Richard's Pretension

The title of Michael Pollan’s How to Change Your Mind sounds like a self-help book of a type much needed in an age when we are far too a...

Halestorm: Vicious (2018) Vicious (2018) is the fourth studio album by Halestorm, not counting cds of cover songs. Their last album ...

It is currently raining in this part of NJ, which means my satellite TV signal is glitchy. So, this is a good moment to write about TV ins...

Two reviews from a chair in the den and one from a standing-room-only club: **** **** Tully (2018) To call Tully a chickfl...

Last week I watched a rerun of How I Met Your Mother . One of the running gags on the show is Barney’s obsession with suits. In a flashbac...

The father/daughter dynamic is a tricky one in real life and almost as tricky to portray on film. Disclosure: I’m not a parent. Whether th...

It is beach weather, so I’m told, and I have no reason to disbelieve it. I probably won’t be testing it though. I am not much more than an...