Tag: arts
member name: Leslie ~ from NYC ~ R.
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April 24, 2007 09:50 AM EDT --
Used for the "Meet the Robinsons" movie currently in theaters. You get a pair of hornrimmed glasses with polarized lenses that make the images appear to reach out to you.
Although I was . . .
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May 14, 2007 11:13 PM EDT --
A lot more mature - not as much for kids. More angst, more relationships. The action was fast moving. Again it was good vs. evil, but they were not as clear cut - the "evil" . . .
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May 26, 2007 08:45 PM EDT --
Very sweet - young woman in bad marriage has affair.
The best part for me was Andy Griffith as the old codger who owns the restaurant. He's a bit of a ball buster.
It had gotten good reviews, . . .
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July 09, 2007 06:51 AM EDT --
A film noire from the 1960s from France starring Jean-Paul Belmondo.
Film noire is a genre of films - mostly in black and white - of dark topics - lots of femme fatales, lots of murder, betrayal, . . .
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July 11, 2007 09:08 PM EDT --
I'd hoped to go see this with my movie buddy, but I am realizing since we get together so infrequently, and I've been missing movies I'd like to see, I should jump on this when it was available. . . .
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July 21, 2007 08:55 AM EDT --
Author Ross King
A historical thriller set in 1660. An unimposing book seller is sent on a journey to find a missing manuscript. Alternating with the chapters about his search are the chapters . . .
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June 12, 2007 06:12 AM EDT --
First - I loved it.
The music was from my era - fun snippets of 70s music.
The humor seemed to be more directed to grown ups.
The story was weak, but still fun.
No, there weren't as many takes . . .
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December 30, 2006 07:11 PM EST --
The special effects were great, I loved Jeremy Irons and the costumes were awesome. I thought it was interesting how they traveled light, but still had new clothes to wear, but if you believe . . .
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March 04, 2007 02:17 AM EST --
You knew
I first met you and you knew.
We talked about what we had in common and you knew
We spent little time together, but you knew
You keep me around to spend time with because you knew . . .
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July 04, 2007 07:23 PM EDT --
Author: Howard Buten
This is an amazing book! It is written from the perspective of a child aged 8. He wavers between being highly imaginative and being very concrete in his . . .
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July 17, 2007 08:02 AM EDT --
My first feeling in the movie was I needed to re-read the book. There were elements I didn't remember from the book and times I thought were in much more detail in the book. (I understand . . .
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March 03, 2007 07:02 PM EST --
Written by Guillermo Martínez
I left the house without a book, so bought this at the thrift shop before coming home. I read it on the bus, then at home until I finished it - less than 200 . . .
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May 25, 2007 11:32 AM EDT --
In taking the special ed. students to a hands on science museum earlier this month, we proved to the school how wonderful regular trips would be for them.
There are three teachers who share the same students, . . .
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June 09, 2007 07:56 PM EDT --
Pirates of the Caribbean III
I liked this much better than the 2nd one
The humor was much more subtle. Yes, there was still slapstick humor, but there was other more cerebral humor.
Nice . . .
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June 21, 2007 06:12 AM EDT --
For a few decades, Lincoln Center has built a platform around the fountain, built a stage and had live bands there for people to dance to. Although the dancers pay for the privilege of dancing on . . .
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June 25, 2007 06:04 PM EDT --
author: Peter Dickinson
A return to kiddie lit (for readers 11 years old and upwards)
the protagonist is a boy of Welsh heritage living in England. The book opens with his Mum gone on "holiday" . . .
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July 06, 2007 05:59 PM EDT --
Author: Barbara Kingsolver
Although she is one of my favorite authors, this is not one of my favorite books.
Some of the stories had promise, and some were better than others. Yet, as . . .
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August 10, 2007 06:14 AM EDT --
Starring Catherine Zeta-Jones.
She carried the movie. I recently saw Aaron Eckart in Possession. He is an interesting actor who although handsome seems to charm his costar with personality . . .
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August 13, 2007 03:11 PM EDT --
Author: Elizabeth Hay
This is a very modern book of short stories about women and friendships. This seems to be a new genre: short stories about the same characters from different parts . . .
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May 05, 2007 09:49 PM EDT --
I saw the American version of the movie - with Richard Gere and Jennifer Lopez. I haven't seen the original Japanese version, so cannot compare them.
This was light, fluffy, fun.
The . . .
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