“101 Movies” Sells Over 58,000 Copies! Sold at Scholastic Book Fairs (Video)

January 21, 2016 By 19 Comments

Thanks to everyone who’s bought “101 Movies To See Before You Grow Up,” Quarto Kids. It has sold over 58,000 copies! (Book trailer by Bianca Valle, my daughter, Film and TV graduate, NYU Tisch School of the Arts) To get your own signed and dedicated copy, use the PayPal button or email me at vallesuzette@gmail.com. The […]

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What Silo Can Teach Streamers About Keeping an Audience Between Seasons

September 16, 2026 By Leave a Comment
Jessica Henwick and Ashley Zukerman in Silo on Apple TV

  Apple TV turned weekly releases, an engaged author, and 15-year-old literary IP into a fan ecosystem that doesn’t stop when the finale ends. Hours after Apple TV wrapped the Season 3 finale of Silo, the streamer gave its audience something increasingly valuable in the streaming era: certainty. The fourth and final season will premiere […]

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Slow Horses Season 6 Episode 1 Recap: Someone Is Hunting the Slow Horses

September 16, 2026 By Leave a Comment
Gary Oldman as Jackson Lamb in Slow Horses Season 6 Episode 1

Warning: Major spoilers for Slow Horses Season 6, Episode 1. Slow Horses Season 6 Episode 1 is back in familiar territory: murder, MI5 secrets, Jackson Lamb unbathed and flinging insults , and a mystery that quickly becomes very personal for Slough House. Apparently being banished to the house is no longer the worst thing that […]

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Practical Magic 2 Review: Is the Owens Sisters’ Return Worth the Wait?

September 10, 2026 By Leave a Comment
Nicole Kidman and Sandra Bullock return as Gillian and Sally Owens in Practical Magic 2.

Nearly three decades after Practical Magic introduced us to the Owens sisters, Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman are back as Sally and Gillian Owens. Whether we actually needed a sequel is debatable, but one thing is certain, there is still something irresistible about these witches. The original arrived in 1998, and 28 years later the […]

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Phantom of the Opera San Diego 2026: Review, Cast & Tickets

September 9, 2026 By Leave a Comment
Isaiah Bailey as the Phantom and Jordan Lee Gilbert as Christine Daaé in The Phantom of the Opera 2026 North American Tour.

There are musicals you remember for their songs, others for their stories, and a rare few that become part of your own history. For me, The Phantom of the Opera is one of those. I first saw Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Phantom in London in the late 1980s, while I was living in England. Nearly four […]

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Silo Season 3 Episode 10 “Troy” Recap & Review: Silo 1 Changes Everything

September 4, 2026 By Leave a Comment
Silo Rebecca Ferguson streaming on Apple TV

Spoilers ahead for Silo Season 3, Episode 10, “Troy,” including the season finale ending. Silo Season 3 ends not with another rebellion, but with something potentially much bigger: the first real look inside Silo 1, and Juliette Nichols deciding that surviving is no longer enough. She wants to take Silo 1 down. But before we […]

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