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Many people don’t know this, but it is not legal or possible for an underage child to give consent. They can say they wanted the relationship. They can say they wanted the sex. But legally, they do not have the … Continue reading →

This is being touted as Stephen Sondheim’s last musical, but it is not. The last musical he wrote which reached Broadway was Assassins. He wrote another musical which was called Road Show out of town and Bounce when it made … Continue reading →

I’m not sure if they actually released a movie poster for this film, but this seems to be at least a poster for the movie when it played at Cannes. I’m not a Martin Amis fan so I have not … Continue reading →

Another outsourced review of The Times by Wesley Morris gave this a terrible rating, and boring. It is anything but. As I wrote about when doing my own review of Promising Young Woman, the question the writer is asking (of … Continue reading →

I don’t think it’s necessary to add who wrote this. This version was very helpful in that half of the book is the Oxford World’s Classics essay about the play. The play itself only takes up about less than half … Continue reading →

At first this post was about the British Mandate of Palestine and how Israel was created out of it after the second world war. But I decided that with all the various problems and opinions flying around, that it’s probably … Continue reading →

Ever since A.O. Scott left, the Times’ reviews of movies has become extremely erratic. They didn’t like “Foe.” Said it was unintentionally laughable. And the review of “Cat Person” was similarly strange. “Foe” was reviewed by Ben Kenigsberg who has … Continue reading →

I wasn’t going to write about this or “Foe” either, but after thinking about it and reading the Times’s review, I think it deserves a mention. I think it deserved to be a Times “Pick” at the very least. But … Continue reading →

I’m weirdly upset that Netflix discontinued its Blu Ray and DVD business. It was inevitable of course. When I looked up their two businesses, which had been separated when streaming because so much bigger than the physical branch, the difference … Continue reading →

I almost always tire of Lawrence when I dare to read him, and this wasn’t an exception. Although I had wanted to read him for along time because of his interpretation of Moby Dick which I had read about somewhere. … Continue reading →