I, Tonya reveals pitfalls of competitive figure skating as a sport
I wanted to write a film review of I, Tonya and start by saying that although Margot Robbie is a fantastic actress, I just didn’t see Tonya Harding in her. I remember …
Archives for March 2018
The Shape of Water is more than a fantasy drama
We’ve been watching films that garnered nominations in the last Academy Awards, the ones we missed prior to the ceremony. We’ve seen Coco and Three Billboards …
The Crown Season 2: Prince Philip’s alleged affair With Galina Ulanova and the Suez Canal crisis
Most recaps of the first episode of Season 2 of “The Crown” deal with the titillating allegation that Prince Philip may have had an affair with Russian ballerina Galina …
The Sound of Music wedding dress is historically inaccurate
The real life Von Trapp wedding took place in 1927. The Sound of Music was set in 1938, the year when Austria was annexed into Nazi Germany. And yet, Maria’s wedding …
When syphilis is treated with mercury, do the teeth turn silver?
There are two TV shows that we are following right now that have mercury-as-a-cure-for-syphilis embedded in the story line. The first is The Alienist; the second is The …