Email Author Nick Schager

2013 Stories by Nick Schager

• The sometimes mushy Tiger Eyes is still a respectable coming-of-age tale

  published June 6, 2013

  Treating teenage growing pains with a sensitivity that frequently trips into singer-songwriter-ish mushiness, Tiger Eyes... More >>

• Tiger Eyes is a breath of fresh air -- and an opportunity

  published June 6, 2013

  Judy Blume's first novel, The One in the Middle is the Green Kangaroo, was published in 1969, yet it's only now, 44 years later, that... More >>

• Flick Pick: Tiger Eyes

  published June 6, 2013

  Treating teenage growing pains with a sensitivity that frequently trips into singer-songwriter-ish mushiness, Tiger Eyes nonetheless... More >>

• Can Uwe Boll finally get some respect?

  published May 9, 2013

  Uwe Boll will no longer fight you -- at least, not with his fists. Often lambasted by critics as the worst of the worst, Boll once... More >>

• Stoker's cracked love triangle soaks in sin and sadism

  published March 14, 2013

  Puberty is sex and sex is murder in Stoker, a Hitchcockian stew of hothouse familial jealousy, sadism and psychosis all tied... More >>

• This year's Oscar-nominated short films are scant on dialogue but heavy on eloquence

  published January 31, 2013

  There's scant dialogue but plenty of eloquent storytelling in the five animated short films up for a 2013 Oscar. Save for a five-minute... More >>

• Not Fade Away's plot and period details maintain an authentic groove

  published January 3, 2013

  Rock and roll proves the coming-of-age crucible in Not Fade Away, Sopranos creator David Chase's semi-autobiographical... More >>