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Fantastic Fest Film Review: Stephen King’s “In the Tall Grass”

In the Tall Grass

You see a car going down a highway through fields of high grass. On the radio, Sam Cooke is singing “It’s All Right”. That’s the last pleasant sound you hear till the end of In the Tall Grass. The rest of the sounds you hear for the next ninety minutes …

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TV Review: ‘American Horror Story’ Binge-worthy Streaming

American Horror Story

My family, like many others these days, has exchanged the cable company for streaming services like Netflix. The downside of streaming is having to wait until after the season has aired (for network or cable series), usually, around the same time as the new season is launched. That said, the advantage …

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TV Review: Freeform’s ‘The Fosters’ on Netflix

Are you a cord cutter, like my household is? But do you miss watching many TV series available only on cable?  My wife and I are the same way. Streaming services like Hulu and Netflix are great ways to find those gems of series otherwise missed. While it can be annoying to …

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TV Review: Stellan Skarsgård in ‘River’ Streaming on Netflix

River now streaming on Netflix

No one does crime procedurals like the British (especially the BBC). Flawed, tormented detectives, obsessed, depressed, even delusional. Netflix is now streaming River one of the strangest detective series I’ve screened in recent years. Starring Swedish actor Stellan Skårskgard (Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Good Will Hunting, The Avengers) as …

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Book Review: ‘Build it: The Rebel Playbook for World Class Employee Engagement,’ by Glenn Elliott and Debra Corey

Two HR veterans, Glenn Elliot and Debra Corey, have written 'Build It, The Rebel Playbook' — a terrific, crisp new book that offers a clear framework for driving employee engagement. If you want engaged employees, lead like a rebel, they say, and cite the renegade leaders of today's frontrunning organizations as proof.

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