Wren Noble is a living dead girl (unfortunately not a zombie, though). She craves the rare moments when she’s allowed to step inside her twin sister’s body and experience the world of the living. Lark Noble is alive but often…
Out of the Past: “Shadow of a Doubt” (1943)
The devil comes in many guises. In Alfred Hitchcock’s Shadow of a Doubt (1943), the devil arrives by train on the small suburban town of Santa Rosa, California in the form of Joseph Cotton (The Third Man). Cotton portrays Uncle…
Read of the Week: Great by Sara Benincasa
In Sara Benincasa’s contemporary retelling of The Great Gatsby, a teenage girl becomes entangled in the drama of a Hamptons social circle, only to be implicated in a tragedy that shakes the summer community.Everyone loves a good scandal.Naomi Rye usually…
Chance the Actor in “Mr. Happy”
Chancelor Bennett, better known by his stage name, Chance the Rapper, has finally delved into the world of film, with the Collin Tilley directed “Mr. Happy.” This film is a bit strange. The film centers on a young man by…
Book Review: ‘Of Monsters and Madness’ by Jessica Verday
I tend to avoid retellings of the classics, but gems like Edith Pattou’s East make me return to the genre. I read The Madman’s Daughter a year ago and loved it, so I thought Jessica Verday’s version would quench my…
TV Review: Arrow (3×16) “The Offer”
“You have shown tremendous strength, fortitude, power. No, Mr. Queen. I don’t want to kill you. I want you to take my place. I want you to become the next Ra’s al Ghul.” The bulk of the third season was…