Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn

We know this story. We’ve seen it on CNN, tracked it on the Internet, commented on it in Facebook. A young woman goes missing, and her handsome husband becomes the main suspect. Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn retells this story with imagination and skill, but the novel left me more puzzled than satisfied. Though there… Continue reading Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn

Television Review: Sense8

Sense8 is an original Netflix series about eight people around the world who become aware of each other. These sensates, as the show dubs them, share sensual perceptions–sight, sounds, tastes, etc.–visit each other psychic visions, and adopt each other skills to solve individual and group problems. It is an interesting show that is a drama-science… Continue reading Television Review: Sense8

Sherlock Holmes: A Study in Scarlet

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Returning to London from the Second Anglo-Afghan War (1878-1880), Dr. John H. Watson seeks a flatmate to share expenses. After a colleague introduces him to Sherlock Holmes, the pair rent a flat at 221B Baker Street. Watson finds Holmes curious, an enigma, but one morning, Holmes confesses to being a consulting detective. That same morning,… Continue reading Sherlock Holmes: A Study in Scarlet

Movie Review: Mission Impossible: Rouge Nation

I have always been lukewarm to the Mission Impossible movies. Action is not my favorite movie genre, because I find the plots simple-minded, the characters stereotypical, and the action scenes–the genre’s bread and butter–overdone and predictable. (Car chases! Wow! Fist fights! Pow! Gun fights! Whoa! Who would’ve ever thought there would be a gun fight… Continue reading Movie Review: Mission Impossible: Rouge Nation