Posted in Movies on Jun 28th, 2007 No Comments »
A film by Woody Allen, based off the book by the same name. Some funny skits on all things pertaining to sex and the human body.
Rating: **+
tags:**+, comedy, USA, woody allen
Posted in Movies on Jun 25th, 2007 No Comments »
This entire film was shot in split-screen so you had two view-points at any one time. When the movie begins, a man and woman meet at a wedding, seemingly as strangers. As the two talk, and memories unfold, it’s obvious that the two share a past together.
Rating: ***+
tags:***+, aaron eckhart, helena bonham carter, […]
Posted in Movies on Jun 25th, 2007 No Comments »
A very moving, epic film about a pregnant woman, Aurea, and her mother who move to Maranhão, a very remote section of Brazil. Soon after the move, Aurea’s husband dies, and Aurea gives birth to a baby girl. Aurea and the girl spend the next twenty years in this remote, sand-filled land, isolated […]
Posted in Movies on Jun 20th, 2007 No Comments »
Very funny movie about a Jewish girl who brings her Palestinian boyfriend home to meet her family. Through a bizarre series of events, the boyfriend drops a frozen tub of soup out the window and hits his girlfriend’s father on the head. The movie has several funny sequences and dialogs that take place between the […]
Posted in Books, Audiobooks on Jun 17th, 2007 No Comments »
Sharon Moalem and Jonathan Prince
This book is about evolution and genetics and how disease has influenced them over time. Moalem and Prince explain why many diseases that we see as debilitating and deadly (e.g. diabetes and sickle cell anemia) actually might have helped our ancestors survive thousands of years ago.
tags:jonathan prince, non fiction, […]
Posted in Movies on Jun 14th, 2007 No Comments »
Funny movie about two department store adversaries competing for the job of floor manager. When a scuffle leads to the accidental death of one of them, the other becomes involved with the only witness in an attempt to hide from the police.
Rating: ***
tags:***, comedy, crime, guillermo toledo, spain
Posted in Movies on Jun 12th, 2007 No Comments »
Funny at times, but the movie didn’t really go anywhere. Nicolas Cage plays a disgruntled weatherman who is struggling with his own issues as well as family problems.
Rating: **
tags:**, comedy, gore verbinski, michael caine, nicolas cage, USA
Posted in Movies on Jun 10th, 2007 No Comments »
Excellent movie with great acting by both Forest Whitaker and James McAvoy.
Rating: ****
tags:****, drama, forest whitaker, james mcavoy, UK
Posted in Movies on Jun 5th, 2007 No Comments »
Good actresses and dialog, but pretty much every plot line in the film was unresolved at the end of the movie. The movie focuses on a mother and her three daughters, all who have self-esteem issues. It would’ve been nice to see one of the characters grow in this movie. Unfortunately, nothing changed and lots […]
Posted in Movies on Jun 3rd, 2007 No Comments »
Rating: ***
tags:***, ben stiller, comedy, owen wilson, ricky gervais, robin williams, USA