Karen Martin

Perspective501-399-3686501-399-3686kmartin@adgnewsroom.com

Associate Editor, Perspective.

Recent stories by Karen Martin

Home Movies "Wild Beauty: Mustang Spirit of the West" (not rated, 1 hour, 39 minutes, On Demand) Wild horses in America are headed toward eradication, caught in a battle over land and special interests.... May 26, 2023

Home Movies "Cocaine Bear" (R, 1 hour, 35 minutes, streaming on Peacock, available on DVD and On Demand) An innocent black bear gets coked up and goes on a rampage in Elizabeth Banks' highly self-aw... April 21, 2023

Home Movies "One Day as a Lion" (R, 1 hour, 27 minutes, On Demand) This crime comedy, intended to be an homage to Quentin Tarantino and the Coen brothers, features Jackie Powers (Scott Caan), an inept h... April 7, 2023

A twisted, turning route to home (continued from last week)We were supposed to fetch our newly adopted dog on Tuesday, March 21.I know this. Because, even among journalists, I'm detail-oriented. I make notes. I double-check dates... April 2, 2023

Home Movies "Triangle of Sadness" (R, 2 hours, 27 minutes, Hulu, Amazon Prime Video, Apple TV) An unpredictable black comedic drama in which a glamorous, vapid celebrity model couple are invited on a lu... March 31, 2023

Student diversity needed This month, a significant event for millions of Americans took place: the National Resident Matching Program's annual residency match. This is when medical school graduates hope to find a residenc... March 28, 2023

Delights, downsides of adopting a dog For weeks, we'd been half-heartedly shopping animal shelter and rescue websites and quietly putting the word out. It was a little discouraging--we had specific parameters in mind and a dog run (an... March 26, 2023

On the road with relentless rain BENTONVILLE -- There's a difference between driving in the rain and driving in a drenching deluge.A recent journey to Bentonville, which took place on an overcast windless 50-degree afternoon, was... March 19, 2023

HOME MOVIES "American Cherry" (not rated, 1 hour, 28 minutes, Amazon Prime Video, Vudu) A psychological thriller-romance about a troubled boy (Hart Denton) who meets an impressionable girl (Sarah May So... March 17, 2023

A circular route to vehicle safety The noisy racket--an exuberant over-amplified announcer, garish rock anthems, lots of vehicular bustle--started around 5:30 a.m. on Sunday, March 5; the day of the Little Rock Marathon.Among the route... March 12, 2023