Thursday, March 24, 2011

Justified - "Save My Love"

My review of "Save My Love," the latest episode of Justified, is up at apinetingler.

Check that shit out HERE.

Yeah, Natalie Zea is kinda hot, I guess.

*Reaches for paper bag to hyperventilate into*

*Passes out*

Tuesday, March 22, 2011

Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter by Tom Franklin

My review of Tom Franklin's Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter is up at spinetingler.

Check it out HERE.

Gotta check out his old shit now, really jazzed about this one.

Again, don't be frightened that this shit isn't insanely dark, dear reader, because you'll dig it all the same, guaranteed.

Thursday, March 17, 2011

Justifed - "Blaze of Glory"

My review of "Blaze of Glory," the latest episode of Justified, is up at spinetingler.

Check that shit out HERE.

This episode featured some nice work by veteran character actor Scott Wilson, who you might remember as the near-silent dad in Junebug or Dick, Perry's (Robert Blake) partner in In Cold Blood.

Yeah, dude's kind of a legend.

Monday, March 14, 2011

Smokeheads by Doug Johnstone

My review of Doug Johnstone's Smokeheads is up at spinetingler.

Check that shit out HERE.

Whisky, cocaine, murder - what else do you fucking want in a book, dear reader?

Saturday, March 12, 2011

I Saw The Devil by Kim Ji-woon

My review of the new Korean revenge thriller I Saw The Devil from director Kim Ji-woon is up at spinetingler.

Check that shit out HERE.

One film I neglected to mention in this review is Chaser, a little seen and ridiculously kick-ass Korean crime film that came out on DVD last fall.

Check that review out too.

Friday, March 11, 2011

Kung Fu Factory

Kung Fu Factory, a special issue of Crime Factory featuring, you know, fucking kung fu and shit, is out and you better believe the Nerd sneaked a Crime Sleeper Double Feature into that motherfucker.

On pages 135-139 you can find my article on Syndney Pollack's The Yakuza and Sam Peckinpah's Killer Elite in the PDF file found HERE.

Also in there is some great shit by Christa Faust, Duane Swierczynski, Anthony Neil Smith, Frank Bill and tons more ridiculously talented folks. Check that shit out toot-fucking-sweet!

Thursday, March 10, 2011

Justified - "Cottonmouth"

My review of "Cottonmouth," the latest episode of Justified, is up at spinetingler.

Check that shit out HERE.

I almost put up a picture of Margo Martindale as Hilary Swank's despicable welfare-collecting redneck mom in Million Dollar Baby ("Dey all laaafff atch yoooo!") but instead kept it Justified related.

Wednesday, March 9, 2011

Carlos by Olivier Assayas

I review the three-part French television mini-series Carlos from director Olivier Assayas over at spinetingler.

Check that shit out HERE.

You can find all three episodes over at netflix instant watch.

The Red Riding Trilogy I mention in the review is also on instant watch. Hit up "Red Riding" in the labels to find my review of that similarly badass miniseries.

Tuesday, March 8, 2011

One True Sentence by Craig McDonald

My review of Craig McDonald's One True Sentence is up at spinetingler.

Look it over HERE.

Or read it very carefully.

I can't control your reading approach to online magazine books reviews - nor would I want to.

Wednesday, March 2, 2011

Justified - "For Blood or Money"

My review of "For Blood or Money," the latest episode of Justified, is up at spinetingler.

Check that shit out HERE.

This episode was directed by the great unsung director John Dahl, a guy who I did an article on a couple years back. Hit his name up in the labels section of this post if you wanna read it and pretend you truly give a shit.