Tana French might be best known and lauded as a writer of mysteries, but beyond the basic genre requirements – dead bodies, troubled detectives, institutionalised corruption – her books also operate as instruments of social critique. More lately, with the Cal Hooper trilogy, based on the premise of a Chicago detective who takes early retirement … Read more
Fifteen out of 16 is pretty good odds, right? Let me just do the math here… yes. That’s like 94%. So if something happened 15 out of 16 times, including the 12 prior times, you’d have to say there’s a very good chance something is going to happen again. What the hell am I talking … Read more
Tom! Denzel! Brad! Dinosaurs, superheroes and the return of Happy Gillmore! Get ready for a packed calendar of blockbusters, big-name comedies and more Listen — can you hear it? That murmur of excitement as people begin to prep for a season best known for air-conditioned multiplexes, IMAX screens the size of city blocks, and the … Read more