Pulse – entertainment

I saw “Steve Jobs” last night. Great movie! What’s unique is that it’s not a straight-up biopic. Instead, it’s akin to Pointillism—a painting technique in which tiny dots of color are applied in patterns to form an image. Here, screenwriter Aaron Sorkin ‪paints colorful conversations among characters who—word by word, scene by scene—paint … Read Entire Post

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The best sci fi movies make the science real and the fiction wildly entertaining. Interstellar does just that—blending the best of both worlds to create an imaginative tale that soars into the far reaches of space but is firmly rooted in the human experience. Wormholes. Black holes. Higher dimensions. The space-time continuum. … Read Entire Post

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Some things are very dark—so dark, they’re depressing. But they’re also important. Blackfish, the documentary about killer whales and theme parks, is one such thing. The movie is emotionally wrenching but it tells a story that needs to be told. If you can bear it, watch it. Then, decide for … Read Entire Post

Book Buzz – DARK SURF news & goings-on

My first novel, DARK SURF, has been optioned for a movie! Super exciting!!! What does that mean? It means that a company has optioned the novel manuscript and reserved the right to make DARK SURF into a feature film. And we’ve moved beyond that… A professional screenwriter was hired to turn the book into a … Read Entire Post

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Do you want to play hide & clap? If it’s in the Perron family’s lakeside Rhode Island farmhouse in 1971, the answer should be a resounding “no”—unless you like to play with demons. The Conjuring puts some dark fun back into the haunted house genre of horror films. In the … Read Entire Post

Vampire Bites – musings

Another wintery, bone-chilling movie for a scorching summer night is Let the Right One In (Låt den Rätte Komma In). In the 2008 Swedish film, 12-year-old Oskar is tormented by bullies. He dreams of getting revenge. Things change for Oskar when he meets a 12-year-old girl named Eli one snowy night at … Read Entire Post

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The end of the world can be a pretty dark theme, but not in the hands of Superbad duo Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg. Their latest film, This Is The End, is a mashup of the movies Superbad and Pineapple Express, TV classics Freaks & Geeks and Undeclared, and more. … Read Entire Post

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Here at Dark Surf Nightly, as you know, we like it dark. So, when a movie has “midnight” in the title, it begs to be checked out. Before Midnight is the latest installment in the Celine/Jesse love story from Richard Linklater, Julie Delpy & Ethan Hawke. The movie catches up with … Read Entire Post

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I love TV shows that are dark, clever & funny. Joss Whedon’s Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997-2003) and Rob Thomas’ Veronica Mars (2004-2007) are two such shows. While Buffy Summers slayed vampires, demons and other dark forces for 7 seasons, Veronica Mars was granted only 3 seasons of sassy sleuthing in the … Read Entire Post

Pulse – events & entertainment

Did you know: 85% of the world’s population lives on the driest half of the planet? 783 million people do not have access to clean water? Water for irrigation and food production constitutes one of the greatest pressures on freshwater resources? March 22 is World Water Day, an annual event … Read Entire Post