reviewed by Carmen Ferreiro-Esteban I met Sandra Carey Cody at a book signing at the Doylestown Bookshop three years ago. Always the Southern lady she was too modest to promote her own book and instead told everybody approaching our tables how wonderful my young adult novel was. She even bought a copy of my novel for her neighbor's grand-daughter. I reciprocated and brought home with me Put Out the Light, the first mystery [...]
Reviewed by Carmen Ferreiro-Esteban Once again, PBS Masterpiece has brought us a winner. This time, it is Zen, a mystery series based on Michael Dibdin's novels (http://www.amazon.com/Michael-Dibdin/e/B000APLL6M/ref=ntt_athr_dp_pel_1). Zen is Aurelio Zen, a contemporary Italian police detective working in Rome. So, on top of great acting, an intriguing story and handsome people we get to see Rome. We also get to see life in modern day Italy, which is in many ways quite different [...]
Reviewed by Carmen Ferreiro-Esteban For the generation of children now in college and High School, Harry, Ron and Hermione are more familiar than those cousins they see twice a year at Christmas and the shore.No surprise, then, that when the last movie in the Harry Potter franchise, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2, came out at midnight on July 15, this young generation, dressed as wizards and witches, flooded the movie [...]
directed by Terrence Malick starring Sean Penn, Brad Pitt and Jessica Chastain.reviewed by Carmen Ferreiro-EstebanThe Tree of Life is more an experience than a regular movie. It's a visually stunning, deeply moving and perfectly acted film. And if you know what to expect, you may enjoy it as much as I did.But be warned. The Tree of Life does not have a linear narrative, and doesn't tell a story as much as it [...]
