Martin Walker Mysteries
Om Malik recommended a series of mystery books by Martin Walker. Malik said Martin’s “tales of a provincial policeman in the South of France are like a nice glass of …
Entertainment
Film: ‘Occupied City’
“Occupied City” is a four-and-half-hour documentary depicting the fate of Amsterdam’s Jewish population during Nazi Germany’s occupation of the capital of the Netherlands: The film, which is a New York …
Amazon Adding Ads to Prime Videos
Dear Prime member, We are writing to you today about an upcoming change to your Prime Video experience. Starting January 29, Prime Video movies and TV shows will include limited …
‘The Intern’: A Charming Comedy
I enjoyed watching The Intern (2015). Robert De Niro plays a healthy but lonely 70-year-old retired widower named Ben Whittaker. Ben worked as an accomplished executive who ran a company selling telephone …
Film: ‘Ida’
Anna, a young woman training to be a nun in 1960s Poland is on the verge of taking her vows when she meets her only living relative for the first …
Les Frangines: Lovely Upbeat French Music
If you enjoy upbeat popular French music, check out Les Frangines. Donnez-moi is my favorite:
Amazon Adding Ads to Fire TV
Luke Bouma writing for Cord Cutters News: Amazon is adding full-screen video ads that will play when you start your Fire TV unless you quickly perform an action on it. …
Audiobook Narrators
A narrator can make or break an audiobook. This is a list of exceptional narrators, in no particular order. I hope you enjoy them as much as I have. Please …
Washington Open
The Washington Open is the only professional tennis tournament in the nation’s capital. It takes place every summer at the William H.G. FitzGerald Tennis Center in Rock Creek Park. The …
Film: ‘Coup de Chance’
Woody Allen’s 50th film is in French.