Two Ghostwriters and the DVDs I Opened with the Bat

Fiction

Even Money by Dick Francis and Felix Francis. British bookie is approached by man claiming to be his father. Bookie's parents were supposed to have died when the Bookie was an infant. Hours later the Bookie's father is stabbed to death. What a warm and uplifting story.

Alex Cross's Trial by James Patterson and Richard DiLallo. Character Alex Cross writes a novel about his great-uncle who was fighting the Ku Klux Klan in 1900 Mississippi. You know what I always say about Nazis, right? Dirty, filthy, stinking, rotten Nazis? The same goes for the Klan.

DVD

The Great Buck Howard starring Steve Zahn, Ricky Jay, John Malkovich, Tom Hanks Son. Former bigshot mentalist is on the bottom of a career slump. His new assistant and a new publicist get him back in the limelight.

I Love You Man starring [Apatow regulars], Lou Ferrigno. Guy with no friends tries to find guy to be his best man. Meets a dude he gets along with.

Taken starring Liam Neeson. Former spy's daughter is kidnapped in Paris. Spy has hissy fit with guns.

Hannah Montana: the movie starring Miley Cyrus. Snotty and self-important teen pop star gets sent to the family farm to get her to behave. Her 20-year-old boyfriend then moves into the family home.

Inkheart starring that Mummy Guy. Mummy Guy reads stories and they come to life. He and daughter have to put the characters back. Someone should do a study of how many real characters versus CGI characters Mummy Guy has had to perform with.

Sunshine Cleaning starring Amy Adams, Alan Arkin. Single mom and her slacker sister start a business as biohazard cleaners for crime scenes and accidents.

Duplicity starring who cares? Opposing corporate spies are hot for each other.