Alibi by Joseph Kanon
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An Interview With Nancy Means Wright
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Bush Tea with Alexander McCall Smith
November 29, 2025"I believe that people are very interested in reading about the ordinary things of life. One...

Blu-Ray/DVD Review: The Wicker Tree
November 22, 2025The rites themselves have changed in practice if not in spirit, and the movie rekindles enough...

I Say! Hammer Plans A Woman In Black Sequel?
November 14, 2025The Hammer Studio has announced a sequel, but what are we to expect in revisiting the...
May Day! May Day! It’s Robin Hardy’s The Wicker Tree
October 9, 2025Early press for The Wicker Tree has not been overwhelmingly good, but one might say it...
The Weekly Listicle: Celebrating Monstrous Matchups
October 4, 2025"Vampires versus werewolves" is only one of the time-tested feuds that film and television have offered...
Television Review: Page Eight on PBS
September 26, 2025British spies these days – the most interesting ones at any rate – are weary, compromised...
Trailer Watch: Sherlock Holmes 2, The Woman In Black, Chronicle
September 21, 2025This week is rife with compelling but problematic new trailers. Compelling but problematic but informative. Without...






