Mark David Major's Blog, page 7
November 28, 2013
FILM REVIEW | Elysium | Matt Damon, Jodie Foster
FILM REVIEW | Elysium Starring Matt Damon, Jodie Foster and Sharlto Copley Written and Directed by Neill Blomkamp Neill Blomkamp’s debut film, District 9 (2009), was a critical and financial success. District 9′s undeniable success (cost-to-receipts) tended to overshadow the uneven storytelling in the film. The premise was high concept science fiction and brilliant (alien refugees […]
November 22, 2013
Next Big Book Thing | Mars Rising by Mark David Major
Mars Rising was the featured 6/26/13 Book of the Day on Next Big Book Thing: In our distant future, a tale of things past… Humanity is isolated in its corner of the universe. The Sovereignty is an oligarchy ruling the planets and outposts in our solar system. It has endured for 1,000 years. But the foundations […]
November 17, 2013
FILM REVIEW | Amadeus Director’s Cut | F. Murray Abraham, Tom Hulce, Jeffrey Jones
FILM REVIEW | Amadeus Director’s Cut Starring F. Murray Abraham, Tom Hulce, Jeffrey Jones, and Elizabeth Berridge Directed by Milos Forman, Written by Peter Shaffer based on his original stage play I have to admit it has been at least 20 years since I watched Amadeus (1984); awarded Best Picture at the 57th Annual Academy Awards as […]
November 15, 2013
10 Things You Didn’t Know About Mark David Major | Orangeberry
Excerpt from “10 Things You Didn’t Know About Mark David Major”, Orangeberry, May 22, 2013: “6. He converted to Roman Catholicism in 2010 after being raised as a Southern Baptist. Many of his writings draw upon religious imagery and symbolism to layer the material with a rich subtext.” Read the full article here: 10 Things You Didn’t […]
November 10, 2013
FILM REVIEW | The Wolverine | Hugh Jackman, Famke Janssen
FILM REVIEW | The Wolverine Starring Hugh Jackman, Famke Janssen, Tao Okamoto and Rila Fukushima Written by Mark Bomback and Scott Frank, Directed by James Mangold The Wolverine (2013) picks up the story of everyone’s favorite mutant after Logan aka the Wolverine (Hugh Jackman) killed Jean Grey in 2006′s X-Men: The Last Stand. Self-ostracized to the Alaskan wilds, […]
November 7, 2013
JeanzBookReadNReview | Author Interview | Mark David Major
Excerpt from Jeanz Book Read N Review Author Interview, December 9, 2011: “Did you always want to be a writer? If not, what did you want to be? I always wanted to be a writer but my career has been diverse because so many things fascinate me: architecture and urban planning, history and politics, academia and […]
November 5, 2013
FILM REVIEW | Insidious | Patrick Wilson, Rose Byrne, Barbara Hershey
FILM REVIEW | Insidious Starring Patrick Wilson, Rose Byrne, Barbara Hershey Written by Leigh Whannell and Directed by James Wan I didn’t had any interest in seeing Insidious (2010) until a friend claimed it was scarier than The Exorcist (1973). To paraphrase Willard Duncan Vandiver, “I come from a country (where) frothy eloquence neither convinces nor satisfies […]
October 31, 2013
FILM REVIEW | The Conjuring | Patrick Wilson, Vera Farmiga and Lili Taylor
FILM REVIEW | The Conjuring Starring Patrick Wilson, Vera Farmiga and Lili Taylor Written by Chad and Carey Hayes, Directed by James Wan The Conjuring (2013) was a surprise hit this summer for good reason. There isn’t any elaborate premise (watch a video, die in 5 days) like 2002′s The Ring, which packed one, gigantic […]
FILM REVIEW | Riddick | Vin Diesel and Katee Sackhoff
FILM REVIEW | Riddick Starring Vin Diesel and Katee Sackhoff Written and Directed by David Twohy Star/co-producer Vin Diesel and writer/director David Twohy have both said Riddick (2013) was an attempt to return the title character to his roots in the sleeper hit Pitch Black (2000) after the bloated excess of The Chronicles of Riddick (2004). […]
October 29, 2013
Readers Rave About Major’s Mars Rising
Front cover of Mars Rising by Mark David Major with Illustrations by Jonathan Atkins. JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA – Two years after its initial publication and several months after being re-issued with illustrations by artist Jonathan Atkins, native St. Louisian Mark David Major’s science fiction novel Mars Rising has begun garnering rave reviews from readers on Amazon […]
