Media Blow

Every now and then I read something, or watch something on a screen. I’ll put down somewhere between fifty to two-hundred fifty words on what I thought. I link to my reviews here.

Books
American Gods (Neil Gaiman)
A Confederacy of Dunces (John Kennedy Toole)
The Color of Magic (Terry Pratchett)
Franny and Zooey (J.D. Salinger)
Girl with a Pearl Earring (Tracy Chevalier)
God’s Secretaries: The Making of the King James Bible (Adam Nicolson)
Life of Pi (Yann Martel)
Little Brother (Cory Doctorow)
Mind Performance Hacks (Ron Hale-Evans)
The Myth of the Rational Voter (Bryan Caplan)
Nine Stories (J.D. Salinger)
Palm Sunday (Kurt Vonnegut)
The Space Merchants (C.M. Kornbluth, Frederick Pohl)
The Towers of the Sunset (L.E. Modesitt)
This Gun For Hire (Graham Greene)
A Very Long Engagement (Sebastien Japrisot)
World War Z (Max Brooks)

Movies

Body Heat (William Hurt, Kathleen Turner)
Breach (Ryan Philippe, Laura Linney, Chris Cooper)
Eastern Promises (Viggo Mortensen, Naomi Watts)
Gone Baby Gone (Casey Affleck, Morgan Freeman, Michelle Monaghan)
Good Night and Good Luck (James Strathairn, George Clooney)
Hairspray (John Travolta, James Marsden, Queen Latifah)
Half Nelson (Ryan Gosling)
A History of Violence (Viggo Mortensen, William Hurt)
I Am Legend (Will Smith)
Iron Man (Robert Downey, Jr, Jon Favreau)
Juno (Ellen Page, Jennifer Garner)
Michael Clayton (George Clooney, Tilda Swinton, Tom Wilkinson)
Shoot ‘Em Up (Clive Owen, Monica Bellucci, Paul Giamatti)
Superbad (Seth Rogen, Emma Stone)
There Will Be Blood (Daniel Day-Lewis, Paul Dano, Ciaran Hinds)

Music

Across The Universe (Various Artists)
An End Has A Start (The Editors)
Crash (Dave Matthews Band)
David Gray’s Greatest Hits (David Gray)
Graduation (Kanye West)
The Odd Couple (Gnarls Barkley)

Television

House of Cards
Knight Rider
The Wire

Graphic Novels

The Immortal Iron Fist, Vol 1
Iron Man: Director of S.H.I.E.L.D.
Planetary