What’s On?

What’s On?

A Guide to Movies and TV Shows

Hardcover

ISBN-13: 9798342696098

Paperback

ISBN-13: 9798341177307

Kindle

ASIN: B0DJTZ8T58

Back cover description:

What’s On? … is the timeless question we have all asked ourselves almost every day of our lives, as we reach for the remote control and settle in front of the TV screen.

Jack Kost, a life-long movie buff and coffee addict, offers his choice of favorite movie and television masterpieces.

Providing possible answers to the question of What’s On? with over 1,900 titles, from golden oldies and timeless classics, to more recent releases, all meticulously logged and summarized.

An invaluable and collectable go-to source for discovering new favorites and revisiting old ones.

Perfect for film enthusiasts and casual viewers alike, this guide will spark conversations, bring back memories, and help you navigate the ever-evolving world of screen entertainment.

A wealth of recommendations and insights from a passionate movie buff to enrich your viewing experience, complete with personal reminiscences and nostalgic reflections, told with a world-wise critical eye, sardonic dry wit, a healthy dose of cynicism, biting observations, and a well-founded rant here and there.

Just don’t challenge or get him started on his personal favorites, like The Shining, Point Blank, Jaws, The Exorcist, The Duellists, Romeo Is Bleeding, or The Ninth Configuration. His opinions on these and other iconic titles are as intense and unyielding as the movies themselves.

All compiled by an author who not only watched the movies, but also read the books on which they were based, did his research, drank a lot of coffee in the process, and advocates for the importance and value of reading.

A glimpse into the over-caffeinated mind of a writer with a passion for great stories.

What’s On? is a celebration of the intersection between page and screen, and a reminder that great on-screen adaptations often start with a great book and a strong cup of coffee.

Kick back, grab your coffee, and enjoy the show!

As author Jack Kost says:

“Happy viewing … and do yourself a favor … read the books.”

Slipped Masks:

Slipped Masks

ISBN: 9781719330640

Description:

I can’t call you because if he hears me talking on the phone he’ll hit me again. He scares me. I know sooner or later he’s going to kill me. I’ll text you again when I can. I love you, Casey. I’ll spend the rest of our lives proving to you how much I love you. Please come. Please save me …

With only text messages to guide him, Casey Byrne is on the hunt, racing across five states to save his ex-girlfriend, Madison.

Casey loves Madison deeply and wants desperately to save her life and rekindle their relationship.

But the closer he gets to her, the more surreal his journey becomes as the dead bodies pile up in his wake.

Clinical Lycanthropy: the delusion that a human can physically transform into a wolf.

If you were insane, would you know it?

How would you see the world if you were convinced you could transform into a wolf?

The hunter … and the hunted.

Slipped Masks is a dark neo-noir thriller about how the need for love and companionship becomes twisted into obsession, possession, jealousy, violence and murder.

A horrifying portrait of Clinical Lycanthropy.

Amazon link:

https://t.co/2Gwb135V3m

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Themes:

Sociopathy, narcissistic abuse, personality disorder, Clinical Lycanthropy, crime, murder.

Book available in hardcover, paperback, and Kindle.

A percentage from sales of this book is donated to Multiple Sclerosis (MS) research.

Work in progress:

My next books are Triangulation and Stinger.

Books 4 and 5 in The Breaker series.

Set in the year 2001, the story continues from Mall Maze.

Themes:

Crime, detective, hardboiled, heist, murder, narcissism, narcissistic abuse, neo-noir, psychopath, sociopath, thriller, vigilante.

 

A percentage from book sales is donated to Multiple Sclerosis (MS) research.

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The Breaker is an on-going series.

I’m outlining other stand-alone thriller novels.

Several coffee table books on my photography and my wife’s artwork.

A humorous book, based on the antics of our crazy pet Ragdoll cat, entitled: It’s That F****** Cat Again!

Here’s a GIF I made of our cat, settling down for another of his daily naps:

On this day in television history - Justified (2010):

Justified

Season 1. Episode 9.

Episode entitled: Hatless.

Released May 11, 2010.

Directed by Peter Werner.

Written by Graham Yost, Dave Andron, Wendy Calhoun and Chris Provenzano.

Based on the short story Fire in the Hole by Elmore Leonard.

Music by Steve Porcaro.

Cast:

Timothy Olyphant, Nick Searcy, Joelle Carter, Jacob Pitts, Erica Tazel, Natalie Zea, Malik Yoba, Jere Burns, David Eigenberg, Steven Flynn, Tom Kiesche, William Ragsdale, Travis Wester, Kimberly Arland, Joe Unger, Michael Maize, Sarah Baldwin, Lizabeth Allen, Joshua Bitton, Ezra Buzzington, David Hill.

On this day in the Star Trek universe:

Star Trek: The Next Generation 1991)

Star Trek: The Next Generation

Season 4. Episode 23.

Episode entitled: The Host.

Released May 11, 1991.

Directed by Marvin V. Rush.

Written by Michel Horvat, Ronald D. Moore, Joe Menosky, David Carren, J. Larry Carroll, Brannon Braga.

Created by Gene Roddenberry.

Music by Jay Chattaway.

Cast: Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, LeVar Burton, Michael Dorn, Gates McFadden, Marina Sirtis, Brent Spiner, Barbara Tarbuck, Nicole Orth-Pallavicini, William Newman, Patti Yasutake, Franc Luz, Rachen Assapiomonwait, Majel Barrett, Joe Baumann, Thomas J. Booth, Michael Braveheart, Tracee Cocco, Gerard David Jr., Wendy L. Davies, Denise Deuschle, Jeremy Doyle, Elliot Durant III, Buddy Daniels Friedman, Keith Gearhart, Vanessa Grayson, Robert Harper, Grace Harrell, Melanie Hathorn, Dean Hirner, Randy James, Mark-Takeo Kosakura, Mark Lentry, Ivonne Perez Montijo, Denise Lynne Roberts, Joyce Robinson, Richard Sarstedt, K. Uchizono, Natalie Wood.

On this day in music history:

The Other Side of the Mirror by Stevie Nicks (1989)

Tear the World Down by We Are the Fallen (2010)

Reverie by Laura Sullivan (2020)

The Other Side of the Mirror

Album by Stevie Nicks,

released May 11, 1989.

Track list: Rooms on Fire; Long Way to Go; Two Kinds of Love; Ooh My Love; Ghosts; Whole Lotta Trouble; Fire Burning; Cry Wolf; Alice; Juliet; Doing the Best I Can; I Still Miss Someone.

Tear the World Down

Album by We Are the Fallen,

Released May 11, 2010.

Band members: Carly Smithson, Rocky Gray, John LeCompt, Ben Moody, Marty O’Brien.

Track list: Bury Me Alive; Burn; Paradigm; Don’t Leave Me Behind; Sleep Well, My Angel; Through Hell; I Will Stay; Without You; St. John; I Am Only One; Tear The World Down.

Reverie

Album by Laura Sullivan,

released May 11, 2020.

Track list: Reverie; Silueta; Canon in D (Remastered); The Serpent Mound (Remix); After Rain; Pictograph Cave (Remaster).

On this day in movie history - The Quiet Earth (1985 movie & novel):

The Quiet Earth

directed by Geoff Murphy,

written by Bill Baer, Bruno Lawrence, Sam Pillsbury,

based on the novel by Craig Harrison,

released at the Cannes Film Market in France on May 11, 1985.

Music by John Charles.

Cast: Bruno Lawrence, Alison Routledge, Pete Smith, Anzac Wallace, Norman Fletcher, Tom Hyde.

Recommended reading:

The Quiet Earth

By Craig Harrison.

Introduction by Bernard Beckett.

Filmed as The Quiet Earth (1985), directed by Geoff Murphy.

Published by Text Classics.

Published 1981.

ISBN-10: 1922147052

ISBN-13: 9781922147059

Description:

John Hobson, a geneticist, wakes one morning to find his watch stopped at 6:12. The streets are deserted, there are no signs of life or death anywhere, and every clock he finds has stopped: at 6:12. The Quiet Earth is a gripping, utterly absorbing New Zealand cult classic.