‘Stand Up Guys’ is a walk in the dark

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Published
February 21, 2013

‘Stand Up Guys’ is a walk in the dark

When the steel door opens, a 72- year-old man with dyed black hair steps out into the new world. He has spent 28 years behind these walls, for taking all the heat that resulted from a botched holdup in which the big boss' only son was killed, and for which he was responsible. We know he's a man who lives in a world where each has a debt to be paid.
Published
February 14, 2013

BOOKS: Best sellers for the week of Feb. 14

Publishers Weekly best sellers
Published
February 14, 2013

BUSHNELL ON BOOKS: “Two Men Ten Suns” and “Island Schoolhouse: One Room For All”

Since the first atomic bomb was dropped in 1945, only two books have best described the unbelievable destruction and the moral and political dilemma of development and use of a nuclear weapon during World War II.
Published
February 14, 2013

TRAVELIN’ MAINE(RS): Do yourself a favor, find your way to Lost Kitchen

It once was lost, but now it's found. Chef Erin French has created quite a find at her Lost Kitchen restaurant in a beautiful old Belfast bank building.
Published
February 14, 2013

A CAPITAL READ 2013: Lithgow Library announces selection, author appearance

AUGUSTA -- Author Amy Waldman will be the highlight of a month-long series of events celebrating Lithgow Public Library's annual community-wide reading project, A Capital Read.

Published
February 14, 2013

BOOKS: ‘Little Elvises’ makes it all feel new again

Ever since Dashiell Hammett introduced us to Sam Spade in "The Maltese Falcon" 83 years ago, hundreds of writers have adopted his formula, flooding the bookshelves with wisecracking private eyes who work both sides of the law, disrespect authority, icily stare down gun barrels and conceal an immutable code of honor beneath a cynical outer shell.
Published
February 14, 2013

THE OSCARS 2013 — who should win, who will win

The nominations are in. The excitement is palpable of course, because those scary cliff-hanging elections are over and all the truly important life changing things in the world are all too big to get our heads around. Of course there is nothing any of us can do to affect the outcome of the Oscars or the Golden Globes, SAG Awards, People's Choice or the American Legion pic for best war movie, but somehow we all feel that if we close our eyes on Oscar night, clap our hands and click our sparkly red heels together, our favorite people will win.
Published
February 7, 2013

BOOKS: Best sellers for the week of Feb. 7

Publishers Weekly best sellers
Published
February 7, 2013

BOOKS: Dave Barry’s ‘Insane City’ is hysterical

Humorist Dave Barry has produced his first solo adult novel in over 10 years, and it's hysterical. In a story reminiscent of "The Hangover" films, Seth is marrying a woman who is drop-dead gorgeous, and his buddies have the ultimate bachelor party planned.
Published
February 7, 2013

BOOKS: “Cover of Snow” filled with breathless energy

BY OLINE H. COGDILL Sun Sentinel COVER OF SNOW By Jenny Milchman Ballantine Books, 336 pages, $26 A young widow’s grief and naivete evolve into paranoia and a sense that she has no idea what is really going on in the quiet town where she lives in Jenny Milchman’s stunning debut. Milchman tackles small-town angst […]