Posted in Movies on Oct 31st, 2005 No Comments »
Giovanna is stuck in a dull marriage and a dull career as an accountant at a chicken factory. She dreams of becoming a pastry chef, but can’t afford to leave her job as her husband, Filippo, can’t hold down a steady job, and they have two young children at home. One day, a strange, elderly […]
Posted in Movies on Oct 26th, 2005 No Comments »
Despite the so-so reviews, I really enjoyed Elizabethtown. During the movie, I kept thinking that it reminded me of Garden State. The main character, Drew [eerily similar to Andrew in G.S.], is at a low point in his life and contemplating suicide, when he learns his father has died. His mother and sister’s need for […]
Posted in Movies on Oct 25th, 2005 No Comments »
I enjoyed this movie so much more the second time around. There are so many plots and characters to follow that I feel like I could see it a third time and still not completely follow everything. Audrey Tautou is amazing (as usual), and the movie has a very “Amelie-esque” feel to it, as […]
Posted in Movies on Oct 24th, 2005 No Comments »
Funny and lighthearted, Saving Face made me laugh and feel for what the characters were experiencing. Wil, a Chinese-American is a closet lesbian, trying to find a way to tell her family about her sexual preference. Her widowed traditional mother becomes pregnant with an unknown man’s child and is thrown out of her parent’s house. […]
Posted in Movies on Oct 21st, 2005 No Comments »
The Goblet of Fire was my favorite of the four, so far. The three main actors who play Harry, Ron, and Hermione, have all matured and become better actors. The imagery for this movie was amazing, especially during the Quidditch World Cup and Tri-Wizard Tournament scenes. This fourth installment is the darkest movie, as the […]
Posted in Movies on Oct 20th, 2005 No Comments »
A History of Violence was, well, violent. I guess this was to be expected, but it was a bit too graphic for me. The story begins with Tom Stall living his cozy, small-town life with his wife and two kids. Tom is well known in the town and works at the diner he owns. Life […]
Posted in Movies on Oct 18th, 2005 No Comments »
When middle-class Mona meets the worldly and wealthy Tamson, the two hit it off because of their vast differences but also because it’s summer and the two are bored. Mona misses her born-again religious brother, who meets with his spiritual group in their house and Tamson misses her sister, who she claims died from anorexia. […]
Posted in Movies on Oct 17th, 2005 No Comments »
When Clarence meets his true love, Alabama, he finds out that she’s a call girl hired to entertain him for his birthday. Their one night stand turns into love and the two get married. Clarence tries to retrieve Alabama’s clothes from her pimp’s house, but ends up killing the pimp in a violent fight and […]
Posted in Books, Audiobooks on Oct 12th, 2005 No Comments »
David Rakoff
David Rakoff’s hilarious book contains several essays (with the same satire and sarcasm found in David Sedaris‘ writing) about contemporary American society. From his “treasure hunt” in New York city, to his flight on the Hooters plane, to his visit to a cryogenic freezing facility in Arizona, Rakoff points out our first world “problems” […]
Posted in Movies on Oct 10th, 2005 No Comments »
In this [reversed] remake of the the 1967 classic “Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner” Theresa, a young black woman, brings home her fiance, Simon, who is white. Theresa’s father immediately has a problem with Simon, even though he claims it has nothing to do with Simon’s race. The two vie for Theresa’s affection throughout the […]