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Trailer Watch: Sherlock Holmes 2, The Woman In Black, Chronicle
May 23, 2024This week is rife with compelling but problematic new trailers. Compelling but problematic but informative. Without...
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The Weekly Listicle: The Art Of The Heist
May 6, 2024This week, I join forces with Brett Davinger to chronicle some of the best heists, rip-offs,...
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Book Review: The Craigslist Murders by Brenda Cullerton
May 3, 2024An interior “desecrator” who despises the bored super-rich housewives who can afford her services, she lives...
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The Weekly Listicle: A Question Of Identity
March 28, 2024Identity is a wonderful device for deception and suspense in storytelling. In some cases a whole...
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“Let Me In!” Cries A Voice In The Night
March 20, 2024A certain writer for the California Literary Review has thoughtfully distilled a whole year of reviews,...
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Brighton Rock Rises Again. Graham Greene Abides.
March 17, 2024Acclaimed screenwriter Rowan Joffé will try his hand at the directing game next year. For his...
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A Watchful Eye On… Sherlock Holmes
March 15, 2024Sherlock Holmes as a strict Victorian period piece is over and done with, but the character...
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Movie Time Nostalgia, Part 2: North By Northwest Revisited
March 3, 2024I got myself a videotape of Alfred Hitchcock's North By Northwest at a young age, and...
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Book Review: The Last Surgeon by Michael Palmer
January 15, 2024Garrity is an archetype, an ill-understood and imperiled hero who after overcoming every obstacle, exits hand-in-hand...
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The Scarpetta Factor by Patricia Cornwell
January 2, 2024She’s developed an enjoyable way of beginning novels in the middle of a story, letting her...