Primer
Posted in Movies on Oct 28th, 2007 2 Comments »
Very. Confusing. Had to read the imdb message boards to figure out what was going on…
Rating: **+
tags:**+, drama, USA
Archive for October, 2007
Transformers
Posted in Movies on Oct 26th, 2007 No Comments »
Definitely made for the teenage boy. Lots of action and shots of Megan Fox’s torso. I’m just not into action movies, I guess.
Rating: ***
tags:***, action, megan fox, michael bay, USA
Animal, Vegetable, Miracle
Posted in Books on Oct 25th, 2007 No Comments »
Barbara Kingsolver
This novel is a fascinating journey into one family’s year-long commitment to eating locally. Kingsolver, her husband, and two daughters all take on their share of work in running the family farm to produce enough food to feed them for one year. The family also raises turkeys, both for eating and eggs, and […]
Come To Grief
Posted in Books on Oct 21st, 2007 No Comments »
Dick Francis
Bizarre mystery about an ex-jockey-turned-private-investigator. The interesting thing about this book is that Francis tells you who did it on the first page. The rest of the novel features the main character trying to prove the case.
tags:book club, dick francis, mystery, UK
Inventing Elliot
Posted in Books, Audiobooks on Oct 21st, 2007 No Comments »
Graham Gardner
tags:fiction, graham gardner, UK
The Emperor’s Children
Posted in Books, Audiobooks on Oct 17th, 2007 No Comments »
Long, somewhat slow book about three selfish, self-obsessed, and self-interested friends and their lives in New York City. I had trouble getting into any of the characters; they all seemed very shallow, bitter (even though they led privileged lives), and a bit snobby. Overall, disappointing, considering long the book is and the time […]
The Sentinel
Posted in Movies on Oct 14th, 2007 No Comments »
Rating: **
tags:**, action, eva longoria, keifer sutherland, kim basinger, michael douglas, thriller, USA
The Secret of NIMH
Posted in Movies on Oct 14th, 2007 No Comments »
Rating: ***
tags:***, animation, USA
Deja Vu
Posted in Movies on Oct 12th, 2007 No Comments »
Ok sci-fi flick about a group of federal agents who have found a way to stop a crime by going back in time using a special FBI surveillance unit. I think this movie should have been set in the future, instead of present day, post-Katrina New Orleans. The time travel part just seemed […]
The Purple Rose of Cairo
Posted in Movies on Oct 10th, 2007 No Comments »
Rating: ***
tags:***, drama, jeff daniels, mia farrow, woody allen