DVD
Elite Squad starring [Brazilians]. Police Captain in Rio de Janeiro tries to clear the gangs out of one of the slums before his retirement. I promise lots of Taurus handguns.
Hamlet 2 starring Steve Coogan, David Arquette, Catherine Keener. High school drama teacher writes a sequel to Hamlet. Sequel is awful.. Hilarity ensues.
House Bunny starring Anna Faris. Playboy Bunny Shelley gets kicked out of the Playboy Mansion and finds a job as house mom in a loser sorority.
I was listening to Howard Stern this morning and he watched this movie last week and said it was awful. But, he also said Anna Faris did a great job.
I know a family named Ferris.
The Foot Fist Way starring Danny McBride. An inept and bullying Tae Kwon Do teacher finds his wife is cheating on him and treks to meet his celebrity hero who is also a jerk. Very funny.
I took Tae Kwon Do classes for a while. I signed up at a place in Arlington, TX and a couple times the instructor never even showed to unlock the freaking door. Jerk.
Dark Knight starring Christian Bale, Michael Caine, Heath Ledger, Gary Oldman, Aaron Eckhart. Batman fights the Joker.
Burn After Reading starring George Clooney, John Malkovich, Brad Pitt, John Malkovich, and John Malkovich. Idiot at a Washington, D.C. gym finds a drunk, fired CIA agent's memoirs in a locker and thinks the memoirs are top secret documents. Idiot and desperate co-worker try to get cash for the info. Meanwhile, sex fiend U.S. Deputy Marshal has lots of sex and goes jogging.
Mamma Mia! starring [actors who cannot sing].
My wife was watching this during vacation at my parents' house. I was in the other room reading a book and had to put a pillow over my head so I would not have to hear it.
Music CDs
Twilight: original motion picture soundtrack with songs by Muse, Paramore, and others.
AudioBooks on CD
Suicide Collectors by David Oppegaard. 7 hours, 13 minutes. "The Despair has plagued the earth for five years" with victims committing suicide. A mysterious group called Collectors pick-up the bodies. Norman takes a stand against the Collectors.
Agatha Raisin and the Murderous Marriage by M.C. Beaton. 5 hours, 37 minutes. Agatha is going to remarry until her long-thought-dead drunk of a first husband shows at the wedding. When the drunk is strangled Agatha and would-be second husband are suspects.
Boys Adrift: the five factors driving the growing epidemic of unmotivated boys and underachieving young men by Leonard Sax, M.D., Ph.D. I heard Sax speak at a librarian convention and he did a good job and presented convincing arguments.
Red Helmet by Homer Hickam. Song Hawkins marries a coal mine superintendent and moves to West Virginia and becomes a miner. "In this hauntingly beautiful and romantic novel, he brings alive the little Appalachian town of Highcoal and a people dedicated to mining coal according to the old ways while struggling with modern problems - illegal drugs, environmental destruction, and a world economy that threatens their very existence."
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