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Daily Archives: August 8, 2016
Movie Review: Sons are tested when dad takes them to the “Edge of Winter”
“Edge of Winter” enters my field of vision with a natural advantage. It’s my kind of story — gritty, woodsy, with a hint of survivalism about it. There’s still a vicarious thrill in experiencing wilderness through those trapped in a … Continue reading
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Book Review: Maggie Smith’s Boswell updates her biography, “Maggie Smith”
When British theatre critic Michael Coveney first published “Maggie Smith: A Biography,” back in the mid-90s, he and she must have had every reason to believe he was summing up an acting life well-lived, and fully lived. But that was … Continue reading
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