It was a miserable week in the newsroom. Friends and colleagues who a week ago were writing stories or columns and fighting deadlines were packing boxes with the few personal items that give the rows of cubicles some sense that real people work there. ...more

November 16, 2008

FAIRS & FESTS Today-Saturday Eurocrime Film Festival: Sunscreen Film Festival presents four films from the 1970s tough-guy genre, plus speakers; tonight, cinema book author Mike Malloy does a Q&A at 7, "Rome Armed to the Teeth" screens at 8 and "Manhunt" is shown at 10; on Saturday, "Ricco" screens at 2, Christopher Mitchum (son of actor Robert Mitchum) and Malloy do a Q&A at 4 and "Summertime Killer" screens at 5; free; University of Tampa, Reeves Theater, 401 W. Kennedy Blvd., Tampa; (727) 259-8417 ...more

October 3, 2008

Let's cut to the chase right away. Javon Dawson could have been more armed to the teeth than "Rambo" meets "The Wild Bunch" with a trail of bodies rivaling the Russian invasion of Georgia when he was gunned down by the cops and professional phony Omali Yeshitela, St. Petersburg's answer to Jesse Jackson-lite-lite-lite, would still be whining about police brutality. ...more

August 16, 2008