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It's officially an outdoor reading time! That's why we put our book into a hiking rucksack and start towards the mountains. On the long way up we admire green valleys and wild flowers in bloom, and when a telltale heart orders to stop and have a rest, we take out our r...

No trips to the movies, no action. Though some cinema theatres are in the process of opening again or have adapted to the old good alternative of drive-in movies, the major premieres of the year are all postponed for the sake of better times. However, it doesn't leave...

There's no better time than now to start a remake of The Stand, one of the most notorious novels by Stephen King. CBS All Access wrapped up the production of the new version this March, though the airing is still to be determined. However, two ultimate determinants of...

Yesterday night we were watching a comedy, one of those that makes you wonder why, on earth, somebody would have wanted to film it. Despite a halfpenny screenplay and deplorable acting, there have been the moments when we were guffawing like never before. Of course, ou...

If you are a passionate crime mystery fan, then you are definitely acquainted with Edgar Allan Poe and his pioneering of detective fiction. And, of course, there's no surprise for you that the name of this prominent poet and writer has been converted into a title of th...

Step by step, day by day you finally get clueless of what to watch on your Netflix, Amazon, Sky, Hulu or any other streaming channel because all new action movies, engaging TV series, heartbreaking dramas, silly comedies or non-scary horror movies have already been con...

It seems that a well-known American writer Colson Whitehead has developed a true winning formula for the highest literary awards. Only three years ago, in 2017, his novel The Underground Railroad won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and the National Book Award and here h...

Time flies by, spring rushes in bloom but the world is stand-still as ever. Those who two months ago cheered about finally living the life they always wanted, quality time for their family and themselves, now hardly sound so enthusiastic about anything. Book stacks rem...

With the majority of prestigious film festivals already cancelled and Cannes Film Festival still uncertain of what shapes it will take this year, one more cinema fiesta is announced to be cancelled. Locarno Film Festival, which usually meets at Piazza Grande in the beg...

The novel I overstepped my birthday with has been more than relevant.  It’s one thing to whimper about getting older and the other – to get under its skin. Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout skillfully conveys what it is to be in your sixties or seventies. Just don’t...