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8/12/26
You Hurt My Feelings is Flat and Dull
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YOU HURT MY FEELINGS (2023) Directed, written, produced by Nicole Holofcener A24, 93 minutes, R (entirely for F-bombs) ...
8/11/26
The Roses a Good Guilty Pleasure
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THE ROSES (2025) Directed by Jay Roach Searchlight Pictures, 105 minutes, R (language, sexuality, violence) ★★★★★ The Ro...
8/3/26
The Sheep Detectives is Cute but Inconsequential
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THE SHEEP DETECTIVES (2026) Directed by Kyle Balda Amazon MGM, 109 minutes, PG ★★★ PG movies fall into the category ...
7/31/26
An Old Robert Parker Book that Asks Question We Should Ask about School Shootings
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SCHOOL DAYS (2005) By Robert B. Parker Putnam, 295 pages ★★★★ Here we go again. I did a capsule review of School Days by t...
7/28/26
Lies and Wasted Lives in North Korea
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Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea (2010) By Barbara Demick Spiegel & Grau, 316 pages. ★★★ The above b...
7/22/26
Muckle Flugga: The Brink and Back
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MUCKLE FLUGGA (2026) By Michael Pederson Faber, 303 pages ★★★★ Muckle Flugga is one of the summer’s most-anticipated nov...
7/21/26
Decades Later, Sue Grafton Novels not as Snappy
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H Is for Homicide (1991) By Sue Grafton Bantam Books, 287 pages. ★★ Crime writer Sue Grafton passed away a few year...
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