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Adventures in writing with Lisa Jensen, Author, Columnist and Film Critic

Sunday, July 25, 2021

PRIVATE RITUALS

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 "Come out here." It was never a command, only an invitation, delivered in a subtle tone of voice that seemed to promise something...
Saturday, April 24, 2021

EXTREME BARBITUDE

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  But all seriousness aside, at my house, the only thing that really matters at this time of year is the (dreaded) Oscar Barbies!   I ma...

CHAOS(CAR) THEORY

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 This used to be the time of year when I would post my fearless Oscar predictions — even as recently as (the dreaded) 2020, when the little ...
Friday, February 26, 2021

RETURN of the BEAST

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Behold: the new Beast on the block! Almost three years after the initial release of Beast: A Tale of Love and Revenge i n hardcover, the lon...
Monday, February 22, 2021

THE GOODBYE GIRL

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45 years and 4 months. No, that's not how long we've all been sheltering in place. It's the length of time I've been writing...
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Sunday, February 14, 2021

LOVE IS IN THE AIR

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Love is in the Air This year I'm celebrating Valentine's Day by sharing some of my happiest memories of my Sweetie, James Aschbacher...
Monday, January 4, 2021

GREAT PLATES!

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  New Year's shout-out to the Great Plates Program, which obtains grants for local restaurants and catering services to keep their cooki...
Sunday, September 13, 2020

DICKENSIAN RHAPSODY

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Diverse cast, soaring spirit, fuel joyous 'Personal History of David Copperfield'   Anglo-Indian actor Dev Patel may not be the...
Thursday, July 2, 2020

AUTO-IMMUNE

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I was glad to leave the driving to him. My name is Lisa, and I don't drive. There's no 12-step program for it, but I might as we...
Friday, May 29, 2020

BETA BOY

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"We could've written this!" This refrain was often heard in our kitchen (usually over a glass of bubbly) when James and I ca...
Thursday, May 7, 2020

MAIN STREAM MOVIES

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Regular readers will note that I prefer watching movies on a gigantic screen, the way God intended. In the future, no doubt, movies will ...
Sunday, April 26, 2020

FREE BOOK!

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Hey, if the Rolling Stones can jam with each other online from their rec rooms, what am I waiting for? Here's my response to the g...
Sunday, April 19, 2020

HOLD THAT (DEAD)LINE

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After 40-odd years in journalism (some of them damned odd), I respect deadlines. It's not that I grudgingly obey them, or that I...
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Monday, April 6, 2020

THE IMPOSSIBLE MEME

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Okay, we've all seen that meme: William Shakespeare wrote King Lear while under quarantine in London during the Bubonic plague. The...
Sunday, March 29, 2020

I WAKE UP STREAMING

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It’s official — I’m superfluous! With theaters shuttered (temporarily, we hope) due to the coronavirus, and no one going out to the movi...
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Lisa Jensen
I'm the author of the novels,"Alias Hook," "Beast: A Tale of Love and Revenge," and "The Witch From the Sea," proprietress of the entertainment blog, Lisa Jensen Online Express, and longtime movie critic for the alt weekly, Good Times, in Santa Cruz, CA. My movie reviews also appear on Rotten Tomatoes. "Runaways; A Tale of Jonkanoo," and "A Comedy Of Marriage," the final two installments of the Companeros Trilogy begun with "The Witch From the Sea," appear exclusively online!
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