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Book Reviews & Giveaway: Rich Boy

Rich BoyAuthor: Sharon PomerantzPoor boy goes rich. Such is the premise of “Rich Boy”.Robert Vishniak lives in Oxford Circle, on the 2100 block of Disston Street in Northeast Philadelphia, a predominantly Jewish blue collar neighborhood. Robert and his brother Barry watch as their father, a postal worker with a second job, loses one leg and then the other to gangrene – and then dies. Their mother, Stacia, develops Bells Palsy and her face contorts oppositionally – one side motionless, the ... continue reading...

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Book Reviews & Giveaway: Dog Tags

Dog TagsFor some reason, I love David Rosenfelt's dog infused mysteries. He may be a crime writer sleeper to some, but to me he's right up there with the Numero Unos - the big boys. Like Nicholas Sparks, Rosenfelt's melodic and paced writing only creates more friction - and although his characters fight crime, they remain good people without the Sturm Und Drang angst of Robert Bourne et al. Let's face it, sometimes Patterson, Ludlam and Crighton are DRAINING. Rosenfelt clicks quietly, ... continue reading...

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DVD Reviews: Cougar Town: The Complete First Season

Cougar Town: The Complete First SeasonI just finished watching Cougar Town: The Complete First Season, the ABC comedy by Coquette (Cox/Arquette). Episode to episode zipped like a silver bullet, crashed onto the screen and flashed me, leaving me sentimental, hysterical and wishing that Jules, Bobby, Travis, Andy, Baby Stan, Ellie, Laurie, Kylie, Greyson (NOT TOM!), and Barb were my new best Friends! Hilarious episodes tramp onwards, one after another, in this comedy hybrid: part Seinfeld, a ... continue reading...

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DVD Reviews: James and the Giant Peach

James and the Giant Peach (Two-Disc Special Edition Blu-ray/DVD Combo) I genuinely don’t remember this film from my childhood although I was 13 when the film came out so I was out of the child Disney stage. I definitely saw the film, maybe in school, I digress kind of. What kind of school would show this film it has absolutely no educational value? OK, rant over, and time for the synopsis, yeah!James (the Freddy Highmore of the 90s), loses his parents to a rampaging storm and is sent to live ... continue reading...

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DVD Reviews: 2:37

2:37 Somehow I remember my teenage years very different than what must be going on today. 2:37 is based on a real suicide note that director Murali K. Thalluri received from a friend, that included some of the most horrific things he had ever heard about high school students. This first time film, made by the then 20 year old director is a very real, yet disturbing chain of events in the day of some Australian teenagers.This is one of those films that give the perspective of each of the ... continue reading...