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Lindsey Boise loves books. He also loves movies, TV, video games, theater productions, music and pretty much the spectrum of cultural media. He also has strong opinions and likes to voice them. Please talk back to him. Nothing makes him sadder than talking to dead air. Lindsey also plays music (www.aguatrip.com), freelances as a graphic and web designer (www.lindseyboisedesign.com) and is happily married to an elven wanderer, Ginger.

• Everything Is Illuminated

  By Lindsey Boise . Published in Cinema on December 14, 2010. 0 comments.

  I loved this book. When I first read it, I felt like I was on the cutting edge. Jonathan Safran Foer’s experiments with the narrative were not only refreshingly innovative but harmonious and full of emotion and personality. Although I give a rowdy round of applause for the attempt, I can’t help but feel that this film, written and directed by Liev Schreiber was an unfortunate letdown. [Read More]

• V for Vendetta

  By Lindsey Boise . Published in Cinema on December 14, 2010. 0 comments.

  It’s no secret that Alan Moore stories always seem to be turned into crappy movies and V for Vendetta just may be the worst of them all. [Read More]

• Where The Wild Things Are (2009)

  By Lindsey Boise . Published in Cinema on April 29, 2010. 0 comments.

  I can’t criticize much about the unique direction taken in the movie, since the book was so open to interpretation. The movie wasn’t wrong, just so very different from the book. That being said, there were some aspects of the original that I would have liked to see brought into the movie adaptation. [Read More]

• Batman (1960′s TV Series)

  By Lindsey Boise . Published in Television on September 16, 2009. 2 comments.

  I know this is an awful thing to bring up, since it is such a cherished TV series and runs in the blood of several generations from the 1960′s onward, but I have to say it. The Batman TV series starring Adam West and Burt Ward is not as good as the DC comics. *BAM*, I said it (and most of you agree). [Read More]

• The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy

  By Lindsey Boise . Published in Cinema on September 15, 2009. 0 comments.

  Considering Douglas Adam’s hugely-cult-followed novel The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy has had many adaptations, even under Adam’s direction, and there have always been inconsistencies and shifts, I still have to say that the film of 2005, directed by Garth Jennings, isn’t as good as the book. And here are some reasons. [Read More]

• Mary Shelly’s Frankenstein (Sega CD)

  By Lindsey Boise . Published in Games on September 2, 2009. 1 comments.

  Granted that it has been a long time since I played the game, and that my friend and I had been up all night in some sort of cigar-smoking, video-game-driven delirium at the time, I have strong memories of feeling frustrated by Mary Shelly’s Frankenstein on Sega CD. [Read More]

• The Lord of The Rings

  By Lindsey Boise . Published in Cinema on August 31, 2009. 3 comments.

  Overextended battles, a powerless Enemy, a friendless wilderness and a safe and incorruptible home. Those are what make Peter Jackson’s The Lord of the Rings film trilogy not as good as the books. [Read More]

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