New book, Driving Profits and Making Bank by Jonathan Wong, offers how-to on America’s most flexible money-making opportunity.
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Movie Review: ‘Rogue One: A Star Wars Story’ – A Slice Empire Pie with a Dollop of Some Hope
'Rogue One: A Star Wars Story' is a fine addition to the growing 'Star Wars' canon.
Read More »Theatre Review (Singapore): ‘Disgraced’ by Ayad Akhtar
It is no wonder that Akhtar's play won the 2013 Pulitzer for Drama as the writing delves deeply into racial and religious issues of being a non-White Muslim in America.
Read More »Music Review: Donna Summer – ‘The Ultimate Collection’ [3-CD Deluxe Edition]
Beyond shining elements that defined Summer gems like “Bad Girls,” “Last Dance,” and “I Feel Love" lie many overlooked treasures.
Read More »Difference with a Distinction
Over the next four years we’ll all be making comparisons between the new Donald Trump presidency and the soon to be departed Barack Obama presidency.
Read More »PC Game Review: ‘Batman – The Telltale Series’
Despite some good ideas and an excellent representation of Bruce Wayne/Batman, this series falls flat due to uneven story choices, poor PC performance and some bad character designs.
Read More »Blu-ray/DVD review: ‘The Jungle Book’
Strong technical talents anchor a strong adapted story (sans some musical numbers) and a well cast voice cast where the realistic talking animals take center stage among exotic settings.
Read More »Music Review: Alan Silvestri – ‘Allied: Music from the Motion Picture’
Sony Classical’s Allied (Music from the Motion Picture) comes recommended for strong transitions while almost every track stands out among this 16th Silvestri/Zemeckis collaboration, with hopefully more to come.
Read More »Book Review: ‘Should We Fear Russia?’ by Dmitri Trenin
'Should We Fear Russia?' is intelligent, direct, and incredibly timely. Trenin calmly reasons out all the issues, showing us which fears to ignore and which ones we are not paying enough attention to.
Read More »Theater Review (Philadelphia): ‘An Iliad’ by Lisa Peterson and Denis O’Hare
The poet of Homer's 'Iliad' has become immortal, doomed forever to retell the story of the Trojan War, just as humanity is doomed to re-enact it. Telling a story set thousands of years ago, 'An Iliad' is a haunting play for the modern age about human nature, just like the epic it’s based on.
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