Author Archives: Tom Mahoney

Film Review: ‘The Lincoln Lawyer’

Posted on March 21, 2011 by Tom Mahoney

One of my favorite movies (mostly for the gratuitous violence and sardonic humor) is Mel Gibson’s Payback. In that 1999 film, director Brian Hegeland takes a rather unsympathetic character, an underworld thug, armed robber, and cold-blooded murderer named Porter, and … Continue reading →

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Film Review: ‘True Grit’

Posted on December 23, 2010 by Tom Mahoney

If the noontime opening day crowd for True Grit is any indication of how this film will do at the box office, I think I can safely predict a couple of things. First, seasoned citizens, like myself, who saw the … Continue reading →

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Review: Dennis Lehane’s ‘Shutter Island’

Posted on April 27, 2009 by Tom Mahoney

Every so often as you begin to read a book, something in the back of your mind starts to whisper, “I’ve been here before.”  The whispering started for me at the beginning of chapter 2 of Dennis Lehane’s Shutter Island … Continue reading →

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