Elmore Leonard is an amazing, quirky writer who specializes in amazing, quirky characters in spellbinding, offbeat stories. With 50 novels to his credit, at age 86 he is still pumping out books that capture readers' imaginations and dedication. Many of...

Myths; Tony Scott and Vince Vaughn take a Lucky Strike and Guy Pearce escapes from earth in Lockout. 1. Jennifer Aniston and Dennis Quaid look set to join the cast of Switch, a film based on the prequel novel to Rum Punch, which Quentin Tarantino filmed...

To add insult to injury, my wife spent the penultimate day of our holiday curled up in bed with a stomach upset, while I lazed even more guiltily by the pool with only Elmore Leonard for company. In many ways, the Gambia reminds me more of Jamaica than...

For those wondering what we mean by a "Jackie Brown prequel," let's recap, shall we? Elmore Leonard's 1992 novel Rum Punch served as the source material for writer-director Quentin Tarantino's 1997 adaptation, but it wasn't the first time Leonard had...

That assumption started to crumble while I was reading a crime novel by Elmore Leonard in the days before he gained his current celebrity status. The high quality of the book was apparent and I was stunned that so many inferior writers were better known.

Quentin Tarantino’s Jackie Brown was based on the Elmore Leonard novel 1992 Rum Punch. Rum Punch utilized many of the same characters as Elmore Leonard’s 1978 novel The Switch, which features younger versions of both the Samuel L. Jackson and Robert...