Now that the Menendez Brothers have been thrusted into the spotlight once again with the show Monsters on Netflix, there’s a brief mention of this book. And anyone who is a true-crime buff will like to read or more importantly listen to the audiobook. But anyone else will junk it as garbage. I admit, LyleContinue reading “‘Private Diary Of Lyle Menendez’ The Mind Of A Sociopath Or A Manchild?”
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‘Dragon Teeth’ Has Some Bite, Yet The Story Feels Undercooked
When Michael Crichton passed away in 2008, he left behind several novels, some unfinished, but some of them weren’t published during his lifetime for a reason. Crichton still needed and wanted to fix them up some more. Stephen King has talked about how he lets a manuscript’s first draft “marinate.” He’ll forget about it forContinue reading “‘Dragon Teeth’ Has Some Bite, Yet The Story Feels Undercooked”
‘Memoirs And Misinformation’ Is A Muddled Mess
In his memoir Gasping for Airtime, actor/comic Jay Mohr talked about the cultural divide between the writers and performers on Saturday Night Live during his tenure in the early to mid-1990s. It was obvious he observed so many of the people were trying to be more smart and sophisticated than they actually were. And readingContinue reading “‘Memoirs And Misinformation’ Is A Muddled Mess”
‘A Little Darker’ Is A Good, Not Great Collection Of Stephen King’s Latest
Collections and anthologies are always hard sells for me. I know good any well, there’s going to be parts that I don’t care about. Some stories don’t thrill or excite as much as the others. It might have seem like a good read in a magazine while you’re sitting on the bathroom throne or drinkingContinue reading “‘A Little Darker’ Is A Good, Not Great Collection Of Stephen King’s Latest”
Original ‘Hellraiser’ Still Has Such Sights To Show You
Note: This is a post that focuses on horrors/thrillers made with a connection to the LGBTQIA community. “I have seen the future of horror and his name is Clive Barker.” Stephen King quoted this praising Barker’s Book of Blood. This is funny because there really is only five years separating the two famous writers butContinue reading “Original ‘Hellraiser’ Still Has Such Sights To Show You”
‘Daisy Jones And The Six’ Has A Tune That’s Been Played Before
What is about musical bands that makes them all have the same highs and lows? Musicians who saw This is Spinal Tap 40 years ago actually believed it was true because a lot of the events had happened to them or those they had played with. Fame, money and power does crazy things to peopleContinue reading “‘Daisy Jones And The Six’ Has A Tune That’s Been Played Before”
‘The Woman In Me’ Is Britney’s Reclamation Of Her Life
I never understood why so many people hated Britney Spears. It’s been about 25 years since I first saw her in her first hit “Baby One More Time.” She seemed like a sweet, talented young woman. But it didn’t take long for so many people to despise her. I’m not saying, they just didn’t likeContinue reading “‘The Woman In Me’ Is Britney’s Reclamation Of Her Life”
‘The Stand’ Doesn’t Deliver As Well 30 Years Later
The Stand may be Stephen King’s best novel according to all of his fans and critics. The novel was published so early in his career as a published novelist that such a massive book could’ve very easily ended his career if it wasn’t so well-received. Set mostly in an apocalyptic world where a superflu calledContinue reading “‘The Stand’ Doesn’t Deliver As Well 30 Years Later”
‘I’m Glad My Mom Died’ Examines The Ugly Side Of Being A Child Actor
In the aftermath of the docuseries Quiet on Set, the autobiography I’m Glad My Mom Died is more relevant now than when it was published nearly two years ago. Jeanette McCurdy, who appeared in the Nickelodeon series iCarly and its spin-off, Sam & Cat, has been one of the many former child actors who hasContinue reading “‘I’m Glad My Mom Died’ Examines The Ugly Side Of Being A Child Actor”
True-Crime Sleuths Scrutinized In ‘They Called Him Mostly Harmless’
In the past 10-15 years, true-crime has become so popular with podcast, most notably Serial, that even a popular comedy series Only Murders in the Building works both as a criticism of the fans as well as a clever appreciation. What is it that makes us search for clues and think we know more thanContinue reading “True-Crime Sleuths Scrutinized In ‘They Called Him Mostly Harmless’”
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