by Lorraine Duffy Merkl | Sep 27, 2021
When I tuned into Impeachment: American Crime Story, the PTSD kicked in immediately. Although I lived through the actual scandal and its never-ending reportage, I focused on the two main players: Bill Clinton and Monica Lewinsky, who I had no affinity for. But...
by Lorraine Duffy Merkl | Aug 6, 2021
“Mom, I’m right here,” says strapping teenager Trent to a horrified Prisca in Old, the new movie by M. Night Shyamalan. What kind of mother wouldn’t recognize her handsome, loving son? One who only moments before had seen her boy as an eight year old. The story...
by Lorraine Duffy Merkl | Jul 20, 2021
Fifteen years ago this summer, The Devil Wears Prada introduced us to Miranda Priestly, and ever since then the movie, based on Anna Wintour and Vogue, has become the rom-com darling of basic cable, much to the joy of fans who hunker down to watch it again and again...
