Cosmos
COSMOS. Fox and National Geographic channels. Neil deGrasse Tyson, Seth MacFarlane, and Ann Druyan. Over 30 million American adults don’t know the Earth goes about the sun. So a reprise of … Continue reading
Tyringham Park
TYRINGHAM PARK. Rosemary McLoughlin. Atria Books. It’s very rare for first-time fiction to break any ground, so very rare for a novelist’s debut to catch a reader by surprise. However, … Continue reading
Winter Audio 2014
TALK LIKE TED. Carmine Gallo. Macmillan Audio. Death and public speaking – those are the two universal fears that tie us all together. For many, speaking in front of crowds … Continue reading
A Killing of Angels
A KILLING OF ANGELS. Kate Rhodes. Minotaur Books. Scheduled for release on February 25, 2014, A Killing of Angels captures the bare elements of the human psyche in vibrant tones. In essence, this … Continue reading
Mozart In the Jungle
MOZART IN THE JUNGLE. Amazon TV. Directed by Paul Weitz. Starring Lola Kirk, Saffron Burrows, Peter Vack, Gael García Bernal, Bernadette Peters and Malcolm McDowell. Co-starring Constantine Maroulis, Joshua Bell, Bob Dishy … Continue reading
PBS’ Sherlock Is Worth A Long Look
SHERLOCK. A BBC Original Series. Airing on PBS. First, a major spoiler: Sherlock Holmes survived the Reichenbach Fall. The first episode of Season Three of BBC1’s “Sherlock” discusses how he … Continue reading
Eric Clapton Reviews the Seventies
Eric Clapton On DVD Due March 11 On March 11, MVD will release ERIC CLAPTON, THE 1970s REVIEW, a film chronicling the evolution of Clapton’s career through the 1970s, from his historical … Continue reading
New Fiction From Tor
THE WAVERING WEREWOLF. David Lubar. Starscape. David Lubar is renowned for his ability to bring monsters to life on the grand landscape of the printed page. The Wavering Werewolf continues his benchmark Monsterrific Tales … Continue reading
How To Think Like Sherlock Holmes
MASTERMIND: HOW TO THINK LIKE SHERLOCK HOLMES. Maria Konnikova. Penguin. Really, the question isn’t whether you should think like Sherlock Holmes, but if you would want to. In his acclaimed … Continue reading