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Hollywood Fringe Reviews: ‘Nilbog: the Unauthorized Musical Parody of Troll II’ and ‘The Wheel of Invention’
Two amusing comedies — one based on a terrible movie, the other set in a strange, retro amusement park — make solid debuts at this year's Fringe
Read More »Book Review: ‘The Rabbit Who Wants to Go To Harvard’ A Parody by Zeldar the Great With Help From Diana Holquist and Christopher Eliopoulos
"The Rabbit Who Wants to Go To Harvard" by Zeldar The Great with help from Diana Holquist and Christopher Eliopoulos is interactive and witty. While the work is fun and zany, almost more for an adult reader, the way it is written is fun for a child.
Read More »Music Review: Various Artists – ‘Forbidden Broadway: Comes Out Swinging!’
A must for the cognoscenti. For the rest of us, it may turn us on to what we've been missing.
Read More »Theater Review (LA): ‘Four Tree Plays’ and ‘Million Dollar Hair’ at the Hollywood Fringe
A thoughtful avant-garde theater piece and a full-on musical parody are two of the highlights of this year's Hollywood Fringe Festival.
Read More »Movie Review: Stitches (2012)
On April Fools night, I attended the gala red carpet American premiere of Stitches, an Irish horror spoof starring Ross Noble, an English comedian who has yet to be well-known in the States, but this film may help to start opening doors in America for him. Noble wasn’t present at …
Read More »Book Review: The Dark Frontier by Eric Ambler
Eric Ambler's debut novel The Dark Frontier foreshadows the masterly thrillers to come.
Read More »Book Review: Bored of the Rings: A Parody by the Harvard Lampoon
The Harvard Lampoon's new edition of Bored of the Rings is as funny now as it was when it debuted in 1969.
Read More »Book Review: The Woman Who Died A Lot: A Thursday Next Novel by Jasper Fforde
Jasper Fforde's The Woman Who Died a Lot takes its silliness seriously.
Read More »Book Review: Dirty Work by Michael Lamendola
Funny. Entertaining. Suspenseful. Read it and laugh.
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