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Pronzini’s Latest Mystery Novel Is a Compelling Read

Hellbox is the newest novel in the Nameless Detective series of mysteries written by Bill...

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10cc’s in a Box: Tenology

At long last one of my favorite 1970s pop groups has found its home in a box set. If, li...

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Bloated Winter Movies: Do You Want That Blockbuster Supersized?

It's too bad for film critics that they don't draw an hourly wage, what with the recent sp...

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Book Review: Rivers of Blood

The Wyvern Company were really no better than a group of medieval thugs. While on the warp...

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‘Promised Land’: Big Oil Propaganda Film Fails Screenwriting 101

Promised Land's big reveal comes in the opening credits when Image Nation Abu Dhabi is li...

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Science As a Special Interest Group

Just as we've always suspected: A commentator in the world’s leading science journal adv...

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America 1815-1848, Who Knew!

If you are a fan of American history, or a typically educated American, I’d wager that t...

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The Cinema of Eric Rohmer: Irony, Imagination, and the Social World by Jacob Leigh

I have written elsewhere of Eric Rohmer (http://stkarnick.com/?p=4963), one of the great ...

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A Nostalgic Look at the ’50s

By Mark W. Hendrickson New Year’s observances blend recollections of the past, celebr...

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‘Jack Reacher’ Is Entertaining Despite Questionable Casting of Cruise

I’ve never read the books of Lee Child. So I couldn’t share the outrage of fans when i...

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Happy New Year from King Solomon!

What better way to get a little perspective on the New Year than from a 3,000 year old sho...