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5/8/15

If You Liked Gone Girl, Check Out Dark Places

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--> DARK PLACES (2009) Gillian Flynn Broadway Books, 349 pages, 978-0307341570 * * * * * Before there was Gone Girl,...
5/6/15

Nashville Female Roundup: Make Me a Star

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--> Nashville is to singer-songwriters what Pittsburgh used to be to steel. The first question one must ask, though...
5/4/15

The Battle of the Five Armies: Time to Surrender

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THE HOBBIT: THE BATTLE OF THE FIVE ARMIES (2014) Directed by Peter Jackson New Line Cinema, 144 minutes, PG-13 (violen...
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5/1/15

Clouds of Sils Maria an Epic Fail

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CLOUDS OF SILS MARIA (2014) Directed by Olivier Assayas CG Cinema/IFC Film (USA); 124 minutes, R (language, brief nudity, tedium) ...
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4/29/15

The Wailin' Jennys: Beauty Beyond Measure

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--> THE WAILIN' JENNYS Bright Morning Star Red House 234 * * * * * The Wailin' Jennys is a great name for a ...
4/27/15

Filth Fails as Black Comedy Despite McAvoy's Superb Peformance

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FILTH   (2014) Directed by Jon S. Baird Lionsgate, 97 minutes, NR (crude humor, rough language, degradation) * * ...
4/24/15

Millennial Zeitgeist Novels

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I like to read “period” novels whenever I teach a U.S. history survey course. I unshelf   Howells and Twain when I teach the Gilded Age, ...
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