The Goldbergs
When Curb Your Enthusiasm‘s Jeff Garlin” href=”http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0307531/” target=”_blank” rel=”imdb”>Jeff Garlin announced he was doing a sitcom that was an improv 1980’s...
View ArticleBlue Jasmine
Woody Allen‘s 2013 film was Blue Jasmine, the story of the financial, social and emotional fall of Jasmine, the wife of a wealthy wheeler dealer. I saw Blue Jasmine on a flight and am glad I didn’t...
View ArticleCemetery Junction
I started watching Cemetery Junction with anticipation. Since Ricky Gervais wrote it with Steven Merchant, I hoped for comedy. I didn’t get that. No big laughs here and yet the drama didn’t satisfy....
View ArticleGosford Park, No Downton Abbey
I began watching Julien Fellows’ Gosford Park with high hopes. After all, I love Downton Abbey and Fellows won the Oscar for this screenplay. I was disappointed. Sorely. Despite an all star cast,...
View ArticleCSI: Cyber Crime, Review
I caught this new CBS show when I was in Beijing. The plot was cookie-cutter and predictable. The character’s emotions were flat and simplistic. There was really little suspense and I pitied the...
View ArticleOrange
While the story started out intriguing, Ichigo Takano’s Orange sure presents a lot of shilly shally-ing. This manga, or Japanese comic book, is about Naho, a high school student, who receives letters...
View ArticleHate that Cat
Sharon Creech’s Hate that Cat is a super quick read, perfect if you have a book report due tomorrow and hadn’t started a book. Though Creech’s Walk Two Moons is among my favorite novels for children,...
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