Saturday, September 22, 2012
The Novelizer
The Novelizer: AN INTERVIEW WITH ALAN DEAN FOSTER ON THE ART OF ADAPTING SCI-FI MOVIES INTO BOOKS
Trouble with the Curve
Eastwood's character is named Gus, and he has a daughter, Mickey (Amy Adams), who's semi-estranged. Gus' choice. Gus' old friend (John Goodman) persuades Mickey to join her dad for a few days. She does, even though it puts at risk her hopes of becoming a partner in the law firm where she works. Justin Timberlake, a former player once recruited by Gus and now a scout for the Red Sox, shows up and is naturally attracted to Mickey.
Once all the pieces are in place, the movie follows a predictable path, but it's so well acted and written that I didn't care. I kind of like predictability, I guess, at least some of the time. I'm willing to overlook a lot of implausible stuff, too.
I made a prediction of my own before we went to the movie, and it was dead on the money. When we walked into the back of the theater and looked out over the crowd, it was like looking at a sea of Q-Tips. So now you know the movie's target audience. Whippersnappers, beware.
Friday, September 21, 2012
Bob Randisi Update
Speaking Volumes has dropped the price of the first book in all of Bob Randisi's adult western
ebooks from $9.99 to $2.99. This includes the Gunsmith series as by J. R. Roberts. Check 'em out.
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