BOOK TIP
Penpal
Dathan Auerbach
Given the narrowing and formulaic tendencies of the books business, a lot of readers scour various internet sites and established indie press outfits because there’s a .
MOVIE TIP
Napoleon
I’m totally flummoxed by the fact that director Ridley Scott cast the so-modern and ever-quirky actor Joaquin Phoenix as Napoleon. Is there something thematically that Scott is tryi.
MUSIC TIP
Luminescence
Bruce Soord
I have a running count of artists about whom I say, “Why? WHY is this person (or band) not more famous?” Rick Koster Exhibit #349 is Bruce Soord, whose name could be.
MOVIE TIP
The Holdovers
This is one of my favorite movies of the year. It’s witty and caustic at times but warmhearted at its core, with an abiding affection for the world’s underdogs. With Alexander .
BOOK TIP
Dark Ride
Lou Berney
Eternally rocking in the arms of his bong, amusement park worker Hardy “Hardly” Reed is shocked when he randomly observes two kids sitting on a bench with what appears to.