I've been slowly reading Life Itself for months, one chapter at a time, usually late in the evening. I didn't take my time because the book is boring or confusing, or because it isn't compelling. I took my time because this book demands it. This trip down someone else's memory lane isn't for the trivia nut. It's... Continue Reading →
We weren’t going to post anything until after the new year, but there may have been some developments in the end-of-year awards category. You know, probably. We’re still trying to figure it out. But when you’re a super-famous, trendsetting, international magnate like MojoFiction, these things happen. If we could count how many times we were... Continue Reading →
Ah, the wild days of youth, back when MojoFiction was a teenager and found himself presented with the weekend choice of either being social and meeting girls or hanging out with our equally girlfriend-less male friends and watching MST3K (If you don't know what that is, too bad, we're not explaining it). Looking back, MST3K seemed to win out... Continue Reading →
VERILY, A NEW HOPE This is a real book. Seriously. We here at MojoFiction couldn’t believe it either. Shakespeare AND Star Wars together? Break out the paper bags because we’re hyperventilating from too much excitement due to overexposure to a geek fantasy unlike any other. Sci-fi nuts, historians, and your college English professor together in... Continue Reading →
Overnight out here in the Chicagoland area it rained cats and dogs and, we're pretty sure, a few cows and at least one camel. It rained, according to Lionel Richie, all night long. Thankfully, the Metra commuter train system rewarded the folks here at MojoFiction with an extra hour and a half train ride. A nice... Continue Reading →
Right now a thousand bloggers and journalists and maybe even some celebrities are pounding away at their keyboards in an effort to post some kind of memorial on Chicago film critic Roger Ebert. Me too. Not that I have a leg to stand on. I never met Mr. Ebert. I only watched his show and read... Continue Reading →
Two for one! Today MojoFiction meditates on the unexpected thought processes of this nation’s youth. And by youth we mean kids under the age of eight. And by kids under eight we mean our own kid (who's actually eight now but never mind). After eight the cuteness scale really drops off. We also mini-review "The Croods"... Continue Reading →
This seems like a reasonable inaguaral post. We are, after all, a blog about arts and entertainment...and probably books. We here at MojoFiction enjoy the art of animation, with the except of some Manga, which generally weirds us out. With that in mind, we took a special trip over the weekend to see the Oscar®... Continue Reading →
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