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Life Is What You Make Of It by jc_hall Pros: moving, eye-opening, hauntingly realistic; excellent characterization; a quick and easy read
Cons: none 14-year-old LaVaughn is determined to go to college. Where she comes from—a crime-ridden neighbourhood of public housing where bad words are scrawled in the elevators that you don’t want to enter with a stranger—few people make it to ...
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Nov 20 '08 |
Overall Rating: Very Helpful |
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The Devil's Due by wrdnik3 Pros: kewl story, interesting characters, exotic locales
Cons: this is probably not the best volume to start with A quick note: That pic up there is actually of Exodus, the seventh volume in the Lucifer story. And neither that volume nor this one (A Dalliance with the Damned, for those not sure) features Sam Kieth, Neil Gaiman or Mike Dringenberg. This ...
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Nov 20 '08 |
Overall Rating: Very Helpful |
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"The Little Canadian," Ellen Page, Doesn't Want You To Watch Her Movies: "An American Crime!" by wlswarts Pros: Well-acted, Good mood, Necessary message
Cons: Thoroughly uncomfortable, No DVD bonus features, Unlikable characters Those who read my reviews know that I've been on something of an Ellen Page kick lately. Every now and then, I play into the hive mind and accept that one of the up and comers is actually all they are cracked up to be and Ellen Page seems to have ...
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Nov 20 '08 |
Overall Rating: Very Helpful |
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I Never Thought To Ask Why Men Have NIpples by msmorvay Pros: Lot's of interesting questions and answers, easily understandable
Cons: Can't really think of any When the book Why Do Men Have Nipples, by Mark Leyner and Billy Goldberg, M.D. first came out it got a lot of media Attention. In fact it became a #1 New York Times Bestseller. You have to think that the use of the word Nipples ...
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Nov 20 '08 |
Overall Rating: Very Helpful |
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Stage Beauty: Gay Actor Loses Job Playing Women In Bawdy Ol' England~ by jankp Pros: cast; witty dialogue; sensitive story; last death scene; "making of" featurette
Cons: rather uneven and ambiguous Maria: Why won't you play men? Ned Kynaston: Men aren't beautiful. What they do isn't beautiful either. Women do everything beautifully, especially when they die. Men feel far too much. *Feeling* ruins the effect. Feeling makes it ugly. ...
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Nov 20 '08 |
Overall Rating: Very Helpful |
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"Come with me, my love..." (Collector's Edition DVD review) by deadmilkboy Pros: Pacino, Barkin and Goodman; a mostly engrossing, erotically charged story.
Cons: Too shallow in regards to special features; the ending is quite underwhelming. This is a submission to Captain D's Good Movies Epi Guide 2 write-off: http://www.epinions.com/conten
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women, like my ex-wife Denise, for example...you step out of line a little, she'd like to ...
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Nov 20 '08 |
Overall Rating: Very Helpful |
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What happens when make-believe believes it's real? PAN'S LABYRINTH by talyseon Pros: Earthy and ethereal, this movie is haunting, heartwarming, and horrifying by turns.
Cons: This Faery Tale is not for kids. Pan's Labyrinth (2006) Directed by Guillermo Del Toro. A long time ago, in the underground realm, where there are no lies or pain, there lived a Princess who dreamed of the human world. She dreamed of blue skies, soft breeze, and ...
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Nov 20 '08 |
Overall Rating: Very Helpful |
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Well I guess we can all get it up for Crank(our hands that is) by tiger62x Pros: Action packed and humorous
Cons: Violent, graphic, lacking in a true story. Occasional bad over-acting Jason Statham is quickly becoming one of my favorite actors. It's not because he's such a great actor, because he's not. He's more like a modern day Clint Eastwood, or better yet James Coburn (of Magnificent Seven and our Man Flint fame, more aged ...
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Nov 19 '08 |
Overall Rating: Very Helpful |
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Yuppie-Stomping in Style or The Blair Godzilla Project by basesurge Pros: Decent (not great) giant monster busts up the city movie.
Cons: Glacier-slow start. Dull, annoying, interchangeable, Yuppie-Scum characters. Tired BWP production values. I'm a big fan of all those old Japanese giant radioactive monster movies: Godzilla, Mothra, and Gamara (who could forget Gamera...?). Can we have a little Confession Time here? I saw ...
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Nov 19 '08 |
Overall Rating: Very Helpful |
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Your Drink is Disgusting. Tell Me About It. by thevoid99 Pros: Humor, Pop-Culture References, Soundtrack, Themes, Drama, & Cast.
Cons: Some of the Humor is Forced & Some of the Drama Gets Heavy-Handed. When the fifth season of Gilmore Girls ended, audiences were in shock when the idea that the Gilmore Girls, Lorelai and Rory Gilmore, not together and in a huge rift seemed impossible. Yet, Rory's own emotional downward spiral over career ...
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Nov 19 '08 |
Overall Rating: Very Helpful |
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Two Billion Cars: A Planet Overrun by Pollution by Bryan_Carey Pros: Academic style; Message of concern
Cons: A little depressing; Doesn't stress the importance of consumer change strongly enough Air pollution is a serious concern and some cities have pollution problems that have reached almost epic proportions; pollution so abundant that a haze can be clearly seen in the air, even at ground level. The primary culprit of this pollution is the ...
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Nov 19 '08 |
Overall Rating: Very Helpful |
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She walk like this but can she back it up? Beyonce is Sasha Fierce. by Monnie1976 Pros: Beyonce has the voice. She does some great ballads that are different for her.
Cons: Beyonce's favorite topic is herself which gets old. Beyonce is not a rapper. Love her or hate her, Beyonce is the diva of a new generation. Possessing gorgeous features, womanly curves and a voice that is easy to envy she oozes diva. This includes everything such word implies. There is a glossy veneer polished to a gem adorned ...
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Nov 19 '08 |
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Putting the July in Christmas by DrFaustus Pros: a summery pop sound to keep up warm during the holidays
Cons: Jack Johnson can get too preachy Brushfire Records is one of those labels that has carved out a very specific musical niche and has clung to it as if their very lives depended on it. Ever since it was founded by former pro surfer Jack Johnson in 2002, the label has been home to a small ...
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Nov 19 '08 |
Overall Rating: Very Helpful |
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Abramo's Gift by mjhollingshead Pros: keenly focused, well written and compelling read
Cons: not for those who do not care for historical fiction On the pages of Abramo's Gift, Writer Greco captivates his readers with characters filled with life and vivacity and angst. Greco deftly portrays the almost overwhelming rigors and the steadfast efforts of the Irish and Italians who ...
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Nov 19 '08 |
Overall Rating: Very Helpful |
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"Breaking Silence" On The Greatness Of Janis Ian! by wlswarts Pros: Lyrics, Vocals, Instrumentals
Cons: Could be longer for me . . . It has been a LONG time since I rated a musical album five stars. In fact, I cannot recall the last time an album impressed me enough to knock it up into what I usually reserve for "perfect" albums. Right off the bat, the truth of it is that "Breaking ...
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Nov 19 '08 |
Overall Rating: Very Helpful |
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Bosch plus Haller Notwithstanding,The Brass Verdict is Still Less than the Sum of its Parts by scmrak Pros: good courtroom drama, a couple of interesting twists
Cons: long passages as boring as a nun's diary Mickey Haller didn't do so well on his last case: he ended up taking a bullet for his troubles, followed by a painful recovery that ran him past an addiction to oxycontin and straight into a stint in rehab. Now it's time for the Lincoln Lawyer to ...
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Nov 19 '08 |
Overall Rating: Very Helpful |
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The Charlatans Are For Real by PacManY2J Pros: diverse blend of moving rock songs
Cons: ::: Us and Us Only, the 1999 release from veteran U.K. rockers The Charlatans, manages to sound original while drawing on all the right influences. Though Oasis comparisons will be tough to dodge, the band manages to throw in enough Stones and Dylan to ...
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Nov 19 '08 |
Overall Rating: Very Helpful |
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Jumanji - Robin Williams and Bonnie Hunt Play a Magical Adventure Game by dragonfire88 Pros: Williams and Hunt. Fun entertaining movie.
Cons: Will be too silly for some people. Could be scary for younger children. I have enjoyed Robin Williams's movies for many years. I now own several of his movies that I still enjoy watching. I recently decided to watch Jumanji again.Alan Parrish, son of the richest man in town, was ...
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Nov 19 '08 |
Overall Rating: Very Helpful |
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Reviewing: "Hard Trail To Follow" by Elmer Kelton by kevintipple Pros: The book....
Cons: has no cons. Andy Pickard loves Bethel and there is no doubt about that. In his late 20's, this former Texas Ranger understands why Bethel won't leave the family farm and her ill mother. He doesn't understand why Farley Brackett, his future brother-in-law hates him ...
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Nov 19 '08 |
Overall Rating: Very Helpful |
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Sasha is not Fierce and whoever made this record is not Beyoncé. by ssteveszykk Pros: Some fun is to be had on the Sasha disc. Some.
Cons: Easy, one-note, boring, stale. I'd call B'Day the best pop record of its year, a stunning leap from plastic R&B to mature and impulsive free-flowing pop-funk. I thought it was going to set Beyoncé up for a continued rise moving her closer to Prince territory (a long ...
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Nov 19 '08 |
Overall Rating: Very Helpful |
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Is the Stasi really the stuff of romantic fantasy? by mmori Pros: With poetic situations and well-crafted portrayals, the film explores many fine aesthetic issues.
Cons: The narrative lacks reality and develops into a detached, somewhat gratuitous fantasy. Seeing Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck's "The Lives of Others" ("Das Leben der Anderen", 2006) had been on my "to do" list for some time when I finally saw it in 2007. (I started this review last year, but stalled out.) Widely lauded, it seemed ...
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Nov 19 '08 |
Overall Rating: Very Helpful |
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Fun to think about. by mccollaum Pros: Fun and thought provoking
Cons: Illustrations aren't the most impressive This book, by Julies Larios, starts with a picture of a boy lying on the grass with his blankets. The surroundings are dark and the story asks if you’ve ever slept outside at night. The rhyme and illustrations depict some of the aspects of sleeping ...
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Nov 19 '08 |
Overall Rating: Very Helpful |
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Religulous - Prepare to Think and to be Offended by naphtalia Pros: thought provoking, funny, intelligent
Cons: mean-spirited. pessimistic about where religions will take us Bill Maher's movie "Religulous" is about organized religions including Christianity, Islam, Mormonism, Judaism and Scientology as viewed by an atheist/agnostic. It even makes a brief foray into modern paganism and ancient Egyptian sects. Bill Maher ...
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Nov 19 '08 |
Overall Rating: Very Helpful |
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American Idol Winner David Cook Cooks with New CD by shopaholic_man Pros: David Cook's voice sounds great, a little of the rocker shows through.
Cons: 19 Entertainment overly commercialized David Cooks first album for American Idol. I'd never actually watched much of American Idol during the entire first six seasons. Last year, thanks to the writers strike, I watched Season 7 for the first time. I watched all the horrible laughable auditions, but when it came time ...
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Nov 19 '08 |
Overall Rating: Very Helpful |
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DIRECTIVE? PLAY - PLAY - PLAY by ssjakira1 Pros: Gorgeous numbers by Newman in my favorite soundtrack from him yet.
Cons: None. I'm no stranger to Thomas Newman, that's for sure. And I'll be danged if that man doesn't have a penchant for soundtracks with the number of tracks ranging far into the 30s (if not beyond). I saw the movie WALL-E yesterday. I got ...
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Nov 19 '08 |
Overall Rating: Very Helpful |
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