DVDs
First Sunday starring Ice Cube, Katt Williams, Tracy Morgan. Not to be confused with the Friday movies Ice Cube has done. Two losers decide to rob the local church. When they find out the money has already been stolen they decide to find out who stole it.
Romulus, My Father starring Eric Bana, Franka Potente. Father and son immigrants in 1950s Australia soldier on after abandonment by the father's wife.
Charlie Wilson's War starring Tom Hanks. Julia Roberts, Philip Seymour Hoffman. Texas Congressman Charlie Wilson raises money for the Afghan resistance against the Soviets. Crider liked it.
I'm Not There starring Christian Bale, Cate Blanchett, Richard Gere, Heath Ledger, David Cross, others. Six actors take on six different legends of Bob Dylan's personality.
Golden Compass starring Nicole Kidman, James Bond, armored polar bear. Some kid's book made into a movie. Oh, I'm mistaken, it is "a wondrous parallel world...special girl...fate of the universe...discovers her world is threatened...Nicole Kidman...unlikely allies...embarks...extraordinary quest...courage against all odds."
Alvin and the Chipmunks starring [people with no shame]. Chipmunks sing songs.
Alex Rider: Operation Stormbreaker starring Obi-Wan Kenobi, Alicia Silverstone, Mickey Rourke. Teen spy.
NonFiction
Sex and Bacon: why I love things that are very, very bad for me by Sarah Katherine Lewis. "Lewis exposes all that is deliciously nasty and delectably uncouth when it comes to her bountiful appetite. Sex and Bacon is about the intersection of food and sex - how food makes you feel, how lust makes you feel, and how similar those two appetites can be."
Moment of Truth in Iraq by Michael Yon. Photojournalist/blogger Yon has probably spent as much time in Iraq as most soldiers. A ground level, infantry eyed look at action in Iraq and the reasons to have faith in the U.S. military and the progress they have made.
Downhill Lie: a hacker's return to a ruinous sport by Carl Hiaasen. Hiaasen starts golfing again and writes a book about it.
Home: a memoir of my early years by Julie Andrews. Autobiography by the actress with lots of photographs.
Fiction
From Dead to Worse by Charlaine Harris. Another comedic vampire novel.
Tuesday, May 06, 2008
Saturday, May 03, 2008
DVD
DVD
There Will Be Blood starring Daniel Day-Lewis. Day-Lewis won an Oscar for this picture about a driven oil man in turn of the century California.
There Will Be Blood starring Daniel Day-Lewis. Day-Lewis won an Oscar for this picture about a driven oil man in turn of the century California.
Thursday, May 01, 2008
One to Scare the Ladies
NonFiction
Private Life of Spiders by Paul Hillyard. A lavishly illustrated book about spiders that my wife refused to even touch.
Complete Guide to Windows and Doorways: repair, replace, renew by Chris Marshall.
Rampant raider: an A-4 Skyhawk pilot in Vietnam by Stephen R. Gray.
Private Life of Spiders by Paul Hillyard. A lavishly illustrated book about spiders that my wife refused to even touch.
Complete Guide to Windows and Doorways: repair, replace, renew by Chris Marshall.
Rampant raider: an A-4 Skyhawk pilot in Vietnam by Stephen R. Gray.
More
DVD
27 Dresses starring Katherine Heigl. Heigl is some tv star on Grey's Anatomy. Heigl plays a gal who is always a bridesmaid and then sets her sights on her boss. Chick movie.
Lost Highway starring Bill Pullman, Patrica Arquette, Robert Blake. Jacob the Page's incessant blather about David Lynch motivated me to purchase this one. "Haunting sexuality, ricochet action and fleeting, murderous shadows await you on a journey that begins and ends on the Lost Highway."
If you like this one you can try out Inland Empire, Twin Peaks, Eraserhead, and Mulholland Dr. I suppose I shouldn't blame the Page.
Fiction
Phantom Prey by John Sanford. Lucas Davenport investigates a missing persons case. According to What's Next this is the 18th title in the series.
Secrets by Jude Deveraux. Cassandra has loved Jeff since she was twelve. She dumps her fiance, takes a job as Jeff's nanny and investigates shots at a reclusive actress's home.
Child 44 by Tim Rob Smith. War hero policeman Leo upsets in his bosses in Stalinist era Moscow and is sent to a remote Siberian town. Already in trouble, Leo suspects a serial killer is on the loose. According to government decree serial killers do not exist. Leo gets in more trouble. A very well reviewed novel.
All Souls by Christine Schutt. Popular senior girl Astra at Manhattan's Siddons School has fallen deathly ill. The rest of the high school finds ways to cope with the sudden and upsetting news.
Sleeping Dogs by Ed Gorman. Political consultant Dev is working on an Illinios Senator's re-election campaign. Dev needs to research the campaign staff's backgrounds and finds disturbing information and the Senator may be at the center. A political mystery novel.
Betrayed by J.M. Windle. Anthropologist Vicki is studying Guatemalan garbage pickers when she finds the corpse of her estranged sister, Holly. "What betrayal connects Holly's murder, the recent massacre of a Mayan village, and the long-ago deaths of Vicki's own parents?"
27 Dresses starring Katherine Heigl. Heigl is some tv star on Grey's Anatomy. Heigl plays a gal who is always a bridesmaid and then sets her sights on her boss. Chick movie.
Lost Highway starring Bill Pullman, Patrica Arquette, Robert Blake. Jacob the Page's incessant blather about David Lynch motivated me to purchase this one. "Haunting sexuality, ricochet action and fleeting, murderous shadows await you on a journey that begins and ends on the Lost Highway."
If you like this one you can try out Inland Empire, Twin Peaks, Eraserhead, and Mulholland Dr. I suppose I shouldn't blame the Page.
Fiction
Phantom Prey by John Sanford. Lucas Davenport investigates a missing persons case. According to What's Next this is the 18th title in the series.
Secrets by Jude Deveraux. Cassandra has loved Jeff since she was twelve. She dumps her fiance, takes a job as Jeff's nanny and investigates shots at a reclusive actress's home.
Child 44 by Tim Rob Smith. War hero policeman Leo upsets in his bosses in Stalinist era Moscow and is sent to a remote Siberian town. Already in trouble, Leo suspects a serial killer is on the loose. According to government decree serial killers do not exist. Leo gets in more trouble. A very well reviewed novel.
All Souls by Christine Schutt. Popular senior girl Astra at Manhattan's Siddons School has fallen deathly ill. The rest of the high school finds ways to cope with the sudden and upsetting news.
Sleeping Dogs by Ed Gorman. Political consultant Dev is working on an Illinios Senator's re-election campaign. Dev needs to research the campaign staff's backgrounds and finds disturbing information and the Senator may be at the center. A political mystery novel.
Betrayed by J.M. Windle. Anthropologist Vicki is studying Guatemalan garbage pickers when she finds the corpse of her estranged sister, Holly. "What betrayal connects Holly's murder, the recent massacre of a Mayan village, and the long-ago deaths of Vicki's own parents?"
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