Book and Film Globe

Tuesday, October 22, 2019

To Dish or Not to Dish?

October 22, 2019October 17, 2019 Art Edwards 0 Comments Deirdre Bair, Parisian Lives, Samuel Beckett, Simone de Beauvoir

‘Parisian Lives,’ a Juicy Memoir by Beckett’s Biographer

TELEVISION

Boo!

October 21, 2019October 17, 2019 Kristin Clifford 0 Comments Are You Afraid Of The Dark, Goosebumps, The Midnight Society

The New ‘Are You Afraid of the Dark?’: Family-Friendly Scares for You and Your (Possibly Imaginary) Kids

NON-FICTION

Battle of the Sexes

October 21, 2019October 21, 2019 Michael Washburn 0 Comments James Hasson, Stand Down

‘Stand Down’ Calls Into Question the Efficacy of a Gender-Integrated Military Fighting Force

FILM

Zombieland: Double-Tap

October 18, 2019 Rachel Llewellyn 0 Comments abigail breslin, Emma Stone, Jesse Eisenberg, Woody Harrelson, Zombieland

A Fun Gallagher Show of Gore

FILM

Silly Rabbit

October 18, 2019 Stephen Garrett 0 Comments Jojo Rabbit, Roman Griffin Davis, Sam Rockwell, Scarlett Johanssen, Stephen Merchant, Taika Waititi

In ‘Jojo Rabbit’, Fun with Imaginary Hitler

FILM

Maleficent is so Fae

October 18, 2019 Mia McCullough 0 Comments Angelina Jolie, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Elle Fanning, Jenn Murray, Maleficent, Michelle Pfeiffer, Sam Riley

Mistress of Sequels

FILM

Darkness Visible

October 17, 2019October 17, 2019 Stephen Garrett 0 Comments Robert Eggers, Robert Pattinson, The Lighthouse, Willem Dafoe

Toxic Masculinity Burns Bright in ‘The Lighthouse,’ Robert Eggers’ Salty-Dog Phantasm

Netflix TELEVISION

Growth Spurt

October 16, 2019October 16, 2019 Omar Gallaga 0 Comments Andrew Rannells, Big Mouth, Jason Mantzoukas, Jennifer Aniston, Jessi Klein, John Mulaney, Jordan Peele, Maya Rudolph, Nick Kroll

Season 3 of ‘Big Mouth’ is Ready for the Big Time

FICTION

Lady Sherlock Loses The Plot

October 16, 2019October 16, 2019 Kimberly Chrisman-Campbell 0 Comments Lady Sherlock, Sherry Thomas, The Art Of Theft

‘The Art Of Theft,’ an Overdone Art Heist with Too Many Characters

Netflix TELEVISION

No Quiero Elite Mucho

October 15, 2019October 16, 2019 Rachel Llewellyn 0 Comments Elite

Stereotypes and Hot Threesomes Abound in the World’s Most Popular Teen Soap

FICTION Young Adult

L’Amour Fou

October 15, 2019 Sharyn Vane 0 Comments Serpent and Dove, Shelby Mahurin

‘Serpent and Dove,’ a Fun, Frenchy YA Fantasy Romance

FILM

Not So Sexi

October 14, 2019October 14, 2019 Stephen Garrett 0 Comments Adam DeVine, Alexandra Shipp, Jexi, Jon Lucas, Michael Peña, Rose Byrne, Scott Moore, Wanda Sykes

Jexi, Write me a Funnier Script

NON-FICTION

Meat Your Maker

October 14, 2019October 14, 2019 Jason Avant 0 Comments beef, carbon dioxide, climate change, climate crisis, cows, Eating Animls, eating meat, greenhouse gases, Jonathan Safran Foer, methane, Saving the Planet Begins at Breakfast, We Are the Weather

In ‘We Are The Weather,’ Jonathan Safran Foer Posits that Meat-Lust is Killing the Planet

COMICS CREATORS

The Queen of the Apes Goes To New York Comic Con

October 14, 2019October 13, 2019 Ayun Halliday 1 Comment New York ComicCon

Ayun Halliday Seeks out Smaller Potatoes at the Javits Center

FILM Netflix

Breaking Worse

October 11, 2019October 11, 2019 Jake Harris 0 Comments Aaron Paul, Breaking Bad, Bryan Cranston, El Camino, Jesse Plemons, Jonathan Banks, Krysten Ritter, Robert Forster, Vince Gilligan

‘El Camino,’ a Flashback-Filled Epilogue for Jesse Pinkman of ‘Breaking Bad’

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