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Movie Review: J.C. Chandor’s ‘A Most Violent Year’ Starring Oscar Isaac and Jessica Chastain
Chandor's terrific new film "A Violent Year," is an absorbing character study that recalls the gritty Lumet and Coppola dramas of the 1970s.
Read More »Movie review: ‘Nightcrawler’
Jake Gyllenhaal delivers a mesmerizing performance in an entertaining noir about the sleazy underbelly of the L.A. news business.
Read More »Book Review: ‘Divide: American Injustice in the Age of the Wealth Gap’ by Matt Taibbi
A wild ride through the 2008 economic meltdown that, six years later, still burns like an inextinguishable pile of tires in the hearts and heartlands of billions of people in the United States, Europe, and Asia.
Read More »Theater Review (LA): ‘A Steady Rain’ by Keith Huff
The Broadway hit makes its Los Angeles debut in an excellent production at the Odyssey Theatre Ensemble.
Read More »Book Review: Cork Town by Ty Hutchinson
A cover up that reaches to the top in Detroit politics.
Read More »Book Review: In Pursuit Of Giants by Matt Rigney
This is a book filled with the love of the giants of the deep and also a warning that they might be gone far too soon.
Read More »Book Review: The Eden Prescription by Ethan Evers
A novel about the secret of the drug trade, including an interesting look behind the scenes at research companies.
Read More »Egypt and the Myth of Electronic Revolution
The Internet is not the cavalry.
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