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Tuesday, November 3rd, 2009
“Strange as this weather has been” by Ann Pancake
Editorial Reviews from Amazon.com From Publishers Weekly A hard-living Appalachian family weathers a contemporary coal boom in the debut from West Virginia native Pancake. Soon after their first meeting in the 1980s, college freshman Lace See and 15-year-old local boy James Makepeace Turrell (Jimmy Make) conceive their first child. Nearly 20 years later, Lace is [...]
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Tuesday, October 27th, 2009
Movie Review: Paranormal Activity
Synopsis from Rotten Tomatoes A haunted house makes no secret of the fact it is not pleased with its new tenants in this independent tale of supernatural horror. Katie (Katie Featherson) and Micah (Micah Sloat) are a twentysomething couple who’ve just moved into a new home in San Diego, California. Katie has an interest in [...]
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Thursday, October 15th, 2009
The Winthrop Woman by Anya Seton
From the Publisher First published in 1958 and set in the early 17th century, this bestselling novel—and follow-up to Katherine—follows Elizabeth Winthrop, a courageous Puritan woman who finds herself at odds with her heritage and surroundings. A real historical figure, Elizabeth married into the family of Governor John Winthrop of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. In [...]
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Monday, October 12th, 2009
Movie Review: Surrogates
Movie Review by Roger Ebert: Surrogates / / / September 23, 2009 Cast & Credits Thomas Greer Bruce Willis Jennifer Peters Radha Mitchell Maggie Greer Rosamund Pike Andrew Stone Boris Kodjoe Young Canter James Francis Ginty Dr. Lionel Canter James Cromwell The Prophet Ving Rhames Strickland Jack Noseworthy Bobby Devin Ratray Colonel Brendon Michael Cudlit [...]
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Sunday, September 27th, 2009
Movie Review: The Informant
Movie Review by Roger Ebert The Informant! BY ROGER EBERT / September 17, 2009 Cast & Credits Mark Whitacre Matt Damon Brian Shepard Scott Bakula Robert Herndon Joel McHale Ed Herbst Patton Oswalt Ginger Whitacre Melanie Lynskey Kirk Eddie Jemison Warner Bros. presents a film directed by Steven Soderbergh. Written by Scott Z. Burns, based [...]
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Monday, September 21st, 2009
Merlin
I watched this show since it’s beginning. It started in 2008 in the UK. It was a huge success. It’s now being broadcast to many countries around the world, including the United States. Season 1 for the US aired on NBC on June 21st. There were 13 episodes. I watched them all. The second season [...]
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Tuesday, September 15th, 2009
Gamer:Movie Review
Review from DVDtown.com GAMER is a 2009 science fiction action thriller film written and directed by Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor. The film stars Gerard Butler as an unwilling participant in an online game in which participants can control human beings as players. After directing the frenzied CRANK, Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor helm another [...]
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Thursday, September 10th, 2009
Threats
Today I received threatening text messages. When I replied and told the person I was going to call the cops they replied that it was a wrong text and to call the cops. So I called the cops and changed my cell phone number. I accidentally put my cell phone number up on my facebook [...]
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Sunday, September 6th, 2009
“Never Let Me Go” by Kazuo Ishiguro
“Madame was afraid of us. But she was afraid of us in the same way someone might be afraid of spiders. We hadn’t been ready for that. It had never occurred to us to wonder how we would feel, being seen like that, being the spiders.” source for synopsis and Washington Post Review Synopsis From [...]
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Friday, September 4th, 2009
The Time Traveler’s Wife: Movie Review
source Movie Review by Roger Ebert: / / / August 13, 2009 New Line Cinema presents a film directed by Robert Schwentke. Screenplay by Bruce Joel Rubin, based on the novel by Audrey Niffenegger. Running time: 107 minutes. Rated PG-13. At local theaters. Clare is in love with a man who frequently disappears into thin [...]
