By: Sue Piazza – 2-23 Published 2016 in Great Britain Genre: Mystery, Fiction Bookmarkers: 3 of 5 Prolific writer Anthony Horowitz created Foyle’s War for PBS; wrote several Midsomer Murder episodes; penned the Hawthorne & Horowitz Series; wrote the bestseller Moriarty and the Alex Rider series (now on Amazon Prime); the international bestseller The House […]
By: Bill Cushing – 2-23 Lots of the best TV Crimefighters have quirks about their personalities or methods that make them memorable. Columbo had his rumpled trench coat and his “One More Thing” persistence. Monk had his Obsessive Compulsive disorder that helped him solve cases. Those are just two of the more interesting ones. Now, […]
The Journal of Jasper Jonathan Pierce by Ann Rinaldi Scholastic Inc., NY Bookmarkers: 5 of 5 Genre: Young Adult, Historical Fiction Ann Rinaldi, award winning historical writer, has done it again. This book is about a trip, an adventure and the lives that changed the world. Two brothers, Jonathan and Tom, journey to America in […]
By: Bill Cushing – 01-23 It’s that time of year again. That time when all TV people start thinking about the best shows that they watched over the past year. As usual, it was tough to leave some shows off the list, but here are my picks for the best TV had to offer in […]
By: Bill Cushing From time to time, my column will feature questions asked by readers regarding the world of TV. Feel free to email me with any questions you may have about TV at BillsTVTalk@gmail.com, and I’ll do my best to answer you and may feature your question in a future column. Here’s what […]
By: Paul Murano – 11/22 I went to get my hair cut today, and walked into a shop filled with decorations of skeletons, ghosts, spiders, bats, disembodied skulls, and cemetery grave stones. When I was a kid, Halloween seemed less morbid. Do kids dress up anymore as clowns, pirates, princesses, hobos, and Superman? It got […]
By: Bill Cushing, 11/22 Maximo Gallardo takes in the view of the Pacific Ocean from his sprawling estate on a day off from his life as a financial mogul. He welcomes his young nephew Hugo over for his birthday and begins to tell him the tale of his own teenage days and how he became […]
By: Bill Cushing – Oct. 2022 When it comes to murder, some things are best kept in the family. The phrase, ‘Keep it in the Family’ never held more weight than it does in ‘Bad Sisters,’ AppleTV+’s outstanding new series that premiered on Aug. 19th. John Paul “JP” Williams (Claes Bang, fresh off The Northman) […]
By: Bill Cushing – Sept. 2022 Chicago, 1996. Drug trafficker Jimmy Keene (Taran Egerton) faces a ten-year prison sentence. Then the FBI approach him with a strange offer: transfer to a maximum-security prison for the “criminally insane,” gather evidence to finally quash the appeal of suspected serial killer Larry Hall (Paul Walter Hauser), and Jimmy […]
By: Bill Cushing- Aug. 2022 One of the biggest challenges these days when it comes to finding quality shows on TV, and finding something good to write about, is the sheer volume of content that there is to go through. A whole list of streaming services and hundreds of cable channels to watch. Sometimes it […]
By: Bill Cushing – July, 2022 This month I would like to take a break from talking about TV to talk about something more personal. On June 7, 2022, my father-in-law, Isidore Trovato passed away at the age of 87, after a brave fight with cancer. Many of you reading this article may have known […]
By: Bill Cushing – June. 2022 In 2011, Matthew McConaughey starred in ‘The Lincoln Lawyer,’ a big-screen adaptation of Michael Connelly’s series of legal thrillers featuring Mickey Haller. Now, Netflix has cast Manuel Garcia-Rulfo as Haller, the brilliant defense lawyer known for working mostly out of one of his Lincoln Town Cars of various […]
By: Bill Cushing – May, 2022 From time to time, my column will feature questions asked by readers regarding the world of TV. Feel free to email me with any questions you may have about TV at BillsTVTalk@gmail.com, and I’ll do my best to answer you and may feature your question in a future column. […]
By: Bill Cushing – April, 2022 What if you were able to create a true separation between your work life and your home life, by dividing the connection between the memories you make at work and the thoughts you have when you’re away from the work? That’s the intriguing question that AppleTV+’s ‘Severance’ poses. After […]
By: Brian Genest – April, 2022 Don’t be fooled by the company name. At Lazy River Products in Dracut, there’s a strong current of ongoing activity, focused on both the growth of quality cannabis and the blooming business. From retail sales and cultivation to R&D and wholesaling, things are on fire at the company […]