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Monthly Archives: March 2010
American Idol Top 10 Performance Show Recap: What a Difference a Mentor Makes
What a difference a mentor makes. Usher came in to mentor the previously lackluster crop of contestants and seemingly transformed them overnight. This is the first week that it feels like there is an actual competition at foot and not … Continue reading
Posted in American Idol, Music, Television
Tagged aaron kelly, Ain't No Sunshine, American Idol, Andrew Garcia, Anita Baker, Aretha Franklin, Bill Withers, casey james, Chain of Fools, Chaka Khan, Chris Brown, Crystal Bowersox, Didi Benami, ellen degeneres, Forever, fox, Gladys Knight, Hold On, I'm Coming, Idia Arie, Jimmy Ruffin, kara dioguardi, katie stevens, lee dewyze, michael lynche, Midnight Train to Georgia, Music, randy jackson, Ready for Love, ryan seacrest, Sam and Dave, simon cowell, siobhan magnus, Sweet Love, Television, The Cornelius Brothers, Through the Fire, tim urban, Treat Her Like a Lady, tv, Usher, What Becomes of the Brokenhearted
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The Joshua Centre Book Club: “The Accidental Tourist” Chapters 7-10
“The Accidental Tourist” Chapters 7-10 When we last left Macon, he was struggling with Edward, his dog, and living in his childhood home with the rest of his siblings while nursing a broken leg. Things really didn’t seem too good … Continue reading
Posted in Book Club, Books
Tagged Anne Tyler, Books, dog training, dogs, fiction, novels, panic attacks, plot devices, Thanksgiving, The Accidental Tourist
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Green Zone
Green Zone is an ambitious political thriller, but in the end, it just doesn’t live up to the ambition. Matt Damon plays Miller, a captain of a unit sent out to find weapons of mass destruction in the early days … Continue reading
Posted in Movie Reviews, Movies
Tagged Amy Ryan, Bloody Sunday, Brendan Gleeson, Brian Helgeland, film, film review, films, government, Green Zone, Greg Kinnear, Iraq War, matt damon, movie review, Movies, Saddam Hussein, The Bourne Supremacy, trust, United 93, War, Weapons of Mass Destruction
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American Idol: Top 11 Performance Show Recap
When I heard that Miley Cyrus was going to be this week’s surprise guest mentor and I saw the list of songs that the American Idol hopefuls chose, I predicted that this would be, without a doubt, the single worst … Continue reading
Posted in American Idol, Music, Television
Tagged A Crazy Little Thing Called Love, aaron kelly, Aerosmith, Against All Odds, American Idol, Andrew Garcia, Armageddon, Back to the Future, Ben Affleck, Big Girls Don't Cry, Box Tops, California Raisins, casey james, Crystal Bowersox, Didi Benami, Doc Brown, ellen degeneres, fergie, Frankie Valli, Hannah Montana, Huey Lewis and the News, I Don't Wanna Miss a Thing, I Heard it Through the Grapevine, Janis Joplin, katie stevens, lee dewyze, Linda Ronstadt, Liv Tyler, Marty McFly, Marvin Gaye, Me and Bobby McGee, michael lynche, Miley Cyrus, Music, paige miles, Percy Sledge, Queen, randy jackson, ryan seacrest, simon cowell, siobhan magnus, Stevie Wonder, Superstition, Television, The Letter, The Police, The Power of Love, tim urban, tv, When a Man Loves a Woman, You're No Good
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The Joshua Centre Book Club: “The Accidental Tourist” Chapters 1-6
“The Accidental Tourist” Chapters 1-6 Macon Leary is a man lost in his own life. The world around him has crumbled and for someone like him: a fastidious, peculiar and orderly man, it’s tough to deal with. The break-up scene … Continue reading
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Tagged Anne Tyler, Book Club, Books, child death, divorce, dog training, fiction, marriage, novel, seperation, The Accidental Tourist
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She & Him – Volume 2
She & Him is a wonderful collaboration between two unique and talented artists. She is Zooey Deschanel, the actress known for her roles in a variety of films including Almost Famous, Elf, All the Real Girls, and (500) Days of … Continue reading
Posted in Music
Tagged (500) Days of Summer, albums, All the Real Girls, Almost Famous, Elf, M. Ward, Music, Post War, She & Him, Volume 1, Volume 2, Zooey Deschanel
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The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford is a beautifully realized and beautifully made depiction of the events surrounding the death of the infamous Jesse James. The movie itself creeps along and because of that leisurely pace, … Continue reading
Posted in Movie Reviews, Movies
Tagged Andrew Dominik, Brad Pitt, Casey Affleck, delusions of grandeur, film, film review, Garret Dellahunt, hero worship, heros, jealousy, jeremy renner, Jesse James, lyrical, Mary Louise Parker, movie, movie review, Movies, Paul Schneider, Richard Deakens, Robert Ford, sam rockwell, Sam Shepherd, the assassination of jesse james by the coward robert ford, Zooey Deschanel
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Rear Window
Watching Rear Window fifty-six years after its original release, it is seems eerily current. Sure the acting is of a different style than it is now, but everything that happens in this wonderful movie, we are dealing with as a … Continue reading
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Tagged alfred hitchcock, class, film, film review, Grace Kelly, James Stewart, jimmy stewart, lonely, martin scorsese, movie, movie review, Movies, murder, neighbor, neighborhood, paranoia, Rear Window, relationships, shutter island, suicide, voyeurism, wealth
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Shutter Island
Shutter Island, the new film directed by Martin Scorsese, is a terrific look at the psychology of men of violence. On the surface, this movie is a psychological thriller that harkens back to ‘40s Noir films. If this movie was … Continue reading
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Tagged actual reality, Ben Kingsley, Emily Mortimer, film, Jackie Earle Haley, Laeta Kalogridis, Leonardo DiCaprio, lobodomy, Mark Ruffalo, martin scorsese, Max von Sydow, Michelle Williams, moral order, movie review, Movies, noir, noir films, Patricia Clarkson, perceived reality, psychology, reality, shutter island, Ted Levine, violence, violent men
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