Matthew D. Ryan's Blog, page 30
April 7, 2013
Tumblr Account Added
I’ve added a Tumblr account to my blog: drasmyr.tumblr.com. Feel free to follow me there as well. Filed under: Uncategorized
April 4, 2013
Movie Review: Olympus Has Fallen
“Olympus Has Fallen” is an action thriller featuring Secret Service Agents, the President of the United States (a fictitious one, of course, not Obama), and North Korean terrorists. It stars Gerard Butler as agent Mike Banning, Aaron Eckhart as President Benjamin Asher, and Morgan Freeman as Speaker Trumbull. Those are the only names I really [...]
April 1, 2013
Movie Review: The Croods
The latest animation to hit the big screen is “The Croods” starring Nicolas Cage as the voice of Grug and Emma Stone as the voice of his daughter, Eep. The Croods are a family of cave-people. There are actually six in the whole family, but the main characters are Grug, Eep, and a young man [...]
March 28, 2013
Book Review: Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland
I’ve been kind of in the mood to read classics lately, so I decided to review “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland” by Lewis Carroll for this here blog. I’ve never read it before. Yes, can you believe it? A westerner who hasn’t read “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland.” I didn’t know what to expect, really. A friend [...]
March 25, 2013
Reminder: Drasmyr Available In Print on Lulu.com
Yep, I did it; I took the plunge. My dark fantasy novel, Drasmyr, is now available as a hardcover book on Lulu.com for $24.99. It makes a great gift for yourself or others, particularly for those who want a physical copy of what previously was only available as an ebook. Get your copy today! Filed [...]
Movie Review: The Incredible Burt Wonderstone
“The Incredible Burt Wonderstone” is Hollywood’s latest magician movie. It’s been a while since we were wowed by “The Prestige” and “The Illusionist,” so apparently director Jay Roach wanted to get a new take on magicians. Unlike the aforementioned 2006 films, “The Incredible Burt Wonderstone” is intended as a comedy. To that end, it has [...]
March 21, 2013
Immortality
Another post on vampires? Actually, today, I’m taking a little detour. I’m not going to write about vampires so much as one of the defining characteristics of them: immortality. A vampire, whether it is Dracula, Lestat, or Lucian val Drasmyr, is generally considered immortal provided he or she is not slain by some pesky human [...]
March 18, 2013
Reminder: Drasmyr Available In Print on Lulu.com
Yep, I did it; I took the plunge. My dark fantasy novel, Drasmyr, is now available as a hardcover book on Lulu.com for $24.99. It makes a great gift for yourself or others, particularly for those who want a physical copy of what previously was only available as an ebook. Get your copy today! Filed [...]
Movie Review: Jack the Giant Slayer
One of the more recent cinematic forays into the fantasy realm is “Jack the Giant Slayer.” It is, basically, Jack and the Beanstalk adapted to the big screen. There aren’t any really big names in the cast … the only one I really recognized was Ewan McGregor who plays Elmont, the captain of the King’s [...]
March 14, 2013
Movie Review: Oz the Great and Powerful
“Oz the Great and Powerful” is essentially the prequel to “The Wizard of Oz” some, what, seventy? eighty? years after the fact. In no way does it compare to “The Wizard of Oz,” that was a classic movie whose beauty and charm will likely never be recaptured. That said, “Oz the Great and Powerful” had [...]
