A Young Lion in Our Midst: Ron Currie, Jr. Talks to the Owl
Listen: When Ron Currie, Jr. awoke from troubled dreams one morning, he found that he had been transformed in his bed into an award-winning author. Sort of. Ron’s transformation actually…
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull Review
Despite my deep geek side wanting to, I resisted the temptation to go see Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull at the "12:01" screening. I decided that…
Speed Racer Movie Review
I went to a movie the other night. It had been a while since I had been to one because of all the good stuff life brings (job, bills, the…
Apocalypse Then: Armageddon In Retrospect, Reviewed
The main feature of Armageddon in Retrospect is a series of twelve previously unpublished pieces on the subjects of war and peace. In A Man Without a Country, Vonnegut talked…
Ask An Owl: College Choices
Mr. Owl, I've recently been accepted into the college of my choice, and I really want to write for a living, preferrably screenplays or novels, something with artistic substance, but…
What Happens in Vegas Probably Sucks
Rye Silverman reviews What Happens in Vegas without actually seeing the movie, because "So help me God, no power on this earth could make me do it!"
Movie Review: Iron Man
Iron Man is a character that I never in my history of comic book fandom cared about. When talk first started circulating about an Iron Man movie, my thought was…
Truly Mortifying: A Book Review Double Feature
Weird out your coffee table (and possibly your guests) with this collection of strange, sad, funny, or just plain messed-up deaths. Chapters include “Oops”, “It Seemed Like a Good Idea…
Review of Counting Crows’ “Saturday Nights and Sunday Mornings”
Remember Counting Crows? Lead singer was a white dude with dreadlocks? Had that song, “Mr. Jones.” It was all over MTV, back when MTV played videos? You kinda liked them…
You Don’t Know What Love Is
I love the White Stripes. This is a declaration that seems sort of silly in 2008. Why take the time to write about your love of a band that has…