THE GREAT ESCAPER Bernie Jordan (played by Michael Caine), a 90 year old WWII veteran, missed the deadline to sign up for the official bus to attend the services to commemorate the 70th anniversary of D-Day in France. Stuck in a care facility in Brighton, he’s torn between his desire to go and his need …
Month: October 2025
AND THE COMEDY JUST KEEPS COMING
The Grand High Imperial Twitterbug (GHIT), His Highness, Prez for Life and World’s Greatest Comedian: the one, THE ONLY, Ronald Rump, is ON FIRE right now with some of the GREATEST COMEDY ROUTINES ever achieved! Portland is a WAR ZONE! Wow, that had us rolling in the aisle, but sending troops to stamp out …
THE BLACKTONGUE THIEF BY CHRISTOPHER BUEHLMAN
The Blacktongue Thief by Christopher Buehlman, Tor Publishing 2021 - Introducing Kinch Na Shannack, a lowly member of the Takers Guild, born in that part of Buehlman’s fictional world where the inhabitants are distinguished by, and looked down on for, their black tongues. The Takers Guild is a collective of criminals that apprentice and supply …
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JENNY’S BOY BY WAYNE JOHNSTON
Jennie’s Boy - A Newfoundland Childhood by Wayne Johnston, Knopf, 2022 - Wayne Johnston has lived an unusual life, two portions of which he has now shared through his writing. In his earlier book, ‘The Mystery of Right and Wrong’ (reviewed July 21, 2022) Johnston explored the nature of evil using his late father-in-law as …
THE MORE THINGS CHANGE
I was watching an episode of the ‘The Good Wife’ (a CBS television series that ran from 2009 - 2016) the other day. For those that don’t know the series, it was a legal/political drama where the main character, Alicia Florrick (played by Julianna Margulies) is forced to return to legal practice after her husband …
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