THE LONG SHOE: LACED WITH COMEDY
One of the most amusing novels of the year by a long shot, THE LONG SHOE fits like a glove with laces.
A crime caper featuring a talking cat and a mantra that you don’t have to have a quirk …
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SODA: AT THE JEWISH FILM FESTIVAL
SODA sounds like a sparkling entertainment experience, but the title belies the bitterness that bubbles away in this story of blighted relationships and the hangover from the Holocaust.
The film opens with a group of Polish partisans executing a …
SHADOW TICKET: PYNCHON ENGLISH
Brimming with box office brio and blossoming into one of the biggest critical and financial hits of the year, ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER is opening up new audiences to Thomas Pynchon, on whose novel, Vineland, ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER is …
CLOWN TOWN: SLOW HORSES AND A QUANTUM OF SOLECISM
Is it the plot or the characters or the Molotov malapropisms engineered for maximum blast, a quantum of solecism, that make CLOWN TOWN a classic? All three is the uncrypted answer.
CLOWN TOWN is the ninth and latest of Mick …
SOVEREIGN: SICK,SELFISH SNAKE OILERS
In the wake of the Porepunkah, SOVEREIGN has severe and savage reverberations, too soon to be seen by some, but certainly not in any way sympathising with wanton and wilful slaughter.
What many thought was a malaise of the U.S.A. …
SASYQ: A SHINING STAR IN THE SYDNEY SCIENCE FICTION FILM FESTIVAL
It came from outer space and landed in an out house.
Earth’s atmosphere and sunlight wreaks havoc on this alien’s health so it seeks sanctuary and sustenance in a shit hole.
It’s harmless to humans and just wants to …
DEADMAN’S MONEY: MURDER MOST FOUL
The Scottish play transferred and interpreted to modern day Northern Ireland.
And who’s to say Shakespeare is not universal, so?
DEAD MAN’S MONEY is a magnificent modern re imagining of Shakespeare’s Macbeth, that shows where there’s a will, there’s a …
THE IMPOSSIBLE FORTUNE: AN EMBARRASSMENT OF RICHES
Is it because Pierce Brosnan stars in the Netflix adaptation of The Thursday Book Club that he’s cited as the best James Bond. Perfectly reasonable, but no need to dis the Dalton.
That aside, THE IMPOSSIBLE FORTUNE – which could …
SPINAL TAP II: THE END CONTINUES
Where most sequels squeal like a pig, SPINAL TAP II: THE END CONTINUES revels like a pig in shit.
Forty years in the faking, SPINAL TAP II: THE END CONTINUES is a fake it till we make it mock it …
DINNER AT THE NIGHT LIBRARY: A RECIPE FOR READING
A bestseller in Japan, Hika Harada’s DINNER AT THE NIGHT LIBRARY has been translated into English by Philip Gabriel and published by the Simon & Schuster imprint, Scribner.
I mention this matter of fact as DINNER AT THE NIGHT LIBRARY …