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Interview: Author ‘Ronald H. Balson’ Talks His New Historical Fiction Novel Eli’s Promise
RONALD H. BALSON is a Chicago trial attorney, an educator, and writer. His practice has taken him to several international venues including Poland, which served as the inspiration for his first best selling novel, Once We Were Brothers. A love of history, the Middle...
Interview: Author ‘Clare McHugh’ Talks Her New Book A Most English Princess: A Novel Of Queen Victoria’s Daughter
Born in London, Clare McHugh grew up in the United States and graduated from Harvard University with a degree in European history. She worked for many years as a newspaper reporter and later magazine editor. She has also taught high school history and reviewed books...
Movie Review: ‘H Is For Happiness’
Review by Lisa Payne Candice (Daisy Axon) has been given a school assignment by Miss Bamford (Miriam Margolyes) to take each letter of the alphabet to chronicle her life. This sets Candice off on an enthusiastic mission to heal her fractured family. Claire Phee (Emma...
Interview: Author ‘Robert Dugoni’ Talks His New Charles Jenkins Book The Last Agent
Robert Dugoni is the critically acclaimed New York Times, #1 Wall Street Journal and #1 Amazon Best Selling Author of The Tracy Crosswhite series, The Charles Jenkins Series and the David Sloane series. Since 2013, Dugoni has sold more than 5,000,000 books, and My...
Movie Review: ‘Lost Girls & Love Hotel’
Greetings again from the darkness. The temptation here is to compare director William Olsson’s latest film to FIFTY SHADES OF GREY. While the two films do share the foundation of best-selling adult erotica novels, this film is darker and grittier, and doesn’t treat...
Movie Review: ‘Summerland’
Review by James Lindorf It has been 45 days since IFC Films released its World War II drama “Summerland”. Superchill Films decided that it was far too long for the world to go without a new movie titled “Summerland”. Their Canadian indie film is an LGBTQ+ coming of...
Movie Review: ‘The Broken Hearts Gallery’
Review by Lisa Payne After 26-yo gallery assistant Lucy’s (Geraldine Viswanathan) worst day, where she realises that her boyfriend and work colleague (don’t shit where you live), Max (Utkarsh Ambudkar) is seeing someone else. At the same time, makes a fool of herself...
Movie Review: ‘Evil Under The Skin’
Review by Monique Thompson A mother and daughter head off for a secluded weekend to reconnect but little do they know the sordid past of the home they’re staying in let alone the strangeness it attracts as they descend into madness. So the synopsis may have you a bit...
Movie Review: ‘I Met A Girl’
Review by Lisa Payne The opening scene of The Aussie film I Met A Girl is charming, and a little off. Devon (Brenton Thwaites) is practicing his speech for his brother, Nick’s (Joel Jackson) wedding to Olivia (Zahra Newman). It doesn’t quite go to plan. Cue mom and...
Documentary Review: ‘The Way I See It’
Review by James Lindorf Director Dawn Porter (John Lewis: Good Trouble) is back with her second feature-length documentary of the year. “The Way I See It” is based on the New York Times #1 bestsellers, “Obama: An Intimate Portrait” and “Shade: A Tale of Two...