http://jordanhoffman.com Sympathy For Lots-o-Huggin' Bear Thu, 19 Jan 2012 04:14:32 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I'm very slowly making my way through the massive 700+ page novels by Alastair Reynolds (three down, many to go) but I took a side trip with this short story/novella mainly because I like a challenge. It is very much out of print and available on Amazon for something like ... http://jordanhoffman.com/2012/01/18/alastair-reynolds-the-six-directions-of-space/ Quite possibly the most "meta" thing I've ever read - this may very well be the actual notebook Roth was keeping when he wrote "The Anatomy Lesson," without intending ever to publish it. At least that's what "Philip Roth" claims when his jealous wife finds the text, most of which ... http://jordanhoffman.com/2012/01/18/philip-roth-deception/ Oh my God the Vanguard series is so much fun. This is book 5 in the series and it has gone to very much unexpected places. I say with no joking around that if the character of T'Prynn had ever made it to one of the TV shows she'd ... http://jordanhoffman.com/2012/01/18/star-trek-vanguard-precipice/ I've been horrible. I haven't watched anything. It's because I went bananas with the screenings just before the new year, then went away for a week. I've seen two things this year, but that's about to change because I am heading to Sundance. I saw: Haywire (2012), Steven Soderbergh, A- (look ... http://jordanhoffman.com/2012/01/18/films-watched-11-118/ There've been some new, fun things that I've written for various outlets that you may want to check out. Firstly, my review of WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT KEVIN is over at About.com. It's a great movie, and not quite what you expect. I have a new column over at MTV's NEXT MOVIE ... http://jordanhoffman.com/2012/01/18/recent-links/ All-Star Western #4 - B+ DC Universe Online Legends #20 - D (I'm taking this off my pull list. Once the Sinestro arc ended I just haven't cared.) Green Lantern: New Guardians #4 - C+ (This one is in danger of getting dismissed, too) Captain America #5 - B Captain America #6 - A- Kick-Ass ... http://jordanhoffman.com/2012/01/05/comics-read-week-of-1228/ You'll forgive me if my reaction to Dee Rees' film Pariah is more emotional than critical. Ya see, it really hits me close. No, not because I'm an African-American or a lesbianor had parents who would not accept me, but because my coming of age coincided with the boom years ... http://jordanhoffman.com/2011/12/31/pariah-review/ The movie is Margaret, the six-years-on-the-shelf post-9/11 drama, and it is the type of thing you rarely see. It has a solid cast, a dramatic setting and a powerhouse opening. All the tracks are laid for a big emotional movie with recognizable beats and teary-eyes speechifying. But something kinda magical ... http://jordanhoffman.com/2011/12/31/margaret-review/ There's the famous quote from Shakespeare - “the first thing we do, let's kill all the lawyers.” It's from one of his plays that was never made into a movie, so I can't tell you which one. I can tell you, though, it was meant as a vision of utopia. ... http://jordanhoffman.com/2011/12/31/a-separation-review/ Tomas Alfredson's adaptation of John Le Carré's celebrated Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy flat-out fails in its efforts to grab ya in a breathless, page-turning spy thriller way. It achieves, however, something far more interesting – a striking look at what British intelligence really (okay, probably) was like in the early ... http://jordanhoffman.com/2011/12/31/tinker-tailor-soldier-spy-review/