Open Book, Amy Wellborn’s blog, continues to be an essential stop on my daily tour, for her relentless vigilance. Here’s one of the recent highlights, regarding mainstream media and faith.
Other blog entries worth noting:
Adam Walter discovers the new Mark Helprin Web site. I visited Adam last night at the fine bookseller where he works and packaged up a couple of gifts for my wife while we chatted. In spite of my love for the movie world, I greatly envy anyone who gets to spend all day in a bookstore. Judging from his blog and his recommendations at the store, Adam has excellent taste in literature.
And thanks to Jason Morehead at Opuszine for a Christmas card sure to lift your spirits. And, on a lighter note, he’s also thinking about Tarkovsky, and Pitchfork’s Top Albums of the Year.
But best of all is this entry by Terry Teachout, which I discovered in THIS wonderful entry at The American Scene.
Yeah, that Terry Teachout piece is nice — I discovered it a few days ago via Mark Steyn’s website.
New stratagy R2; let the Wookie win.
Great! I can’t wait to see Startdust and The Giver.
I’m very excited about Stardust. I’ve been a fan of the novel for quite some time now, and am very interested in what Vaughn’s going to do with the story.
And by the way, if Hollywood is so homophobic, why did they spend the evening congratulating themselves for being so progressive?
Cuz that’s what ineffectual guilty white liberals do! 😉
I just re-read Stardust and it sounds as if the movie script has already tampered with one or two key elements, but hey–who can pass up De Niro and Pfeiffer in a Neil Gaiman tale?
All the same, I’m going be a bit cautious after the disappointment that was Mirrormask–all flash, not enough heart.