Review: Susan Boyle’s Debut Album

Now here’s the feel-good story of the year, I think.
I first wrote about Susan Boyle when she went big on Britain’s Got Talent. Her rendition of I Dreamed a Dream was heart-felt, inspiring, and thoroughly enjoyable. Later, when I discovered a recording of her singing Cry Me a River, I claimed that I’d be interested [...]

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Movie Review: Angels and Demons

We fought watching this one for a long time. Da Vinci Code was an outright terrible film (who thought Tom Hanks could play Robert Langdon anyway?), so we had very low expectations. Last night, I was in a desperate mood for a movie, and this one just happened to be at Red Box…. I’m willing [...]

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Book Review: World War Z

I don’t know what it is about Halloween, but I always find myself attracted, even if only briefly, to the horror genre of book and film. This year was no exception, and on the recommendation of a friend, I picked up this book.
World War Z, by Max Brooks, is an oral history detailing the experiences [...]

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Review: Transformers 2

We watched this from Redbox this last weekend, and it deserves its own special type of review:
DO NOT WATCH THIS FILM!!!
There I said it.
Seriously, this is hands down one of the dumbest films I’ve ever seen. And it’s not just the film as much as it was the stupidity of the sexual references. I haven’t [...]

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Movie Review: Push

We watched this one on the recommendation of a friend…. Note to self: Don’t trust that friend for movies.
The Good
The concept was interesting. Unfortunately, my own imagination of what I would have done with that concept was far more interesting than the actual movie.
And that concludes the “good.”
The Bad
Where to start? The plot line was [...]

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Movie Review: Knowing

Courtney and I are Nicolas Cage fans in the sense that he always seems to make a movie worthy of turning off your brain and watching some cool explosions for a while. He’s fun. Knowing was a film we’ve wanted to see since we first saw the previews, and it came out on RedBox last [...]

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Review: Maxed Out

Maxed Out is a documentary about the credit industry, particularly credit cards, that I’ve long wanted to watch. At the end, I looked at Courtney and said two words… “That’s scary.”
And it is.
The amount of debt in this nation is incredible, and while personal debt is certainly terrifying enough, the debt our government accrues is [...]

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Book Review: Enchantment by Orson Scott Card

I read so much, yet I’ve never really done many book reviews. This coming from someone who is always asking for ideas on books….
The Good
Orson Scott Card has always been one of my favorite writers. Enders Game had the classic impressions on me like it does on many young people, and I remember the delight [...]

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Reviews: Taken and Australia

In reverse order of what we watched….
Australia
This is a great tribute to the power of the trailer to get people to watch a movie. Unfortunately, it’s all down hill from there….
The Good
Hmmm…. I like Hugh Jackman. Always have. Some of the shots were incredible, and the historical elements were enjoyable. And like I said, the [...]

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Movie Review: Quantum of Solace

I’ll admit right off the bat that I have a love/hate relationship with most Bond films. I really like a few of them, don’t care for others, and most of it comes down to the fact of whether or not the film is remotely believable. The first Daniel Craig James Bond film scored high in [...]

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