Well, that was weird: a Jewish horror movie? In The Possession, a girl buys a very old wooden box in a yard sale. Unbeknownst to anyone, the box contains a dybbuk – a malevolent Hebraic demon – which is released when the bratty child opens it. Said dybbuk possesses said child, mayhem ensues: blah blah…
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I’ve been meaning to write about my other tv obsession – the shrewd and completely brilliant The Closer – for a while now. If you haven’t seen it (don’t wait any longer….) The Closer tracks the caseload of Deputy Police Chief Brenda Leigh Johnson (a tour de force from Kyra Sedgwick) who’s been brought in from…
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