Today it is a different world when it comes to homework. What used to be something we just did ourselves as kids has now morphed into a green-eyed monster (apologies to Shakespeare) which doth mock the meat it feeds upon (namely you and your kids).
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Music Review: Irma Thomas – ‘Full Time Woman: The Lost Cotillion Album’
Irma Thomas’ material probably would not have changed the course of soul music but remains a good example of the soul sound of the early 1970s.
Read More »Anticipating ‘Once Upon a Time’ – ‘The Tower’
Who's anticipating the return of Rumplestiltskin/Mr. Gold to the Once Upon a Time landscape? The feared-dead Dark One makes his return appearance as the captive of Oz's Wicked Witch of the West (Rebecca Mader) in Sunday's new episode, 'The Tower."
Read More »Movie Review: ‘Divergent’
You’ll be checking your watch often, even if the movie is nowhere near as bad as its RottenTomatoes score makes it seem.
Read More »TV Review: ‘Blondie’s New York’ on The Smithsonian Channel
Blondie fans will want to dig out their old CDs and vinyl and listen once again to some great songs from 'Parallel Lines,' like "Hanging on the Telephone" and "One Way or Another."
Read More »PC Game Review: ‘The Walking Dead Season Two’ – Episode Two
'The Walking Dead' game series is incredibly effective at delivering emotion and dynamic tension especially if players explore all the options available to them.
Read More »He’s Not Heavy: Tribute to a Brother
A week later I received a call from Ted. His voice was solemn: “There is bad news and there is good news.”
Read More »Interview: J.A. Jance on Her 50th Book, ‘Moving Target’
"I strive to have balance in my life, and I want my characters to have the same thing."
Read More »Movie Review: ‘The Grand Budapest Hotel’
Anderson has written his most pun-filled screenplay yet and, as is always the case with his films, once the credits roll you can’t wait to see what he’ll come up with next.
Read More »TV Review: ‘Great Performances – The Dave Clark Five and Beyond’
This April, PBS pays tribute to the most neglected, unsung heroes of the British Invasion, the Dave Clark Five.
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