Modern wisecracking noir thriller is set on the West Coast of Florida.
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Blu-ray Review: ‘Fargo’
I have been a fan Coen Brothers movies since I saw Raising Arizona, in the 1980s. The 1996 Academy Award winning film Fargo is one of my all-time favorite movies, though a couple others of their films also populate my top ten. Fargo marks the brothers’ return to their home state …
Read More »Book Review: ‘Everyday Las Vegas’ by Rex J. Rowley
This is a scholarly book covering general problems caused by Las Vegas' rapid growth with useful information but few personal stories and little drama.
Read More »Theater Review (LA): ‘Doctor Anonymous’ by Guy Fredrick Glass
The true story of a psychiatrist’s struggle with his sexuality at the dawn of the Gay Pride movement is dramatized in an earnest but uneven production.
Read More »TV Review: ‘Glee’ – ‘New New York’
Glee improves right away as the action shifts solely to New York, creating a new cast chemistry, and there isn't a dud musical number in the entire hour.
Read More »Music Review: Steve Conte – ‘The Steve Conte NYC Album’
Conte reminds us, despite the millions jammed into NYC's boroughs, each one is an individual. Their stories give the city its character.
Read More »Music Review: The Queen Annes – ‘Something Quick: 1980-1985’ [Remastered]
Local Seattle '80s rockers might awaken some memories even for those who have never heard them.
Read More »Theater Review (NYC): ‘Fast Company’ by Carla Ching
A family of con artists join up to help daughter Blue out of a bad situation, but as the plot thickens it's almost impossible to tell who is scamming whom.
Read More »‘Game of Thrones’: Catch up Before Sunday’s Season Four Premiere
In the aftermath of last season's Red Wedding, the stage is so much more well defined as we move into the run of episodes on HBO.
Read More »TV Review: ‘Glee’ – ‘New Directions’
Glee delivers one of the best sequences in the show's history in a series finale-style story, but plot holes still threaten to pull it down.
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