Alejandro Jodorowsky's surrealist movies "El Topo" and "The Holy Mountain" had made him well known in the 1970s. This movie details his ultimately failed attempt to film Frank Herbert's "Dune."
read more'The F Word' - Review
"The F Word" aka "What If" stars Daniel Radcliffe and Zoe Kazan in a better-than-average rom com.
read more'Six Records of a Floating Life' - Book Review
An autobiography of a Chinese gentleman who lived around the beginning of the 19th century.
read moreReview of Sean Russell's 'Moontide and Magic Rise' series
Sean Russell wrote one of the greatest fantasy novel series ever. This is a review of a different pair of books, World Without End and Sea Without a Shore.
read more'Magnificent Butcher' - Movie Review
A review of a well regarded 1979 Hong Kong martial arts movie starring Sammo Hung.
read more'The Road Warrior' vs. 'Fury Road'
My reactions to watching the seminal "The Road Warrior" after watching the very successful sequel "Mad Max: Fury Road."
read more'The Avengers: Age of Ultron' - Movie Review
Marvel's "The Avengers: Age of Ultron" is another reasonably successful superhero movie in their long string of successes.
read more'The Belgariad,' Parts one and two - Book Review
David Eddings' slightly wordy and derivative but still fun high fantasy series gets started.
read more'Kingsman: The Secret Service' - Movie Review
Entertaining but oversold, "Kingsman" is an enjoyable parody of the James Bond movies and their ilk.
read moreGould Goldberg 1954
Glenn Gould did well-known recordings of the Goldberg Variations in 1955 and 1981. In 1995, the CBC unearthed a 1954 recording, which I'd recommend you give a miss.
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