Gerald Peary

Arts Remembrance: The Late Joe Cook and His Chance to Record “The Twist”

April 20, 2014
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Little Joe Cook, who died last week at 91, somehow turned his one Top-40 rock hit, 1957’s “Peanuts,” into the centerpiece of a never-ending Cantab Lounge gig.

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Movie Review: “The Galapagos Affair” — An Edenic Experiment Gone Wrong

April 18, 2014
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It would take a series of spoilers to explain who might have killed whom in “The Galapagos Affair.” See the movie and find out, and revel in the grim gallows humor.

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Fuse TV Review: HBO’s “Silicon Valley” — The Comic Adventures of Nerd Musketeers

April 14, 2014
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“Silicon Valley” is sharp fun for both the computer lingo-savvy and for the non-Tweet, non-Facebook crowd such as out-of-it me.

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Book Review: A Murder Inspired by Literature? — “Blood Will Out”

April 13, 2014
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Everyone these days is racing through “Blood Will Out,” an undeniably enthralling three-hour read.

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Film Review: “In Bloom” — Girls, Guys, and a Gun

April 13, 2014
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“In Bloom” is one of the best features to come out of Eastern Europe in recent times.

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Film Review: “The Unknown Known” — As Insanely Entertaining as a Mad Hatter Tea Party.

April 11, 2014
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My first thought: filming Donald Rumsfeld can only be rationalized if it’s a front for a citizen’s arrest.

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Film Review: A Brilliant, Anguished “Le Week-End”

March 29, 2014
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Adeptly directed by Roger Michell, “Le Week-End” soars because of its glorious leads.

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Fuse Television Review: HBO’s “Doll & Em” — A Show Biz Satire That Loses Its Mojo

March 21, 2014
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The first few episodes of HBO’s “Doll & Em” operate as a fairly funny show-biz satire, but then the series takes a nosedive into turgid melodrama.

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Film Review: “If You Build It” — A Stirring Look at Construction and Idealism

February 28, 2014
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Are the 16-year-olds in the deep South capable of such a challenging, cumbersome construction task? Especially with the school year coming close to an end?

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Film Review: “Stranger by the Lake” — An Eerie, Stylish Homoerotic Thriller

February 23, 2014
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This death trip romance is powerful, weird, and intoxicating — until its final scenes.

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