Reel Recon
Welcome to Reel Recon, my film review blog, which features movie and book reviews, podcast episodes, and celebrity interviews from my 15+ years as a film critic.
Book Review: 'I, Robot: To Protect'
Given my lack of familiarity with Asimov’s series, I was a blank slate when I started reading Mickey Zucker Reichert’s novel I, ROBOT: TO PROTECT.
Q&A: Jim Rash and Nat Faxon Chat About 'The Way Way Back,' Adolescence, and Prep School
I sat down with Jim Rash and Nat Faxon for a roundtable interview, where we discussed why they chose Massachusetts for the setting of their film THE WAY WAY BACK, how the project developed, what influences from their own adolescence made it into the film, and why their time in prep school prepared them for show business.
Book Review: 'Death Warmed Over'
In author Kevin J. Anderson’s humorous novel DEATH WARMED OVER, private investigator Dan Chambeaux rises from his grave to continue business as usual.