25 Books: #3, Now That You Mention It

25 Books: #3, Now That You Mention It

This is a story of personal triumph, although it sort of sneaks up on you. Nora Stuart is a successful physician living the dream in Boston. Or so it seems. We quickly learn life with her ER doc boyfriend isn’t great, and before we can dig into that problem, she gets hit by a van. […]

100 Movies: #9, The Last Black Man in San Francisco

100 Movies: #9, The Last Black Man in San Francisco

Release: 2019 Starring: Jimmie Fails, Jonathan Majors, Rob Morgan, Danny Glover Directed by: Joe Talbot Screenwriters: Joe Talbot and Rob Richert, story by Jimmie Fails and Joe Talbot Spoilers? I’ll keep them minimal. It’s hard to know where to start with this movie, because it contains multitudes. Perhaps the easiest introduction is to borrow author […]

100 Movies: #8, Can You Ever Forgive Me?

100 Movies: #8, Can You Ever Forgive Me?

Release: 2018 Starring: Melissa McCarthy, Richard E. Grant Directed by: Marielle Heller Screenplay by: Nicole Holofcener and Jeff Whitty Spoilers? Fer shure. The film is based on a true story, adapted from Can You Ever Forgive Me?: Memoirs of a Literary Forger, by Lee Israel. The protagonist (let’s not call her a hero) is a […]