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Engrossing story with finely-drawn characters. They must be modeled on real people was my thought as they seem so real. Skips around in time. Effects of a mansion on all family members. Some love it; some abhor it. The house becomes an obsession and destroys the lives...

Why bother? You've seen it all before. It was better the first time.

Protagonist is a bit of an enigma. Breaking away from his ultra orthodox family, seeming to glory in his role as the black sheep of the family, Larry undergoes an offstage conversion, emerging as an orthodox rabbi with kids and a devout wife. Why offstage, I ask. Reade...

Disturbing story of author's childhood which was martyred by her father, a fundamentalist Mormon suffering from bipolar disease and attendant paranoia and her mother who was passive and acquiescent although a strong smart woman at heart. Throw in a violent brother and...

What a luscious couple! Their new movie, Everybody Knows (Todos Lo Saben) is definitely worth the price of the movie ticket. All the women in this film are gorgeous and then there's Javier - (sigh). The action revolves around a mystery and pretty much everyone is under...

The new movie Border will give Eraserhead--one of my favorite movies-- a run for its money. Watched in on  HBO last night. Most of the audience will opt out immediately I suspect, as my husband did, at the first glimpse of the protagonist. Let's just say she's not a be...

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I've been resisting the tech invasion in my own way and in my own time, but I've finally succumbed. My granddaughter bought us the TV attachment; her boyfriend installed it in a few seconds flat, and voila, now we have NETFLIX.

He suggested Black Mirror, the series, and...