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Movie Review: The Road to Perdition
With the passing of Hollywood heavyweight Paul Newman on Friday, I thought that it would a fitting tribute to review this forgotten masterpiece, today. Based on a graphic novel by Max Allan Collins, the movie stars academy award winners Tom Hanks and Newman. Jude Law also appears in the movie in a smaller role. Director: Read more
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Book Review: Freakonomics
I loved every moment of reading this book. It is outlandish and out of the ordinary. However, there was one facet, or lack thereof that stood out. It was the lack of a cohesive theme. All the anecdotes and stories broadly and somewhat loosely fall into the category of ‘Hidden details that tell the real Read more
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Movie Review: What the Bleep do we know?
Any New Age fanatic who sees this movie will ask himself, ‘Why did it take so long to come up with this one? I finally got to satisfy my curiosity about this one, after hearing enough rave reviews from many of my eclectic friends. (I have several.) This is a part story, part documentary that Read more
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Movie Review: Michael Clayton (2007)
George Clooney teams up with John Gilroy to deliver a tour de force performance that would land him an Oscar nomination in 2008. This is a classic legal, whiste-blower tale where a lawyer must choose between his own integrity and saving his own skin. Clayton is a self proclaimed ‘janitor-attorney’ or ‘fixer’. He is a Read more
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Cathedral of the Pines, Ringe NH
Driving to New Hampshire on from Boston via Route 2 and Route 119 is a beautiful experience. The landscape shifts almost immediately from city buildings to greenery and farmhouses, some with green pastures. Nothing, however can prepare one for the serene experience of arriving at the Cathedral of the Pines, a beautiful retreat in Ringe, Read more
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Book Review: The Coffin Dancer
Coffin dancer is a thriller featuring sleuth, Lincoln Rhymes by Jeffrey Deaver Once again, Lincoln Rhymes and his beautiful cohort Amelia Sachs are on the trail of a psycho hired assassin who enjoys blowing up his victims with his ingeniously made bombs. Paraplegic Rhymes is as always, ably assisted by his high tech toys to Read more
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