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Henry James: The Imagination of Genius, a biography by Fred Kaplan
It’s always a little bit of a thrill to come to the end of an extraordinarily long book or novel. And with biographies, and how long they take to read, you often feel you are right there, experiencing the death … Continue reading
Tuesday, by Daina Oniunas-Pusic
The preview for this movie makes it seem like this is going to be the biggest tear jerker in a long while, but it’s actually quite bizarre, and that makes it a rather special movie, I think. Julia Louis-Dreyfus plays … Continue reading
Thelma, by Josh Margolin
Once again, the NYTimes has come out with another stupid review of a movie and this time it was Thelma. This review was by Jeannette Catsoulis, who appears to be on the movie staff and not just some rando “media” … Continue reading
Nowhere Special, by Uberto Pasolini
Most movies which are tear jerkers or weepers or whatever you want to call them, make you cry during the movie, at some point. This one I didn’t cry at all, until the credits started rolling. I think that’s a … Continue reading
The New Life, by Tom Crewe
and Prince Eddy and the Homosexual Underworld, by Theo Aronson Since characters in the fictional book are real people in the non-fictional book, I thought I’d write about both books. In The New Life I only suspected a short way … Continue reading
Eclipse, by science, and for other people, by God.
I drove out to my mom’s condo today, because for some bizarre reason, her home is about 3 yards of the line 0f totality. The line of totality is about 100 miles wide, but there is a singular line which … Continue reading
Challengers, by Justin Kuritzkes
and directed by Luca Guadigno. I honestly don’t know what this movie was about. It’s about a 3 way relationship (2 boys and a girl) who meet… somewhere… a dorm of some kind or maybe it’s a tennis camp for … Continue reading
Breathe, by Doug Simon
Sometimes a film is just bad. But I went to see this anyway because I like Sam Worthington — or at least I feel bad for Sam Worthington because James Cameron’s promise that he’d become a huge star never happened. … Continue reading
Civil War, by Alex Garland
I didn’t want to see this because in the preview Jesse Plemons, who I think is the most menacing actor we’ve had in a great long while, asks an obviously foreign born American citizen, “What kind of American?” I mistakenly … Continue reading
A Hitch In Time, by Christopher Hitchens
Of course everyone knows about Christopher Hitchens’ extraordinary intelligence, and it’s probably best to see him in action on Youtube. This, for example. I don’t think I’ve ever seen anyone take on the Catholic Church in such a fearless way, … Continue reading