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Book review: “It’s Probably Nothing…Or How I Learned To Stop Worrying and Love My Implants” Give a clever and acerbic 40ish poet a breast cancer diagnosis and what … Read more
Book and movie reviews.
Book review: “It’s Probably Nothing…Or How I Learned To Stop Worrying and Love My Implants” Give a clever and acerbic 40ish poet a breast cancer diagnosis and what … Read more
Nora Ephron is the primary role model for a smart, wise-cracking female writer. Thank God for Nora Ephron. Before she came along, the primary role model for a … Read more
The Travellers’ Guide to Hell, by Dana Facaros and Michael Pauls By Tom Jones No one, it seems, has done a guidebook to this popular destination since a … Read more
“At Middleton” – a film review by Gary Chew “At Middleton” is a movie that surprised me in an inverse manner. The entire first act of Adam Rodgers’ … Read more
2014 Oscar Nominations Three of the Best Picture Oscar nominations are good: Best of that three is “Dallas Buyer’s Club.” The other two in my movie notebook are … Read more
“August: Osage County” – a film review by Gary Chew Whose afraid of Violet Weston? Nearly everyone in Osage County it seems. And what with the suicide in … Read more
Gary Chew’s Best Movies of 2013 I’m just one guy. I wasn’t able to see all the new movies of 2013. And since I fall into the freelance … Read more
“The Wolf of Wall Street” – a film review by Gary Chew “The Wolf of Wall Street” is an exciting movie. You’d think it came from the mind … Read more
“American Hustle” — a film review by Gary Chew Brad Pitt gives the most succinct definition of what America just might be … speaking the last line in … Read more
“Inside Llewyn Davis” — a film review by Gary Chew Peering inside Llewyn Davis, I found a man with a tender and gentle heart, quick to feel a … Read more