Nicholas Bruner's Blog

After a more than twenty-year hiatus, George Romero returned to his zombie movie roots with Land of the Dead in 2005, the fourth movie in his Living Dead series and the follow-up to 1983’s Day of the Dead. I’ve been wanting to watch this...

Ah, it’s a pleasure to return to the next book in one of my favorite fantasy series, The Dark Goddess. I have previously reviewed the first book in the series, Silver and Shadow, as well as the second book, Missing by Moonlight. In this...

Bear is a failure-to-launch guy, stuck in a cool but ultimately dead-end retail job at a used record store. He’s totally and completely in love with a beautiful co-worker, Nikki, who he knows is out of his league. Another co-worker who’s a friend, Ian,...

Misery is a rarity–a top-shelf, major studio produced-horror film, directed by Rob Reiner (!) and starring big stars like James Caan, Catherine Bates, and Lauren Bacall (!). It’s a movie I’ve heard a lot about over the years and wanted to see for a...

Today I have the pleasure of reviewing a book by a local (to me) author, City of End, by Katelyn Pfeiffer. Katelyn lives in Manassas, Virginia, not far from me, and a good friend who met her at a book signing recommended this book to me....

Fast Girl, a memoir written by former American Olympian Suzy Favor Hamilton, is the bizarre story of an American sweetheart turned escort. This former Olympic athlete had a dream lifestyle few could ever hope for, but instead of being content with it, Suzy chose...

Arena Forged, by Robert Ryan, follows Drom, a quiet farmer in middle age who lives alone and tends his crop in the foothills of a mountain range at the edge of Camlanta. One spring day, a beautiful young woman rides by on the road...

Trafficked, a memoir written by British author Sophie Hayes, is the riveting tale of Sophie’s descent into the dark world of trafficking and prostitution in western Europe. What makes this memoir shocking is that Sophie Hayes was an educated British girl from a middle-class...

With this book, I have the pleasure of reviewing someone who might very well be the Rod Serling of our time (the famous host and writer of the old Twilight Zone TV series), Tom Sterling. Even his last name is similar! This is the second collection...

The Other Man, a memoir written by former Calvin Klein model and Baywatch star, Michael Bergin, is primarily the story of his torrid secret love affair with Carolyn Bessette. Interestingly, Michael Bergin has claimed he never intended to write a book about or profit...