Wayward Pines Released 2015 www.ink2quill.com ”Wayward Pines” is an American mystery, sci-fi television series shot in British Columbia, Canada and based on novels of the same name written by Blake Crouch. It is produced by M. Night Shyamalan, Chad Hodge, Ashwin Rajan, Donald De Line and Ron French. It stars Matt Dillon, Carla Gugino, Terence…
Terence McKenna I2Q June 2015 editorial www.ink2quill.com Terence Kemp McKenna (November 16th, 1946 to April 3rd, 2000) was an American esoteric philosopher, psychonaut, ethnobotanist, lecturer and writer. He spoke on wide variety of topics that included psychedelic drugs, shamanism, metaphysics, alchemy, language, technology and culture. This really is a tribute to a great man and…
Parallels released 2015 ”Parallels” is an American, scifi, mystery, adventure film which could become a TV series whose story takes place over several parallel Earths. It was directed by Christopher Leone who also wrote it with Laura Harkcom. It stars Mark Hapka, Jessica Rothe, Eric Jungmann, Constance Wu, Yorgo Constantine, Davi Jay, Michael Monks, Ian…
13 Sins released 2014 ”13 Sins” also known as “13: Game of Death” is an American, horror, action, comedy film directed by Daniel Stamm and written by David Birke and Daniel Stamm. It is a remake of the 2006 horror, comedy Thai film “13 Beloved”. The talented cast of actors include Ron Perlman, Pruitt Taylor…
Forks Over Knives released in 2011 “Forks Over Knives” is an American dietary, documentary film directed by the independent filmmaker Lee Fulkerson. It was produced by John Corry and Brian Wendel and written by Lee Fulkerson. The film discusses the experiences and academic theses of T. Colin Campbell Ph.D., Caldwell Esselstyn Ph.D., John A. McDougall…
Net Neutrality I2Q May 2015 editorial – Part 3 I don´t have much to add to the net neutrality debate but my final point is an important one. The internet should be a place to do business, a bazaar of ideas, works and expression. That is why the legal and political worlds have to catch…
The Windup Girl – revisited author Paolo Bacigalupi One book I´d like to revisit is Paolo Bacigalupi´s book, “The Windup Girl”. This is an addendum to my Jan2014 post of “The Windup Girl”. I´ve read some of the blogs and seen some of the critics express their opinions on what was wrong with the book….
Cast Away released 2000 ”Cast Away” is an American adventure, drama, survivor-style film directed and produced by Robert Zemeckis. It was also produced by Tom Hanks, Jack Rapke, Steve Starkey and Robert Zemeckis. It stars Tom Hanks, Helen Hunt and Nick Searcy, Jennifer Lewis, Chris Noth, Vince Martin, Goeffrey Blake and Lari White. Tom Hanks…
Babadook released 2014 ”Babadook” is an Australian psychological horror film written and directed by Jennifer Kent and produced by Kristina Ceyton and Kristina Moliere. It stars Essie Davis, Daniel Henshall, Noah Wiseman, Tim Purcell, Hayley McElhinney, Barbara West, Ben Winspear, Carmel Johnson, Peta Shannon, Craig Behenna and Cathy Adamek. It was based on the short…
The Martian Written by Andy Weir www.ink2quill.com “The Martian” is a science fiction novel written by Andy Weir. It was originally self-published and the rights were later purchased by Crown Publishing Group. Chatter on the internet says that Ridley Scott plans to direct a film from it starring Matt Damon in late 2015. It also…