Jarvis Slacks
The Movies: The Forbidden Kingdom…
Jackie Chan. Jet Li. I’m pretty sure we don’t need much more than that.
Comics: Secret Invasion…
If you don’t read comics, then you have no idea this is going on. But there is a war happening. A Secret Invasion. And, man, is it awesome. The Secret Invasion is about the shape-shifting Skrulls. Apparently, they have taken over some key members of the super-hero community. The question is, who? Who is a … Read more
The Games: Grand Theft Auto IV…
GTA 4 is coming up very quickly, and the hordes upon hordes of fanboys are clamoring for it. Except me, however. I’m feeling pressured about it, like the one kid in class that doesn’t want to smoke pot, with all these people trying to get me to smoke said pot. So I’m just going to … Read more
Funny cause its true…
I’m doing this new thing where I laugh at stuff. It’s strange. Here is this You-tube show called Roommating. Enjoy.
Comics: Planet Hulk
The Hulk is the type of character that shines when you remove him from the situation once in awhile. Planet Hulk is a prime example of this. The heroes shoot him into outer space. He lands on a planet and is forced to be a slave, to be a gladiator, to be a warrior and, … Read more
The Movies: The Happening
So, yeah, M. Night Shyamalan pretty much makes me disgusted. It’s not his movies, not really. It is the reaction his movies get from the people who watch them. I mean, I can’t count on my fingers and toes how many twist endings I’ve gotten from students. They believe this to be good writing, and … Read more
Nightlife: Girls Gone Lame…
Here is one of my older columns. You can see them fresh at www.starnewsonline.com or in the Thursday issue of Currents. I was hugging the walls of Olive or Twist and all around me were men. Hungry men. Curious men. They had gathered. The call had been sent out. They saw it on the news … Read more
The Reads: World War Z by Max Brooks
Writing a book like World War Z is very, very risky. It could have turned out horrible. The premise, a zombie outbreak, is very rooted in the horror genre, something I’ve always told my students to be afraid of. I’ve never told them they can’t write something. But, I do tell them that something is … Read more
The Dangerous Easter…
I’m not a very religious person. Not really. I like to think that I’m extremely self-involved, and that my spirit is mine to do with what I want. But I do understand religious people. Religion makes a day go by a little better, can make the hard times go by a bit easier. But, I … Read more
Comics: Pride of Baghdad
I love a good graphic novel. And I’d heard great things about Pride of Baghdad. I mean, how could you not want to read it? Lions escape the Baghdad Zoo during the American military assault of Baghdad. It’s just good reading. What I think writer Brian K. Vaughan and artist Niko Henrichon do best in … Read more
