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A Brief Review of Manchester By the Sea

Because I finally decided to watch it. I still think that’s the most pretentious title Why not call In the Freezer or just Manchester? Yes, I cried A lot less by the numbers than I thought it was going to be. The strength comes from the moments where characters fumble (their words or behave clumsily) that give it […]

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“The thing about Dan [Radcliffe] is, like, he unlike any other actor I’ve worked with get mobbed…He transcends actor and he’s, I guess, iconic, you would say…It’s really strange to be with him, because he gets recognized in a way that most actors don’t…He gets recognized in a way that I think people associate their […]

On “The Witches” and Dahl’s tendency for being unhappy with adaptations

(There be spoilers) In spite of a busy week, I found time to enjoy Roald Dahl day with a documentary about his life, and a re-watch of The Witches yesterday. I would like to discuss my thoughts on how the book and the movie ended since they were so infamously different. The ending of the book was […]

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We’re going to triple up! “It always does seem to me that I am doing more work than I should do. It is not that I object to the work, mind you; I like work: it fascinates me. I can sit and look at it for hours. I love to keep it by me: the […]

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I know I don’t need to double, but I’m going to anyway. “What I have to do, I have to catch everybody if they start to go off the…That’s all I do all day. I’d just be the catcher in the rye and all. I know it’s crazy, but that’s the only thing I’d really […]

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Here’s a double dose. “I want to remember everything. I want to know everything.” – Harriet the Spy (1996) “If it’s a frivolous, relaxing book, I read every word. But serious books I read on the right-hand side only because I’ve discovered enormous redundancy in any well-written book, and I find that by reading only the […]

Women in Science Fiction

[Image Source] With women winning in all of the fiction categories at the Hugo Awards of the weekend, I would like to take this time to discuss female science fiction writers, and how they don’t get the the recognition they deserve. It is as good as fact that women writers are, in large part, only […]