movrev: The Marine
3 stars: The worst action movie with a collection of sci-fi movie extras It looked like a good formula: fight scenes, good sci-fi film extras moving over into a semi-martial movies (WWE?), gorgeous blonde...
Author: Larry
movrev: MON MEILLEUR AMI (My Best Friend)
4 stars: the best non-martial arts sub-titled movie I’ve seen Hey, I’m just being honest! Most of the subtitled movies I see (Fearless, Hero, Crouching Tiger, District B13) are martial arts movies. And my...
Drinking at Nasa, Ted Kennedy, blogging 79-year-olds and our future in space
I live near Houston, and anything to do with NASA makes the headlines here (when there are no hurricanes or Enrons to distract us). My father used to chase Apollo rocket stages down in...
bookrev: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling
Ulitmate Kudos: An exciting ending to a classic series Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows is an excellent end to an extraordinary series. Picking up with the search for the Horcruxes that Voldemort locked...
bookrev: The Takers by R.W. Ridley
5 stars: Fast-paced ride in a new YA Horror series; winner of the 2006 IPPY for Horror We killed the retarded boy. He took his own life, but we killed him just the same....
bookrev: Dragons of the Highlord Skies by Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman
The Lost Chronicles, Volume II Great fantasy, great continuation after reading the first volume Dragons of the Highlord Skies is a great fantasy novel; as my friend Jen commented on my review of the...
Human Weapon on the History Channel
The History Channel’s new show, Human Weapon, combines three things I enjoy: martial arts, history and physics. The show takes Jason Chambers, a Mixed Martial Arts fighter, and Bill Duff, a wrestler and former...
Every family has a Harry Potter story…
The Internet is teeming this week with stories of Harry Potter spoilers, Harry Potter predictions, even claims that Harry Potter has not influenced literacy (a claim eloquently refuted by my friend Paul Levinson). While...
bookrev: Dragons of the Dwarven Depths by Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman
The Lost Chronicles Volume 1 3 stars: A nice read, but needs intro summary and a couple of plot problems fixed Even though I have read many of R.A. Salvatore’s novels (the other Wizards...
One month of Taiji and five years of Karate under my belts
My novel, Dusk Before the Dawn, has characters whose daily rituals involve martial arts training. My son and I trained and studied Soo Bahk Do Moo Duk Kwan (a Korean martial art) for five...