Journey into the heart of hate Before I went to see it with a friend, I knew almost nothing about Spike Lee’s latest movie “BlacKKKlansman” other than it was based…Continue readingBlacKkKlansman
I’ve been on a re-reading kick recently My latest re-reads have been books by Mary Doria Russell. I just wrote up my impressions of “The Sparrow” and “Children of God”…Continue readingWhat makes a book a keeper?
I was on an airplane when I first tripped over the movie “Mamma Mia” a few years ago. I must have startled (and probably scared) my fellow passenger by basically…Continue readingWhen we were young again
Taking her with me into the shadows of my dreams While I was updating my Le Guin collection with the Hainish books I lacked, in preparation for my Big Re-Read…Continue readingRe-reading Ursula
Okay so I saw a bunch of trailers for this movie – but that was an under-the-radar kind of thing, I looked because it had “Book Club” in the title,…Continue readingSometimes it takes a Book Club…
Despite the warnings, I never got lost in ‘The Infinity War’ I was warned that walking into ‘Avengers: The Infinity War’ without screeds of background was going to be a…Continue readingThe Superhero Rapture
I went to a 1 p.m. showing of Black Panther on a Monday, possibly an inconvenient time. But given all the discussions and the high media profile of the movie,…Continue readingOK. So. Black Panther