Drive

There’s a lot to like about Drive: we have a hero, a villain, and a running time of about an hour and half.  That’s about as long as you really want to hang out with the people you meet in Drive-any longer and one of them will turn around and  kill you. The previews for Drive made it look like a film about a getaway driver, which is why some nutjob sued because there was not that much on the getaway driver front.  The opening scenes follow along as our hero drives a getaway car and does a pretty good…

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Dreams with Sharp Teeth

Harlan Ellison is odd fellow.  At age 72 when Dreams With Sharp Teeth was put together, he seems just this side of madness as he rants and raves about the world around him.  But then, he has always ranted and raved about the world around him. I have never been a huge fan of Harlan Ellison’s writing.  I can’t name even a single story of his that I can remember reading, though I must surely have stumbled across one or two over the years.  No, it’s more stories about Harlan Ellison than story by Harlan Ellison that spring to mind.…

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