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The Mob Doctor Recap: Pilot Episode
March 17, 2026Dr. Grace Devlin (Jordana Spiro) has promised her services to Southside crime boss Paul Moretti (Michael...
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Video Games
Setting Fallout 4 Pt. 2 (of 2) – On The Road Again!
March 17, 2026For what I'm discussing today is nothing short of pure, unadulterated (but hopefully still informed) speculation!...
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The Office Recap: The New Guys (Season 9, Episode 1)
March 17, 2026A recap/review of The Office: The New Guys (Season 9, Episode 1)
Fiction Reviews
Book Review: NW by Zadie Smith
March 16, 2026By calling her newest novel NW, Zadie Smith follows in the tradition of other writers, including...
Movies
Movie Review: End of Watch
March 16, 2026End Of Watch is a perfectly serviceable drama. It is also a bait and switch job....
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Movies & TV
The Thick of It Recap – Series 4, Episode 3
March 16, 2026The Thick of It neatly sidesteps the continual temptation to set off squibs about thought-space and...
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Movies & TV
Doctor Who Recap: ‘The Power of Three’ (Season 33/Series 7, Episode 4)
March 16, 2026The idea of the cube invasion was interesting, and the picture of the Doctor moving in...
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Movies
Movie Review: Dredd 3D
March 16, 2026Please forgive the crassness because there is no more eloquent way to say it: Dredd 3D...
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Revolution Recap: Chained Heat (Season 1, Episode 2)
March 16, 2026A recap/review of Revolution: Chained Heat (Season 1, Episode 2)
Sports
Game of the Week: Florida State vs Clemson — The View from England
March 15, 2026The structure of the college game provides terrific narratives because it squashes the entire career of...
Biography
Cassady, Kerouac and Ginsberg
March 15, 2026The time between New Year’s 1956 and April 1958 was a period of general uncertainty and...
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Theatre
Broadway Review: Chaplin
March 15, 2026All in all, the show is most remarkable for its performances, especially the lead. McClure nimbly...
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Movies & TV
The Mob Doctor Recap: ‘Family Secrets’ (Season 1, Episode 2)
March 15, 2026William Forsythe as Constantine is by far the best thing about this show, a mix of...
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100 Greatest Gangster Films
100 Greatest Gangster Films: Kill the Irishman, #57
March 15, 2026Greene’s story is told in the excellent 2011 biopic, Kill the Irishman, which covers his rise...
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Movies & TV
The Office Recap: Roy’s Wedding (Season 9, Episode 2)
March 14, 2026A review/recap of The Office: Roy's Wedding (Season 9, Episode 2)
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Movies
Movie Review: Looper
March 14, 2026With Looper, Johnson takes on science-fiction, but in his own signature approach that comes at the...
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Movies & TV
Vegas Recap: Pilot Episode
March 14, 2026And…I’ll be honest. Of the two new shows I’m recapping, at this point I actually like...
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Art
Crossing Borders: Manuscripts from the Bodleian Libraries — Jewish Museum of New York
March 14, 2026To look at one of the treasures on display in this wonderful exhibit, the Kennicott Bible,...
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Movies & TV
The Thick of It Recap – Series 4, Episode 4
March 14, 2026This is a special day for Malcolm, a sort of homecoming. He’s preparing a coup against...
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Sports
Game of the Week: Penn State vs Illinois — The View from England
March 13, 2026Sanctions are appropriate because there is a potential worry that the culture of Penn State football...
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Movies & TV
100 Greatest Gangster Films: The Godfather, #1
December 20, 2025The Godfather made careers, most notably those of Francis Ford Coppola and Al Pacino, despite the...
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Movies
Happy Birthday, NC-17!
September 1, 2026The basics of the MPAA’s rating system (from here). Oh, NC-17. You’re like that friend who’s...
Movies
Why Clash of the Titans might be “The Worst Movie Ever Made”
September 4, 2026Is Clash of the Titans one of the worst movies ever made? William Bibbiani makes an...
Movies
The Great Music Videos #2: “Thriller” (dir. John Landis)
August 31, 2026Jackson as a zombie in “Thriller” William Bibbiani noted in the Great Music Videos #1 post...
Art
How to Get Your Work in the Louvre? Hang it up Yourself!
September 9, 2026Ironically, while Mr. Guérineau has indicated a desire to infuse France’s museums with fresh blood and...
Art
Running Fence: Christo and Jeanne-Claude’s Masterpiece Revisited at the Smithsonian American Art Museum
September 7, 2026While one might be tempted to attribute the project's failure to grandiose ambition, the success of...
Iran
Iran’s Cultural Heritage Under Threat
August 31, 2026In addition to depriving Iranians of their cultural property, a decision to turn over the artifacts...
Movies
Movie Review: The Lovely Bones
August 16, 2026The novel opens with a striking, abrupt proclamation: “My name is Salmon, like the fish; first...
Television
The Big Easy: Great movies and TV set in New Orleans
September 7, 2026Music is the heart and soul of New Orleans: Wendell Pierce in a publicity shot for...
Non-Fiction Reviews
Book Review: Cleopatra: A Biography by Duane W. Roller
September 12, 2026Pity Duane W. Roller, author of Cleopatra: A Biography. I can just imagine the initial conversation...
Movies
Corey Haim Found Dead of Accidental Overdose
August 26, 2026Corey Haim, one of the ’80s brightest teen stars, was found dead aged 38 of an...
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