The Night Alive Premiere Party
December 12, 2013. The premiere of The Night Alive’s New York run at the Atlantic Theater. It is 8:58 pm …
Category Archives: Reviews: Books, Theater, Film
Bedtime Stories for Ladies, Read by Richard Armitage
Georgette Heyer is a top-selling author, but most people have never heard of her– unless they work in a public …
Sex Appeal and Phallic Follies in Jane Austen’s Persuasion
My favorite Jane Austen novel is always the one I’m reading at the time, but Persuasion has a special place …
The Statement (2004)
This film about a French war criminal has an unexpected Irish angle, because Brian Moore (1921-1999), author of the novel …
Milk and Cheese Run Amok
Yes, ladies and gentlemen, it’s Dairy Products Gone Bad. Back in the 90’s, the Long Suffering Husband and I were …
So Very Hideous An Idea
One day Mary Shelley, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Lord Byron, and John Polidori decided to have a competition to see who …
Michael Collins (1996)
To state the obvious, this is a Hollywood Treatment, even though it was produced in Ireland. While watching this film, …
Theater of the Absurd
Last night I dreamed that I went to see Waiting for Godot in New York, but instead of Ian McKellen …
The Wind That Shakes the Barley (2006)
I sat within a valley green I sat me with my true love My sad heart strove to choose between …
The Singer of Tales
Every five years or so, I re-read The Lord of the Rings. It’s one of very few books I bother …
Linnet Moss 