Reviews
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DVD review: Butter
“Butter” is just as strange as its title might suggest. With a strange mix of touching moments that you would expect to see on ABC Family and all of the swearing and sex you...
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Prometheus
Ever wonder what the year 2093 would look like? Director Ridley Scott has painted a stunning picture of our future and the quest for our origins in his latest movie “Prometheus.” Hardcore sci-fi fans...
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Snow White and the Huntsman
Adults who grew up in the era of Disney classics know the story of Snow White all too well. Fast forward from the lovable, kind-hearted tale, complete with Prince Charming himself, to the “remake/rerelease”...
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Troll Hunter – movie (DVD)
One of my favorite film genre is the mockumentry. The other? Giant monsters. Troll Hunter is both. I love monster flicks and if you were fan of Cloverfield, Gojira or The Blair Witch Project...
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A Giant Hug – book (children)
Once in a while you come across a children’s book that just makes you go “awww” when you’ve reached the conclusion. That’s the affect that “The Giant Hug” gives its readers. When Owen, a...
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Lockout – movie (theater)
Take the best elements of “Aliens,” “Star Wars,” and “Total Recall,” stir in a hefty dollop of the cult classic “Escape from New York” and the result’s got to be great, right? That seems...
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Bringing up Bèbè: One American Mother Discovers the Wisdom of French Parenting — book
I am a sucker for any book on multicultural parenting. So, when this book came out last month, I had to give it a whirl. An American expat, author Pamela Druckerman had the remarkable...
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A Good and Useful Hurt
“A Good And Useful Hurt,” by Grand Rapids author Aric Davis, his sophomore novel, is a gritty and raw story focusing on a tattoo parlor and the memories that haunt its owner and lead...
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The Rum Diary
I was surprised I didn’t catch it while it was in theaters, considering “The Rum Diary” centers around a journalist working for a newspaper struggling to stay on its feet. The movie is based...
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Those Guys Have All The Fun: Inside The World of ESPN
If you’re a sports fan younger than 40, you probably can’t recall a time when ESPN didn’t influence your television watching habits. So how did ESPN go from a man and his satellite transponder...
