Remembering Donald Westlake

The mystery genre is losing its old guard too quickly – the latest of which is Donald Westlake who died at age 75 on Dec. 31, 2008. Since September, three mystery masters have passed, each of whom brought something different and, yes, unique, to the genre and to readers. James Crumley, who died Sept. 17 at age 68, developed a huge cult following from discerning readers and admiration from his fellow authors. The opening paragraph of his 1978 The Last Good Kiss is considered to be one of the best beginnings of any novel. My blog on Crumley can be accessed here. Tony Hillerman, who died Oct. ...

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an interview with helen dewitt

Helen DeWitt is a novelist who lives in Berlin. Her first novel, The Last Samurai, was published in 2002 to not inconsiderable acclaim, though it suffered, in this country at least, from having the same title as a Tom Cruise movie and a big red Talk Miramax label across the spine. Recently she's released Your Name Here (her second novel, co-authored with Ilya Gridneff) as a PDF which is for sale on her website. Despite not having a print release, Your Name Here garnered a review in the London Review of Books by Jenny Turner; it's been excerpted in print in n + 1 and Oxford Poetry. Reading Your...

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Will Smith’s Box Office Streak Ends

After eight consecutive first place openings for Will Smith, his film Seven Pounds placed second behind Jim Carrey’s Yes Man at the weekend box office. The wacky comedy finished on top with an estimated $18.2 million and Big Willie Style’s only made $16 million. The mediocre offerings and severe winter storms contributed to an incredibly slow weekend, down 40% from last year. Ironically, that is about the same percentage of people who actually wanted to see more silliness from 46-year-old Jim Carrey. The high-concept Carrey comedy was expected to earn in the mid $20 millions, but was good ...

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Sadistic Metal Reviews 12-29-08

Lubricant - Nookleptia (1992) After the initial solidification of the the sound of death metal (1988-1990) a number of up-and-coming bands caused it to, like the dendritic expansion of a leafed branch, to explore every possible combination with past elements and stylistic possibility. Among the products of that tendency was Finland's Lubricant, who sound like a progressive death metal band hybridized with hardcore punk under the direction of a hard rock conductor. Like countrymen Sentenced produced on Amok, these bouncy songs use a melodic core to create two-part expansions, bouncing between ...

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Aamir Khan starrer Ghajini 3D game Review

Finally the buzz around the release of the latest Aamir Khan starrer Ghajini has just toned down. The film makers were all set to take Indian film mak

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MOVIE REVIEW: The Reader

Starring: Kate Winslet, Ralph Fiennes, David Kross Director: Stephen Daldry Release Date: December 10, 2008 (limited) Running Time: 124 mins MPAA Rat

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The Movie Picks of 2009

2009 is going to be upon us, and you know what that means... Yep, new movies throughout the year. Once again, Hollywood's going to be slamming us wit

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Box Office: 'Marley & Me' easily passes $100M

Weekend of January 2 – 4, 2009 “Marley & Me” topped the North American box office for the second consecutive weekend with $24 million in ticket

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BlackBerry company has released a series of mobile phone such as BlackBerry pearl, BlackBerry Bold, BlackBerry Curve. The Blackberry Storm is among th

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6 New Web Technologies of 2008 You Need to Use Now

Every year, we see scores of innovations trickle onto the web — everything from new browser features to cool web apps to entire programming language

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