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When You Finish Saving the World

Self-Therapy and Family Ties Author: Jesse Eisenberg When You Finish Saving the World is a three-part story of a family who confronts their traumas through recorded self-therapy. It begins with Nathan, an unhappy father who cannot connect with his newborn son. He is slowly working his way through the bonding experience (at the insistence of his angry spouse) with the help of a psychiatrist who has him recording and then emailing monologues of his feelings and experiences. Through the recordings, Nathan slowly confronts his issues and limitations, his family problems, and builds a bridge to hope. Next, his wife, Rachel, [...]

2022-07-26T08:59:37-07:00March 14th, 2022|Tags: , , , , , |

My Pretties

A Dark Comedy That Goes Way Too Far Author: Jeff Strand Ken’s wife thinks that he’s an alcoholic – and he lets her. It’s far better that she thinks he is at the bar at night instead of being in that other house, watching them die. Recently, several brunettes have gone missing. One of these women is Gertie’s cousin, and the police don’t seem to be making any progress. They know there is a serial kidnapper, but they don’t know why he is capturing these women or what he is doing to them. Gertie decides to find out for herself, even [...]

2022-07-26T09:00:38-07:00March 13th, 2022|Tags: , , , , , |

Let the Right One In

A Child Lost in Endless Night Author: John Ajvide Lindqvist An unexpected friendship blooms when a bullied 12 year old boy who is obsessed with visions of violence and serial killers meets the new neighbor girl. Eli is not someone Oskar would have ever envisioned himself drawn to: she is dirty, disheveled, only comes out at night, and has strange mannerisms. Yet she accepts him, and something in her haunted eyes attracts him. During the day when he is beaten and bullied he thinks of his secret nighttime friendship with her. Meanwhile a sadistic killer is on the loose. A killer [...]

2022-03-25T14:03:32-07:00March 9th, 2022|Tags: |
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