INFERNO Dan Brown Random House $49.99 (hardback) Dan Brown’s latest esoteric thriller and fourth to feature Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon, is more thriller than esoteric.
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Optimus Prime’s having a very bad day
When he’s not got his camera trained on the lithesome body of a Megan Fox-lookalike or blowing stuff up, director Michael Bay is keeping Transformers fans on the hook with car porn pics. Bay released on his website photos of two new vehicles that have joined the cast of Transformers 4
Bluray review: Flight
FLIGHT (Paramount) Director: Robert Zemeckis Starring: Denzel Washington, Kelly Reilly, John Goodman, Bruce Greenwood, Melissa Leo It’s always nice to see Robert Zemeckis back in the director’s chair; the man was responsible for a pair of childhood favourites (Back To The Future, Who Framed Roger Rabbit) and one of the most underrated horror-thrillers in recent memory (What Lies Beneath). Even his mostly maligned films, the likes of Beowulf and Cast Away, are enjoyable.
Domhnall Gleeson, ‘Anna Karenina’ Star, On The Worst Thing For An Actor
Domhnall Gleeson has taken on a different role from his best know Harry Potter character (Bill Weasley), he is tackling Tolstoy’s Konstantin Levin. Domhnall Gleeson is having a bit of a moment. The erstwhile Bill Weasley in “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows” plays the big-hearted Konstantin Levin in “Anna Karenina,” Joe Wright’s […]
Madonna & Lady Gaga Elder Popstar Thanks Gaga For ‘Imitation’ at Atlantic City Show
Madonna took a moment out of her Saturday show in Atlantic City to send a message to Lady Gaga. The Material Girl told the crowd she wanted to dedicate her song, “Masterpiece,” to none other than Mother Monster. Madonna Dedicates Song to Lady GaGa Here’s Madonna’s benediction: “I’m going to dedicate this next song […]
Bolano’s ‘2666’: The Best Book of 2008
There could be nobody better suited to describe the hilarious, improbable triumph of Robert Bolao than Bolao himself, which is a shame because he’s dead.
Making Over Lagos: Turning One of the World’s Worst Cities into One of the Best
In his epic 1976 anthem “Go Slow,” Afrobeat legend Fela Kuti described the traffic in his hometown of Lagos, casting it as a metaphor for Nigeria’s spiritual standstill. “Then your head start to ache because car crush they for your head,” he sang
Architecture: Vancouver’s Dazzling Center
Arthur Erickson designs an airy, elegant masterpiece North Americans have built handsome cities and grown tired of them, as children grow tired of their presents after Christmas. Few architects are as aware of such urban waste as Canada's Arthur Erickson, 54, and few have done more to restore vitality to the inner city.
‘Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds’ dies
The childhood friend of John Lennon’s son who inspired the Beatles’ psychedelic masterpiece “Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds” has died aged 46 from the chronic disease Lupus. Lucy Vodden was a classmate of Julian Lennon, who came home from school one day carrying a drawing of his 4-year-old classmate.