Sir Run Run Shaw, the quintessential Chinese movie mogul, has died at the venerable age of 106. Run Run and his brother, Run Me (the names are Anglo-Chinese puns), shot their movies in Singapore beginning in the 1920s, and started a theater chain.  With the $4 million in gold they buried during the Japanese occupation, […]

My historical sea-adventure tale Brig of War is now on sale for a mere $0.99 wherever fine ebooks are sold! Which is to say Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Kobo, iBooks, and Smashwords. (I’ve got to say, Apple doesn’t make it easy to find my stuff.  If you type in my name, it will say “no results […]

Just check out the star power in American Hustle:  Christian Bale, Amy Adams, Jennifer Lawrence, Jeremy Renner, Louis C.K., Brad Cooper, and an uncredited Robert de Niro.  Holy cripes! And let’s just say that it wasn’t a second-rate script that attracted all these megawatt actors.  It was the chance to fucking act!  And act their asses off! And the […]

It’s the time of year when, full of tamales, posole, and eggnog, I tend to get a little sentimental.  So here’s a sentimental holiday video for you all. By which I mean to say: Happy birthday, Shane MacGowan! And a tip of the hat to you, Jimmy McNulty, wherever you are . . .