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• Scenic Route (2013)

  

  What originally runs the risk of being a pretentious best-friends-fighting-in-the-desert borefest turns out to be an interesting study of what happens when... Read more

  Posted on 04 January 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Let Sleeping Corpses Lie AKA The Living Dead at Manchester Morgue (1974)

  

  Surprise! I actually liked this better than George A. Romero's 1968 defining classic "Night of the Living Dead." Granted, "... Read more

  Posted on 01 January 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• East is East (1999)

  

  Incorporating a blend of humor and heartbreak with ethnic issues, "East is East" sometimes seems awkward and wrong-headed, but it's successes are more... Read more

  Posted on 31 December 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• The War Zone (1999)

  

  Actor Tim Roth's dictatorial debut is also an exquisitely acted masterwork about the dark secrets surrounding a middle-class British family, with Lara Belmont... Read more

  Posted on 30 December 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Finally! A New Post from Steph: 10 Worthwhile Movies and Shows I Won't Watch a...

  

  WARNING ... spoilers. In no particular order:1. Old YellerIt was kind of a tradition in my elementary school. Periodically they'd round us all up and herd us... Read more

  Posted on 30 December 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Paradise: Faith (2012)

  

  What's impressive and surprising about "Paradise: Faith" is how it takes a sensational premise (a lonely woman with an erotic fixation with Jesus) and does not... Read more

  Posted on 29 December 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Broken (2012)

  

  Apparently "Broken" is 'inspired' by Harper Lee's much-loved classic "To Kill A Mockingbird," but I find "Broken" to be a better story with more well-developed... Read more

  Posted on 27 December 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Night of the Living Dead (1968)

  

  Although George A. Romero's influential cult classic must have been terrifying for it's time, the years have rendered it rather mild and outdated. Read more

  Posted on 21 December 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Into the West (1992)

  

  Although it may be a little intense for young tykes due to its alcoholism, poverty, and prejudice themes, "Into the West" is an overall charming and appealing... Read more

  Posted on 20 December 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• V/h/s (2012)

  

  Nothing to see here, ladies and gents. "V/H/S" is a appallingly bad and nauseatingly shot fright flick, marred by misogynist overtones and 0% (and I do mean... Read more

  Posted on 20 December 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Mama (2013)

  

  "Mama" is a eerily different and creepy ghost story with great performances from the child actors. Young Victoria and Lily (Megan Charpentier and Isabelle... Read more

  Posted on 19 December 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Frances Ha (2012)

  

  "Frances Ha" is admittedly not normally my type of movie, but I was sporadically entertained by its down-to-earth charm. Filmmaker Noah Baumbach, who skyrockete... Read more

  Posted on 16 December 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• 24 7: Twenty Four Seven (1997)

  

  Shane Meadows is one of my top favorite filmmakers, so although "Twenty Four Seven" is not bad at all, it's a bit of a disappointment with my expectations set s... Read more

  Posted on 14 December 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• The Cry of the Owl (2009)

  

  "The Cry of the Owl" is a strange little movie featuring profoundly odd characters who perplexed the bejeezus out of me. It's a movie that grows on you once... Read more

  Posted on 08 December 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Tsotsi (2005)

  

  Compelling and startling, "Tsotsi" chronicles a young thug in Johannesburg's surprising redemption. The somewhat quick development of the violent main... Read more

  Posted on 07 December 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• A Room For Romeo Brass (1999)

  

  Shane Meadows knows how to do a slow-burner. One of Britain's most powerful filmmakers, Meadows is a master of racketing up the tension in a seemingly ordinary... Read more

  Posted on 07 December 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Book Review: Detecting Deception

  

  Detecting Deception: The Art Science of Uncovering Testifying to the Truthby Paul S. McCormickLooseleaf Law Publications (2013)The Short Version: This highl... Read more

  Posted on 03 December 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• The Miracle Worker (1962)

  

  Blind, deaf, and mute, wild child Helen Keller was shut out from communication and terrorized her affluent Southern family, until willful teacher Annie... Read more

  Posted on 12 November 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Movie 43 (2013)

  

  Though hardly a consistently funny film, "Movie 43" is, astonishingly, not a complete and utter miss. It is a hit-and-miss spectacle around the lines of 2013's... Read more

  Posted on 11 November 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Guest Post: Creation of Personal Reality by Eugenia Oganova

  

  Each person perceives reality differently because each of us is unique (genetically, psychologically, emotionally, karmically).Our personal reality is created... Read more

  Posted on 25 October 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES