cormac mccarthy

No Country for Old Men is a trifecta of cinematic genius that unites the writing of Cormac McCarthy (a Pulitzer Prize winner and writer of the 2005 novel from which the film was adapted), the acting of Javier Bardem (Oscar winner for best…

What Happens after the End of the World? What would happen if humanity ceased to exist? Well, assuming, of course, that earth itself has not been destroyed in this hypothetical apocalypse, the world would continue quite…

*Mild Spoilers Ahead* Once in a while, a premise to a movie is so ingenious that one just wants to stand-up and give the screenwriters an applause. Recently, there was It Follows where the monster can take any form and walks slowly…

Last week I was taken in. For once, they saw me coming. I was out and about, making my way into the city, attempting to bypass the news feed to get at some messages. And yet something caught my eye. A blog, which shall remain nameless, had…

A man I know often ponders the contradiction observed in a mutual friend, a writer. “Why does she write such sad books, and yet have such twinkly eyes?” he laments. The author in question certainly does write very serious fiction. It’s…

This week, Brendan O'Connor was an idiot, Cormac McCarthy was not dead, and lots of people did (or didn't) celebrate Heterosexual Pride Day. 44 people were also killed in a terrorist attack in Istanbul's Ataturk airport when 3 perpetrators…