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6/26/26
Make Sports Seasonal Again
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Sports Outrage Roundup We live in the Age of Outrage. I maintain some degree of equilibrium by ignoring as much of the noise as I...
6/24/26
The Correspondent: Slow at First, then a Whallop
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THE CORRESPONDENT (2025) By Virginia Evans Thorndike Press, 304 pages. ★★★ The Correspondent is an epistolary novel a...
6/22/26
Laura Revisited: Preminger's Best?
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LAURA (1944) Directed by Otto Preminger 20 th Century Fox, 88 minutes, pre-ratings system (In black and white) ★★★★ ...
6/19/26
Anatomy of a Murder: Antique or Pathbreaking?
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Anatomy of a Murder (1959). Directed by Otto Preminger Columbia Pictures, 160 minutes, not rated. ★★★★ America...
6/17/26
Playing with Fire: Excellent Mystery, Terrible TV
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So yes! So no! PLAYING WITH FIRE (2004) By Peter Robinson Avon Books, 405 pages. ★★★★★ I doubt I need to tell the rea...
6/15/26
Boomerang: Is Turnabout Fair Play?
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BOOMERANG! (1947) Directed by Elia Kazan 20 th Century Fox, 88 minutes ★★ ½ I thought I had nearly exhausted the film no...
6/10/26
The Book that Launched Ruth Ware: In a Dark, Dark Wood
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IN A DARK, DARK WOOD (2015) By Ruth Ware Scout Press, 308 pages. ★★★★ Ruth Ware is among that small elite whose nove...
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