The Vineyard On Amazon: Melodramatic Fun
The Vineyard (aka La Templanza), an Amazon runs over ten parts. Based on the novel of the same...
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Author: Carl C. Curtis
Us: Are We They? — A Review
Us, which premiered on PBS a week ago is not for everyone. In the first place, it is adult—but not...
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Enola Holmes On Netflix: Conan Doyle Diminished
In my recent review of ‘The Queen’s Gambit,’ I had occasion to remark that fans of...
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The Queen’s Gambit: CheckMate?
Someone once said that Sherlock Holmes is so beloved because his personality is based on something...
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Radioactive: A Fair Enough Biopic About Marie Curie
Once upon a time, the biopic was one of the film industry’s staples, a guaranteed medium for...
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Miss Scarlet and the Duke: A Suitable Job for a Woman
Black History Month gave way to Women’s History Month on March 1st, a fact many of us cannot help...
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Dear Comrades! The Personal Life is not Dead
In David Lean’s re-imagining of Boris Pasternak’s Doctor Zhivago, Yuri Zhivago (Omar Sharif), poet...
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Christopher Plummer, 1929 – 2021
I suspect most people saw Christopher Plummer for the first time in the role of Captain Von Trapp...
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Self Made: Inspired By the Life of Madam C. J. Walker: Perhaps Too Inspired?
Just in case you hadn’t noticed, it’s Black History Month, and not a few TV shows are airing...
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“The Dig”: The Little Movie That Could
When I use the phrase “little movie,” I realize I’m liable to be misunderstood—perhaps no more so...
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