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In Case You Missed… Christopher Smith’s Black Death
April 26, 2024Most movies like Black Death exploit the historical context to take shots at organized religion with...
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Book Review: Doc by Mary Doria Russell
April 18, 2024It is the daily struggle of life that blights the lives of Russell’s protagonists. Ill-health and...
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The Weekly Listicle: Three Rings Of Circus Movie Mayhem!
April 11, 2024The circus is a complicated enterprise, and its symbolic value in storytelling has many faces. It...
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A Watchful Eye On… Winston Churchill
March 31, 2024Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill, known best as the wartime Prime Minister, held in his distinguished...
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Book Review: Heartstone: A Matthew Shardlake Tudor Mystery by C.J. Sansom
March 23, 2024Matthew Shardlake the lawyer and his friend Dr. Guy Malton represent the arrival of the professional...
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The Weekly Listicle: Ballad Of The Soldier
March 21, 2024This weekend, Peter Weir graces us with The Way Back, a tale of daring escape by...
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Book Review: Doctor Zhivago by Boris Pasternak
March 7, 2024Pasternak ranges the individualism of Zhivago against the heartless society that is being erected by the...
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Book Review: The Fort by Bernard Cornwell
March 4, 2024Bernard Cornwell, who has written a masterful novel about Agincourt, tackles the American Revolution and its...
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A Separate Country by Robert Hicks
January 23, 2024A Separate Country tells the story of Confederate General John Bell Hood, who moves to New...
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The Lacuna by Barbara Kingsolver
January 3, 2024Even so, to hold The Lacuna in one’s hand, to read it, is to witness and...