Don’s Reviews
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Earlier this year I read Pachinko by Min Jin Lee, a family saga thriller focusing on an immigrant Korean family and their struggle for survival and finding their place in mid-to-late 20th Century Japan. Pachinko was published in 2017 by Grand Central Publishing (Hachette), and became a national bestseller, a New York Times’ and ABA’s…
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Anyone who knows me will tell you I’ve always been an admirer of the literary giant, Ernest Hemingway, and his lasting impact on the art of literature. Last month, I got to read through his posthumously published novel Islands in the Stream (not to be confused with a song from the Bee Gees) that I…
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Saltburn is a 2023 psychological thriller black comedy starring Barry Keoghan, Jacob Elordi, and Rosamund Pike. Written and produced by Emerald Fennell (and also Margot Robbie). There’s certainly buzz around the film given its five BAFTA nominations, two Golden Globe noms, and three Critic’s Choice award noms. No Oscar noms, once again, for Barry Keoghan,…
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The film Sound Of Metal was a 2019 drama film about a drummer who loses his hearing. I like to imagine this film relates greatly to a lot of people since most of us have had to deal with uncomfortable change in our lives, some catalyst or something in our lives that affected everything going forward.…
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ROMA is a 2018 drama film directed and written by Alfonso Cuaron about a domestic worker during the tumultuous political climate of 1970s Mexico. You may recognize Cuaron from Children Of Men as well as Harry Potter: Prisoner of Azkaban a.k.a. the only good Harry Potter film. The film won an Academy award for best cinematography…
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Any of my friends who’ve played me in chess probably cried after because I always beat them. Were my opponents grandmasters or mean-mugged Soviets who look like they probably belonged in the mob? Thankfully no, but I still enjoy the thrill of absolutely dominating somebody else in a game based on skill and cleverness. First,…
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The 1929 Ernest Hemingway novel A Farewell to Arms is an all-time classic and a personal favorite of mine. Bradley’s Cooper reaction to reading this book in Silver Linings Playbook is probably the exact same as mine, but maybe just slightly less aggressive. The novel centers around an ambulance driver, Lieutenant Frederic Henry, during WWI…
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