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Toy Reviews: Daisy Plays with me Kitty

HASBRO’s 2013 Daisy Plays-With-Me Kitty A Must for your Christmas List!! Here at The Review Broads we always have our eyes roving around for the newest and best (in our opinion) Christmas toys for the upcoming December 25th! Daisy is adorable. Hot out of Hasbro’s North Pole, Daisy is one of the Special Toys of 2013! For Daisy is almost real! Soft, cute, adorable and fluffy, Daisy meows her way into your heart. This darling interactive cat (about 1 foot big) meows, waves her paws and pounces ... continue reading...

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DVD Reviews: Two Men in Manhattan

Two Men in Manhattan Upon reading the press release for this forgotten classic I'm surprised that I'd never heard of it because it hits all my usual areas of intrigue. Film Noir (can’t go wrong) French New Wave Jean-Pierre Melville When you hit all that - MIND = Blown. If you've never been exposed to Melville please go out and buy Le Samourai. Le Samourai is one of the most influential films ever made, basically any movie you have ever seen that has a bad-ass assassin in it had ... continue reading...

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Book Reviews: The Maid’s Version

The Maid’s Version Author: Daniel Woodrell Winter’s Bones took our breath away. Woodrell’s new novel, The Maid’s Version, accomplishes prose so piercingly honest that it stuns, as Woodrell wends his readers back to the Ozarks, pivoting around small town families on the edge of survival, and the bonds that tear them apart even while they fight to survive their own tragedies. Their starkness becomes their strength, while it simultaneously destroys them. The Maid’s Version splices ... continue reading...

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DVD Reviews: The League: Seaon 4

The League Season 4 I love this show. I have been watching from the beginning of the FIRST episode. This is one of the best, by far in my opinion, comedies out there. For me it has successfully filled the void left by Arrested Development. There are other shows that fill this void as well but this one of the few shows that satisfies my desire for quick-witted humor combined with sophomoric humor. It’s completely a guy’s show, really I can count on one hand how many women I know that ... continue reading...

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Book Reviews: Burial Rites

Burial Rites Author: Hannah Kent Reminiscent of Smilla’s Sense of Snow, by Peter Hoeg Hannah Kent’s ephemeral novel about an Icelandic woman who is condemned to death for the murder of her lover and master proves stunningly beautiful amidst sorrow, anguish and the inhumanity shown to her protagonist. Agnes Magnusdottir, the convicted woman, creates a collage of emotions and endears herself to the family she is placed with until she is executed. Kent’s writing, illuminating, ... continue reading...