Eclipse (Summit Entertainment, 2010)

The Twilight Saga: Eclipse
David Slade, Director
Summit Entertainment
2010

Edward (Robert Pattinson) and Jacob (Taylor Lautner) have a bromance all in the name of protecting Bella (Kristen Stewart) from the evil Victoria (Bryce Dallas Howard, replacing Rachelle Lefevre) who has put together an army of vampire "newborns" with the explicit goal of killing Bella and damaging the Cullen Clan.  Ostensibly lead by newcomer, local boy Riley Beirs (Xaiver Samuel) changed by the bad Victoria, the newborn vampires are physically more powerful than the seasoned undead.  Thus the Cullen Clan with the aid of werewolves required the training of Cullen member Jasper (Jackson Rathbone) a former Confederate Major, who has the breakout performance here with his light Southern accent and easy manner.  Bella remains the object of desire for both Edward and Jacob.  Bella wants it both ways with each of them, making her a bit less a sympathetic character (she is human, after all).

Damn Good Writing: Nick Tosches - Unsung Heroes of Rock 'n' Roll (Da Capo, 1999)

Nick Tosches
Unsung Heroes of Rock 'n' Roll: The Birth of Rock in the Wild Years Before Elvis
Da Capo
1999

Nick Tosches has a keen ear for language and nuance as well as over-the-top under- and over-statement.  His description of the death of Nat King Cole in this collection Unsung Heroes of Rock 'n' Roll is a provocative case in point:

"It was late the next year when he got that call from Philip Morris.  Cancelling an engagement at the Sands in Las Vegas, he entered St. John's Hospital in Santa Monica on December 8.  On January 25, a week before his father's death in Chicago, his left lung was removed.  At 5:30 on the morning of February 15, 1965, a month shy of his forth-sixty birthday, Nat King Cole died.  A few days later, he was put to rest in Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale.  Sinatra showed up in a long black limousine."

Again, spanking good writing.