Saturday, March 27, 2010

Movie to rent

aka 3 Days, aka Before the Fall (on Sundance)
2008 Spanish with English sub-titles
Dir F. Javier Gutierrez (Best Dir @Screamfest 2009)
Victor Clavjo (Best Actor, Screamfest 2009)
Mariana Cordero & Eduard Fernandez (supporting actor awards at a few
Spanish film festivals)
Also won kudos for editing, screenplay, and a Goya for Best Sound.

Middle-aged mother and son seek refuge at her other son's house in the
country after it is announced that an enormous meteor is hurtling toward
Earth. As chaos begins to take over Spain (the film's setting), a serial killer
breaks loose from prison seeking revenge against one of the sons for
stopping his spree years earlier. At the remote house are the woman's four
grandchildren, ages 5-16, who are completely unaware of the impending
doom, for their parents are in another city and their grandmother refuses to
let them know what is about to happen.

Rated R for some foul language from the hero and short, shocking scenes
of violence. Gripping suspense with fairly realistic action; the hero is pretty
wimpy, and puts his family into some unexpected danger. The villain is
slimy but low-key, and the grandma is a rock. The impending disaster is
effectively kept simmering in the background, adding to the tension. This is
Gutierrez' first feature film as a director and co-screenwriter -- very
impressive, like Kathryn Bigelow's debut (also a horror flick), Near Dark.

Sunday, August 2, 2009

LibriVox CD Covers


These are some sleeves I've come up with for LibriVox. Several generics for the Sci-Fi crowd, a couple of author-specifics from Brit Lit, and one celebrating all British writers of the downloaders' choice.





Tuesday, June 23, 2009

BellonaTimes

I've been recording books, short stories, non-fiction, poems, even songs for LibriVox. since February 2009. This is my output so far. (as of 3/27/10)...
I've provided direct links to a few of those projects that are now fully done and available to the public for easy download. Projects in green are my solos.
I also coordinate books, including: Anna of the Five Towns by Arnold Bennett, Astounding Stories - September 1930 issue, Aids to Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, A Florida Sketch-Book by Bradford Torrey, On a Chinese Screen by W Somerset Maugham, American Women's Literature, and several Coffee Break Collections (my own invention). I have soloed on several long short stories (The Offshore Pirate, Amy Foster, Rain), three memoirs (A Traveller in War-Time, Arizona Sketches, and The Long Ago), as well as full-length novels (A Little Florida Lady, The House of Mirth, and currently, Gentle Julia).


Assigned Sections
Completed sections: 437 (as of 3/27/10)

Projects with some sections incomplete:

Project Sections Completed
Gentle Julia 1-23 01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06, 07, 08, 09, 10, 11, 12, 13
Histology of the Blood 04
Lords of the Housetops 01


Projects with all sections complete:
Project Sections

1912: Short Works Collection 01-20

30,000 Dollar Bequest and Other Stories, The 16, 18
American Housewife, The 06
American Women's Literature, 1847 to 1922 08, 05, 04

Anatomy of the Human Body, Part 2 (Gray's Anatomy) 46

Anatomy of the Human Body, Part 3 (Gray's Anatomy) 35
Anatomy of the Human Body, Part 4 (Gray's Anatomy) 40, 46
Anatomy of the Human Body, Part 5 (Gray's Anatomy) 32, 36, 38
Australian Sunrise, The 6
Book of Snobs, The 1

Buddhist Writings 21
Camille 19, 21, 20, 22, 1, 2, 11, 23, 26
Cat Tales 01-10
Celebration of Dialects and Accents, Vol 1. 8
Children's Short Works, Vol. 002 3, 10, 8
Children's Short Works, Vol. 005 10
Christmas Carol Collection 2009 06, 22, 09
Christmas Short Works Collection 2009 8
Coffee Break Collection 002 - Faith 2, 8
Coffee Break Collection 003 - Nature 10, 06, 11
Coffee Break Collection 004 - Hodge Podge 01, 11, 15
Complete Book of Cheese, The 15
Down the Bayou 01
Dracula's Guest & Other Weird Tales 9

Dubliners 02
Duchess of Malfi, The 08, 01
Echo 4
Family Kitchen Gardener, The 01, 02, 03, 05, 17
Faults 02
Florida Sketch-Book, A 01, 04
Hans Christian Andersen Fairy Tale Collection 10, 14
Humbugs of the World, The 39
Hymn Collection 001 17
It's Like This, Cat (Version 2) 3, 7, 10, 11, 12
Julius Caesar 33
King Henry IV, Part 2 25 - Poins
Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, volume 1 29
Life’s Tragedy 3
Lives of the Most Eminent Painters, Sculptors and Architects Vol 1 21
Long Ago, The 00-12
Measure For Measure 6
Metamorphoses 5
Montessori Method, The 19
Mother West Wind 'Why' Stories 10
Mr. Wicker's Window 15
Multilingual Fairy Tale Collection 002 07
My Brilliant Career 02 26
Observations of an Orderly 5

Offshore Pirate, The 01-06
On a Chinese Screen 01, 10
Orange Fairy Book, The 20

Potato's Dance, The 03

Rain 1-3
Red Thumb Mark, The 05
Short Ghost and Horror Collection 002 10
Short Ghost and Horror Collection 003 1, 07
Short Ghost and Horror Collection 004 3, 6, 7, 12
Short Ghost and Horror Collection 005 03, 04, 15
Short Ghost and Horror Collection 006 6
Short Mystery Story Collection 005 04

Short Nonfiction Collection Vol. 011 1, 6
Short Nonfiction Collection Vol. 012 1, 5, 7, 8, 11, 13
Short Nonfiction Collection Vol. 013 1-2
Short Nonfiction Collection Vol. 014 2, 10, 14
Short Nonfiction Collection Vol. 015 1, 2, 9
Short Nonfiction Collection Vol. 016 8, 12-13

Short Science Fiction Collection 021 06, 07
Short Science Fiction Collection 022 08
Short Science Fiction Collection 024 04, 09
Short Science Fiction Collection 025 05, 06, 09
Short Science Fiction Collection 026 08
Short Science Fiction Collection 027 03, 06, 08
Short Science Fiction Collection 028 04
Short Science Fiction Collection 029 04, 06
Short Science Fiction Collection 030 01, 06, 13
Short Science Fiction Collection 031 01, 05, 13, 15
Short Science Fiction Collection 032 01, 02, 06, 10
Short Science Fiction Collection 033 06
Short Science Fiction Collection 034 03, 05, 10
Short Science Fiction Collection 035 02, 05
Short Story Collection Vol. 039 3, 12, 17, 1
Short Story Collection Vol. 040 7, 9
Short Story Collection Vol. 042 7, 14, 20
Short Story Collection Vol. 043 07, 12
Steep Trails 06, 12

Taming of the Shrew, The 11

Thaw 02

Therese Raquin 00, 07, 16, 26
Through the Wood 3

Trail of the Lonesome Pine, The 04, 11

Traveller in War-Time, A 00-03


Turmoil, The (Volume 1 of the Growth Trilogy) 02, 04, 06, 11, 16, 24-25
Uncle Vanya 07
Underground City or the Child of the Cavern, The 04
Works of Sallust 11
Young Adults Short Works Collection Vol. 001 07