Movie Review: Control Room
My perception of the Al Jazeera television network was that this is the network that broadcasts the Osama Bin Ladin messages and that it is the most popular news network in the Arab world. This is, of course, filtered through a very American lens. It is difficult to say what the reality of the...
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Movie Review: Paycheck (2003)
A film by John Woo Once upon a time a film directed by John Woo meant something. He was a well known and well respected director from Hong Kong. His first couple of pictures in America, while not spectacular, were fairly good: Broken Arrow and Face/Off . Unfortunately, since Face/Off he...
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Movie Review: Spiderman II
Just as good as the first movie. The characters are now 2 years older, and Peter is still as clumsy as ever. Very good movie, and excellent special effects. I like the new bad guy, Doctor Octopus, very interesting fellow.
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Book Review: Can You Keep a Secret?
Okay, it's finally spring, and time for some fluffy chick lit. Can You Keep a Secret? by Sophie Kinsella is the story of Emma Corrigan, a twenty-something marketing assistant who dreams of becoming a success - in anything. The novel starts out as Emma is making a business trip to Glasgow...
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Book Review: The Shattered Chain - Marion Zimmer Bradley
Each Darkover novel can stand on its own as a complete story, but taken together, they weave a rich tapestry about a world different from our own. The Shattered Chain is set after the rediscovery period when the Terran Empire discovered the planet of Darkover and that the inhabitants are descendants...
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Movie Review: Conan the Barbarian (1982)
A film by John Milius What can you say about Conan? Originally created as a pulp novel by Robert Howard, John Milius s film is the first reason Arnold Schwarzenegger became a star. It is a muscle-bound, B-Grade styled fantasy of a film about a warrior named Conan. It is also a good movie, if...
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Book Review: First Meetings - Orson Scott Card
This book is a collection of three short stories set in the universe of Ender s Game. Ender s Game is one of my favorite books in any genre and the Ender series is one of the few actual science fiction that I read (I tend toward fantasy). I wondered how short fiction set in this universe would...
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Movie Review: Sylvia (2003)
A film by Christine Jeffs "Sylvia" is a film about the life of the American poet Sylvia Plath (Gwyneth Paltrow). The film begins with Plath in college and being all upset about the review of her poetry in a magazine (it might have been a university magazine, but that is never made clear). Soon...
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Book Review: The Best American Short Stories 2003
Having never read one of the Best American Short Stories collections, I have no way to judge this latest edition to past efforts. The only thing I can speak to is how I felt about the stories contained in this collection and how good I think they are. There are some very fine stories in this...
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Movie Review: The Human Stain (2003)
A film by Robert Benton I was actually looking forward to this movie. I loved the Philip Roth novel that this movie was based on, and there is some serious acting talent involved. The director is the same one who made Kramer VS Kramer. With all of this talent, and all of this promise, the film...
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