Surprise, Surprise

Posted on October 1, 2012 by James Riley

Good storytelling is something like telling a good joke.  If it’s well told, you don’t mind hearing it again, now and then, but after about the fifth time, it starts to feel like an act of war.  Human beings were never meant to be bored.  If you’re being paid to entertain, you have an obligation […]Continue Reading »

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Island at War II

Posted on December 9, 2011 by James Riley

Well, shoot. The next four episodes of Island at War, though very good, seem to err in the Desperate Hausfraus direction. Sleeping with the enemy, of course, is a dramatic staple.  It’s the very stuff of espionage films and there can’t be anything more poignant than losing in battle and knowing the enemy has taken […]Continue Reading »

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