Elevation, a novel[la] Copyright © 2018 by Stephen King Illustrations © Mark Edward Geyer Scribner Readers will be irresistibly reminded of Thinner, a 1984 novel by Richard Bachman, in which the central character begins mysteriously losing weight. Bachman, of course, was the nom de slumming of Stephen King, and Thinner was a not-bad effort, one …
Mr. Mercedes (Season 2) Audience, AT&T, Produced by: David E. Kelley Productions, Nomadicfilm, Temple Hill Productions, Sonar Entertainment Starring: Brendan Gleeson as Detective Bill Hodges Harry Treadaway as Brady Hartsfield Jharrel Jerome as Jerome Robinson Scott Lawrence as Detective Peter Dixon Breeda Wool as Lou Linklatter Justine Lupe as Holly Gibney Holland Taylor as Ida …
Democracy in Chains: The Deep History of the Radical Right’s Stealth Plan for America Nancy MacLean Copyright 2107, Penguin Books. The libertarian biographer Charles K. Rowley once said of James McGill Buchanan that he was “perhaps the most hated and feared enemy of left-leaning economists throughout the world.” Not just economists. Buchanan is considered the …
Death Note 2017 Netflix Director: Adam Wingard Writers: Charley Parlapanides & Vlas Parlapanides Nat Wolff … Light Turner Lakeith Stanfield … L Margaret Qualley … Mia Sutton Shea Whigham … James Turner Willem Dafoe … Ryuk (voice) Jason Liles … Ryuk Paul Nakauchi … Watari Death Note is, as Tom Waits might say, “big in …
Apostle Director: Gareth Evans Writer: Gareth Evans Dan Stevens … Thomas Richardson Richard Elfyn … Charles Paul Higgins … Frank Bill Milner … Jeremy Catrin Aaron … Elaine Kristine Froseth … Ffion Mark Lewis Jones … Quinn Lucy Boynton … Andrea Michael Sheen … Prophet Malcolm Apostle has a few problems. Continuity, while it doesn’t …
Written and directed by Richard Eyre, based on the Shakespeare play. Amazon Prime, Playground Entertainment and a collaboration between Amazon Studios and the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) Jim Broadbent … Earl of Gloucester Jim Carter … Earl of Kent Tobias Menzies … Duke of Cornwall Emily Watson … Regan John Macmillan … Edmund Florence Pugh …
The Dragon Prince Netflix 2018 Created by Aaron Ehasz and Justin Richmond Produced by: Bardel Entertainment (co-produced by) MadisonWellsMedia in association with Netflix & Wonderstorm Series Directed by Villads Spangsberg Series Writing Credits Aaron Ehasz (7 episodes) Voice actors: Jack De Sena – Callum; Paula Burrows – Rayla; Sasha Rojen – Ezran; Jason Simpson – …
Elfin Lied Ger., “Elves’ Song” Based (loosely) on the manga by Lynn Okamoto 13-episode anime by Mamoru Kanbe Production Companies: Genco and VAP (2004) and ARMS This is the anime that Adult Swim shied away from. While they’ve aired other shows with TV-MA ratings, such as The Boondocks, (detrimentally, since half the jokes were bleeped …
Paradise PD Netflix 2018 Animated R-rated Created by Waco O’Guin and Roger Black Voiced by Sarah Chalke, David Herman, Tom Kenny, Kyle Kinane and Cedric Yarbrough At first glance, Paradise PD seems simple-minded and raunchy. And make no mistake; it is simple-minded and very raunchy. The characters are familiar tropes, ones you may have encountered …
I Am A Killer Netflix, 2018, 10 50 minute episodes. Produced in collaboration with A+E Networks U.K. and Sky Vision Productions Produced by Tom Adams and Kathy Hale James “Chicken Head” Robinson killed Frank Hart. There is no dispute about that. He told the authorities that he did it deliberately, and with forethought, because he …