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In a Star is Born, we have the actor Bradley Cooper playing a singer and the singer Lady Gaga acting. Did this role reversal work? Were they able to pull off a great movie? Read on to find out! First, a disclaimer: I’m not impartial — I am a huge fan of both Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper. I’ve always respected Lady Gaga’s …
A marginal movie can become a really good movie if you enjoy the topic. This was the case when I watched He’s Just Not That Into You. I thoroughly enjoyed the movie because the topic is compelling: Do women realize when a guy is just not into them? The movie is more than that as well…it’s about relationships between men …
I just noticed that the Book of Eli is number one on the latest list of DVD Movies New Releases. I saw this movie in the theaters when it came out and remember a discussion that ensued afterward: Is Eli blind in the movie? After visiting the Book of Eli IMDB page, I realize that many people have this question.
Last night, I watched the movie Funny People with Adam Sandler and many other great young comedians. 20 years ago, you knew what to expect with an Adam Sandler movie; now you don’t. I like that. 20 years ago, all was simply slapstick and often very funny. Now, we still get slapstick but with serious, and sometimes slightly demented, undertones. …
Last night, I sat down to watch the evening news when I heard: Michael Jackson is dead. My first reaction was utter disbelief–he’s too young to be dead! We received no clues, no warnings, no serious ill-health reports. For a moment, I thought they must have the report wrong. How could Michael Jackson be dead?
If you’re a fan of gambling (and seeing people bring down the house), you’ll enjoy the movie 21. I certainly did…here is my review of the movie 21! I was anxious to see the movie 21 as I had read the book Bringing Down the House, the book on which the movie is based. However, aside from the idea of …
What are your favorite books? This page is filled with my favorite books. Do you like my choices? Let me know what you think in the comments… Often, a person’s personal library says a lot about them. I have no idea what mine says about me, but I’d thought I’d share with you some of my favorite books. These are …
It annoys me that the Seven Habits of Highly Effective People is on my favorite book list. The title itself is manipulative. We as a society are known to respond when given a numbered list. It’s typical of self-help books to provide you with one directive and then provide 30 supporting pages of evidence, as if you’re a dummy and …
Jitterbug Perfume by Tom Robbins may be one of my favorite books of all time. Tom Robbins combines profound and playful in perfect proportion. Also, he teaches you how to live forever. Two of the remedies are: lots of sex and lots of baths. Two things I love! Every Tom Robbins book is similar in this respect: expect the unexpected…like …
The Unbearable Lightness of Being is an outstanding book and a horrific movie, unless you like depressing European movies with little dialogue that slowly plod along. (If so, make sure you also see 4 Months, 3 Weeks, and 2 Days). But really, one of the challenges of life is to live lightly, but not too lightly. Montainge mentions that in …
The book Magical Thinking by Augusten Burrroughs may not be his first book, or his most popular, but it’s definitely the best! The first Augusten Burroughs book that I read was Running With Scissors. This was more of a novel and I enjoyed it. However, after this book, all of his other books have been filled with short stories about …
If you want to read one of the best books about the 20th century, pick up a copy of The Century by Peter Jennings and Todd Brewster. When the change of the century occurred, many books came out chronicling the 20th century. One of the most popular was Tom Brokaw’s The Greatest Generation. My parents have this book on their …
You will not often find me endorsing books of an overly serious nature but The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand, and Atlas Shrugged, for some reason, defy my usually aversion to topics of seriousness and self-absorption. The Fountainhead is written by Ayn Rand and many of you, yes you, were suppose to read it in one of your college courses. But …
If you’re not familiar with the book The Best Poems of the English Language, you may be missing a chance to drastically improve your love life! I always have a book of poetry by my bed. Ok, yes, that me seem a completely prop, a ruse. But, I swear, it’s not. In college, my teacher challenged me to memorize 10 …
