TV Review: SMASH
February 2, 2012 – 10:05 pm | 7 Comments

Yeah, yeah, it’s exec produced by Steven Spielberg, stars Anjelica Huston and Debra Messing, has big musical numbers…but is it any good? Well, it’s technically impressive, but after finishing the pilot episode of Smash (premiering Monday, …

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Book Review + Giveaway: THE PARTICULAR SADNESS OF LEMON CAKE
July 11, 2010 – 10:49 pm | 21 Comments
Book Review + Giveaway: THE PARTICULAR SADNESS OF LEMON CAKE

Aimee Bender‘s The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake is a bittersweet piece of literature that is both filling and light, with a satisfying secret ingredient I’m not sure I can identify but am happy to …

Movie Review: THE GIRL WHO PLAYED WITH FIRE
July 9, 2010 – 11:11 pm | 5 Comments
Movie Review: THE GIRL WHO PLAYED WITH FIRE

I loved this book, thought it was better than The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo because there was no opening exposition; it just hit the ground running. Since the Tattoo movie blew my pants off, …

Primetime Emmy Nominations 2010
July 8, 2010 – 2:13 pm | 10 Comments
Primetime Emmy Nominations 2010

No, I didn’t wake up at the crack of dawn to hear the Emmy nominations. I just went to a bunch of websites to look up the nominations. In case you haven’t seen them and …

THE KIDS ARE Just ALL RIGHT
July 8, 2010 – 1:01 am | 3 Comments
THE KIDS ARE Just ALL RIGHT

I couldn’t make a recent screening of The Kids Are All Right but my trusty contributor, Eric Edwards, was kind enough to cover it for me.—PCN
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Director Lisa Cholodenko, working from a script she co-wrote with …

Summer Nights
July 6, 2010 – 9:46 pm | 20 Comments
Summer Nights

Just got back into town after 5 days in Sonoma where I think I surpassed my personal best in laziness. I made sloths look like speed freaks. Hung out with my sister and her family …

Winners of Carolyn Parkhurst’s THE NOBODIES ALBUM
July 6, 2010 – 9:42 pm | One Comment
Winners of Carolyn Parkhurst’s THE NOBODIES ALBUM

Random.org selected my two winners: Novelwhore and Carol Wong! You’ll each get a hardcover copy of Carolyn Parkhurst’s sublime The Nobodies Album. Please hit the contact form above before July 8 midnight PST and let …

Book Review: THE BLIND CONTESSA’S NEW MACHINE
July 1, 2010 – 5:12 pm | One Comment
Book Review: THE BLIND CONTESSA’S NEW MACHINE

Though it’s about a blind girl, Carey Wallace’s debut novel, The Blind Contessa’s New Machine, is alive with vibrant imagery and enough lovely details to stimulate the reader’s other senses.
Set in Italy in the 1800s, …

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