Tuesday, September 04, 2007

Six DVDs, One CD Box Set, Two Novels

DVDs

Blades of Glory starring Will Ferrell and Jon Heder. Two dipsticks are banned from men's figure skating competition after fighting each other. The discovery of a loophole in the pairs competition lets them team up together and compete again.

Smokin' Aces starring an ensemble cast with Ray Liotta and Jason Bateman. Las Vegas magician Aces has been telling mob secrets. A million dollar bounty on Aces brings "a rogues' gallery of ex-cons, hit men and smokin' hot assassins to rub him out."

UFC 68: the uprising with the featured bout between heavyweights Tim Sylvia and Randy "The Natural" Couture. This is an event from 3 march 2007. I showed our other UFC disc to one of our pages and pointed out on the cover how two guys are getting kicked in the head. She said, "Wow, that's cool." I think she was being sarcastic.

Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels starring Jason Fleming, Jason Statham, Dexter Fletcher and Sting. During a poker game Eddie loses his money , his three friendss money, and owes 500,000 in credit to mobster Hatchet Harry. Eddie and friends have a week to come up with the money. This is the movie that made Guy Ritchie's career; then Madonna wrecked it.

Lives of Others starring a bunch of Germans. East Germany's political police, the Stasi, spy on most everyone. When a pro-goverment playwright's girlfriend is desired by a government official he, too, comes under surveillance. Oscar winner for foreign film.

No Bull by AC/DC. Recorded live at Plaza de Toros, Madrid in 1996.

Mystery

Dead Don't Lie by Stuart M. Kaminsky. Chicago detectives Abe Lieberman and Bill Hanrahan investigate the triple murder of three local Turks and the beating of a chef.

Large Print

74 Seaside Avenue by Debbie Macomber. Part of the Cedar Cove series.

CD

Can't Quit the Blues by Buddy Guy. Three CD and one DVD set of blues guitar by Buddy Guy. From his first 1957 demo to present day collaborations. The DVD has performances from 1974 to 2004.

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