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Tim Giron

The non-fiction storyteller

March 8, 2010

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I’ve noticed a trend lately in the non-fiction books I’ve read: telling a story amongst the facts, figures and research.  I’m not sure if it’s just the kinds of books I have been drawn to recently or if it’s indicative of the non-fiction for mass consumption space in general (I would exclude textbooks [...]

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A Serious Slice of Life

February 22, 2010

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Over the weekend, I watched the Oscar-nominated (Best Motion Picture of the Year & Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen) film, “A Serious Man“.  The cast is a great mix of instantly recognizable veteran actors and fresh faces, each attached to a well-developed character, no matter the amount of screen time.  [...]

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Looking Back on Classic Horror Movies – The Wolf Man

January 25, 2010

Even a man who is pure in heart
and says his prayers by night
may become a wolf when the wolfbane blooms
and the autumn moon is bright.
As I have written recently, I am introducing my twelve year old daughters to the classic Universal Studios monster movies.  The one that we have liked the best so far [...]

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Looking Back on Classic Horror Movies – Frankenstein

January 11, 2010

I recently watched several of the classic Universal Studios monster movies with my daughters.    Last night’s selection was Frankenstein.  They were somewhat unimpressed and I can understand why.  The story as presented in this version is kind of a mess, picking and choosing only some bits from Mary Shelley’s novel, and playing up the “monster” [...]

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Re-imagining Classics of Literature

December 21, 2009

Cable/satellite television channel SyFy recently ran the four-hour mini-series Alice, which is a re-imagining of the classic Lewis Carroll book Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and its sequel Through the Looking-Glass.  The same production company also released the six-hour mini-series Tin Man in late 2007, which as you may have guessed is a re-imagining of L. [...]

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