Showing posts with label book club. Show all posts
Showing posts with label book club. Show all posts

Two Word Reviews - Q2 2019

The second installment of Two Word Reviews (patent pending) for tv shows, movies and music for 2019, covering the second quarter (April, May and June) of 2019:

MOVIES
Annihilation - better book
Captain Marvel - solid entry
Destination Wedding - gradual improvement
Book Club - cast saved
Wine Country - cast excelled
Avengers: Endgame - proper conclusion
Perfect Bid: The Contestant Who Knew Too Much - too long
Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets - nice looking
Bad Reputation (Joan Jett Documentary) - interesting insights
CBGB - thin characterizations
Life After Flash - bad decisions
L7: Pretend We're Dead - bold badasses
Kill All Redneck Pricks: A Documentary Film about a Band Called KARP - gritty goodness

MUSIC
Landline EP by Manager - pop grower
Un-Becoming by J. Robbins - classic sounds

TELEVISON
Queer Eye, Season 3 (Netflix) - improving life
Schitt's Creek, Season 5 (Hulu) - Schitt's funny
Superstore, Season 5 (Hulu) - consistently smart
Killing Eve, Season 1 (Hulu) - bold storytelling
Future Man, Season 1 & 2 (Hulu) - consistent laughs
Nailed It, Season 3 (Netflix) - more please
Single Parents, Season 1 (ABC) - solid execution
Brooklyn 99, Season 6 (NBC) - welcome back

Small Stories event at the Burchfield Penney Art Center January 2019

Well, it's official - the Burchfield Penney Art Center in my hometown of Buffalo, New York has selected my 2017 collection of short stories "Small Stories" for their January 2019 book club. On the first thursday of each month they hold a book club meeting and author event, so at 6:00 PM on Thursday, January 3rd, I'll be at the Burchfield Penney to hang out and talk with the folks checking out Small Stories as a part of their WNY author series.

Here's a link to the Burchfield Penney calendar page.
Here's a link to the Facebook event page.