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It lacks his previous dynamism, but Tarantino’s latest sticks with you

It lacks his previous dynamism, but Tarantino’s latest sticks with you

by The Lesser Column | Aug 23, 2019 | Entertainment, Featured, Society, The Big Smoke Arena

Tarantino’s historically skewed take on Hollywood isn’t accurate, nor is it entirely Tarantino. Whatever it may be, it remains with the viewer.

Disney exhibits pride with identical Lion King reboot

Disney exhibits pride with identical Lion King reboot

by The Lesser Column | Jul 28, 2019 | Entertainment, Featured, Society

This year’s Lion King is almost a shot-for-shot duplication of the famed 1994 effort. While nostalgia is a hell of a drug, I’m wondering if it might be time we check ourselves into rehab.

Anna Sherman’s version of Tokyo past and present is a visceral miso

Anna Sherman’s version of Tokyo past and present is a visceral miso

by The Lesser Column | Jul 20, 2019 | Book Reviews, Featured, Society

Anna Sherman’s travel book about Tokyo reads like no other, part history, part fiction, all grounded in fact. A staggering reassembling of an ancient city turned neon metropolis. 

Puberty Blues meets second-wave feminism in Suzanne Daniel’s staggering debut

Puberty Blues meets second-wave feminism in Suzanne Daniel’s staggering debut

by The Lesser Column | Jul 7, 2019 | Book Reviews, Featured, Society

Suzanne Daniel’s debut novel navigates the first steps of womanhood in concert with the nation’s feminist awakening in the 1970s. A superb effort.

Danny Boyle’s “Beatles what if” rides in a yellow submarine of suspended disbelief

Danny Boyle’s “Beatles what if” rides in a yellow submarine of suspended disbelief

by The Lesser Column | Jul 2, 2019 | Art, Featured, Society

Danny Boyle’s ‘Yesterday’ plays with the idea of a solitary musician profiting off the songs of The Beatles in a universe they never existed in. It’s better than it sounds.

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