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DVD Reviews: Rabbit Hole

Rabbit Hole I hate Nicole Kidman. I really have a lot of trouble watching her on screen. As a result, I was really apprehensive before starting this one. However when you turn over the cover of the jacket you see John Cameron Mitchell’s name in the directors place. I don’t expect you to know who he is, but his two previous features were amazing pictures about sexual awaking (one about transsexual culture and one about a whole variety of different types of commitments). Both of those films ... continue reading...

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DVD Reviews: Chronicles of Narnia

The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader [Blu-ray]This series just will not die. Even in this episode they take the protagonists to the gates of heaven. O.K. I’m going to admit it now; I’ve never read the Chronicles of Narnia. This series had some serious appeal a few years back I remember driving in the middle of a blizzard to catch a screening of The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe. Honestly I really am beginning to realize that this is just a series of recycled plot points ... continue reading...

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DVD Reviews: Young Artists Collection

Young Artists Collection 3 pkI can’t tell you often enough how I love Scholastic Storybook Treasures – my grandkiddles adore them. And since I am way into the creative arts, being a writer, and have very creative grandchildren, I am always seeking to find ways to encourage them that art is the way to the soul. The fact that our art programs are almost non-existent in our school systems due to funding cuts scares me and threatens our children’s future. So I adore Scholastic books, and DVD’s ... continue reading...

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Book Reviews: Lagan Love

Lagan LoveAuthor: Peter MurphyA debut novel concerned with 1980’s Ireland, Lagan Love depicts Dublin in all its nuances and moods through the eyes of French Canadian painter Janice Tremblay, traveling to Dublin to attend Trinity College. Janice meets Sinead at Trinity and pours out her homesickness to her cynical Irish acquaintance. Enter one of Dublin’s rising poets, Aidan Greeley, who has just come off dating Sinead. Aidan and Janice find themselves symbiotically attached, as Aidan fancies ... continue reading...

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Book Reviews & Giveaway: The Taint of Midas

The Taint of Midas Author: Anne ZouroudiSpellbinding. And I do not use the word lightly. Anne Zouroudi’s “The Taint of Midas – A Seven Deadly Sins Mystery” overcomes her excellent plot and delightful characters with an elegance of prose that undulates and mesmerizes like a spot on sunset. Simply spellbinding!This is an author commanding language and plot, very much like Susan Howatch in “The High Flyer.” Zouroudi spears us into characters that dwell on in our minds and trap us into their ... continue reading...