the most recognizable music in the world comes from Johann Sebastian Bach. You’d be hard-pressed to find someone in our culture who couldn’t identify a few bars of his [...]

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Great Novel No. 4: “Moll Flanders”

The Fortunes And Misfortunes of The Famous Moll Flanders By Daniel Defoe *** The fourth entry in the 100 Great Novels list is, at least in my opinion, a significant improvement over the last one. I can’t help but make the comparison, which is fair since both were written by the same author. Defoe again [...]

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