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Twenty years of reading, watching, writing, and asking questions. Explore my latest essays, book and movie reviews, and dispatches from the world of The Chronicles of Purgatory Station.
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Doctor Strange In the Multiverse of Madness – A Movie Review
No pun intended, but it’s very strange to me that Benedict Cumberbatch and Elizabeth Olsen have, in many ways, become the heart and soul…
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Looking For a Show In Chicago? I Recommend The Play That Goes Wrong
My good friend urged us to see The Play That Goes Wrong during our spring break trip to Chicago because he and his family…
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News Of the World by Paulette Jiles – A Book Review
I’ll be honest, I grabbed this book from my local library’s shelf because I recognized the cover from HBO Max and it looked like…
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Night Of the Mannequins by Stephen Graham Jones – A Book Review
While visiting the Normal Public Library, this cover and title jumped out at me as it resided in the “new” section. I read the…
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The Batman – A Movie Review (No Spoilers)
I’ll admit that I initially didn’t get too excited by the prospect of yet another new Batman. I happened to like Ben Affleck as…
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Later by Stephen King – A Book Review
I erroneously declared years ago that Stephen King’s best fiction writing days were behind him. As with Elevation, he continues to prove me wrong.…
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Star Wars – The High Republic: The Rising Storm – A Book Review
In this second novel of the The High Republic series, author Cavan Scott continues the story initiated in The Light Of the Jedi. Set…
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Nightmare Alley – A Movie Review
Guillermo del Toro is one of my favorite directors. I try to make it to the theater for any of his work. Unfortunately, Nightmare…
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Memes Me Makey #5
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