Dear Marilyn, My parents have been divorced for almost eleven years. Neither one of them has been dating anyone else since that time. Recently, however, my mom has met a guy and has […]
Caught in the middle of divorced folks
“Dark Tower” film isn’t the book, but …
By Jim Tortolano If you read the Stephen King novel “The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger” you may be disappointed in the new film “The Dark Tower,” but only in the sense that […]
Retorts: The two sides of gentrification
Here’s the good news. Get ready for your property values to rise. Here’s the not-quite-as-good news: your kids may have to move to East Overshoe in order to find an affordable house […]
Dear Mari: Sober lady, drinking boyfriend
Dear Marilyn, I am an alcoholic. I am six months sober. The problem is that my boyfriend has started to drink more and more frequently. When we first started dating, I was the […]
A classic baseball musical with heart
By Thom deMartino What would you sacrifice to fulfill your fondest wish? In “Damn Yankees”, now playing at the Rose Center Theater, it’s the middle of the 1950’s in Washington D.C., and […]
“Things” explores love, family at WCP
By Thom deMartino Looking back, what were the lessons from your mother that stuck with you? Look both ways before crossing the street? Don’t talk to strangers? Always buy a new toilet […]
Retorts: Stop, you’re killing me with jokes!
“What are you gonna do?” That’s a very common line from the now-venerable HBO series “The Sopranos,” about a mobster and his family, made unique by his visits to a psychiatrist. Marilyn […]
Dear Mari: The wild party was very costly
Dear Marilyn, I recently threw a party, and it was the worst thing that I have ever done in my life. The decision was wrong, and now I am living with the […]
“Dunkirk”: epic film on an epic event
By Jim Tortolano The evacuation of over 300,000 British and French troops from the beaches in Dunkirk in 1940 in the early stages of World War II doesn’t make much of an […]
“Tempest” is a perfect fantasy storm
By Thom deMartino Intrigue. Betrayal. Love. Loyalty. And, above all, magic. No, it’s not the new season of “Game of Thrones,” it’s the original classic fantasy tale … Shakespeare’s “The Tempest,” directed […]
