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Getting Freaky with ‘Paranormal Activity’
Sep 26th
Paranormal Activity
Ten years ago, moviegoers were scared out of their minds by “The Blair Witch Project.” Will the newly released screamfest “Paranormal Activity” have the same effect? Early search interest points to “yes.” Read the rest of this entry »
Driving curfew proposed to save young men’s lives
Aug 25th
Radical changes to driving licence laws are being considered in a bid to cut the number of young men being killed on the roads.
The options include a curfew banning late-night driving; restrictions on engine size and speed; and laying down who could accompany young men in cars.
BRUNO The Movie Trailer
Jul 3rd
can’t wait to see it, looks to be the hit movie for the summer!
The plot:
Preview screening of BRUNO
I saw a screening tonight of Sasha Baren Cohen’s new movie BRUNO in the marina.
WOW, I have to say I have NEVER quite seen a movie like this. However outrageous BORAT was, this one is 10 times sharper, wittier and altogether ballsier. And I fucking LOVED every second of it.
It will be very interesting to see how the masses will receive this movie: it is not just gay but sexually graphically, hilariously GAY. I dug it and I’m not even a homosexual!
So the plot is based around the BRUNO character (who was the Austrian fashion reporter character from Da Ali G show). Bruno is busy covering fashion week in Milan when he gets the bright idea of wearing an all Velcro suit to a runway show. The suit sticks to everything and ruins some poor designer’s show. So Bruno is basically cast out of Milan and the fashion world altogether. Announcing that those people are shallow, he decides to go off to Los Angeles to become a celebrity instead. Read more here
Gone Tomorrow by Lee Child
Jun 27th
Description: Reacher’s an effortlessly cool former military policeman who drifts around the US getting involved in various scrapes and always comes up with a plan for getting out of them – and a wisecrack for the worst situations.
‘Gone Tomorrow’ begins with Reacher on a New York subway train in the early hours of the morning. Down the carriage is a woman whom he zeroes in on as a suicide bomber. She isn’t, but a couple of minutes later she’s dead and Reacher’s attempts to find out the why sees him caught in the crossfire between political ambition, covert ops and terrorism.
Comment: Lee Child delivers another fast-paced thriller featuring his hero Jack Reacher. He’s got the formula down pat, and manages to provide sustained peaks of suspense throughout the tale.
Girl Friday by Jane Green
Jun 27th
Description: When Kit and Adam separated after almost fifteen years of marriage, Kit felt like she had lost her lover, her best friend and her identity all in one fell swoop. But now, a year on from the divorce, Kit has found herself again and she loves her life in the idyllic Connecticut town of Highfield. She has the perfect job – working for Robert McClore, the famous novelist – two wonderful children, a good relationship with her ex-husband and time to enjoy yoga with her friends. Then Tracy, Kit’s yoga instructor and close friend, introduces her to Steve – attentive, charming, the perfect gentleman – and, for the first time in years, Kit thinks she may have found the right one. But is Steve really as perfect as he seems? And why does it bother Kit when Tracy starts dating Kit’s reclusive boss, Robert? What no one knows is that Tracy is hiding a secret – one that threatens to ruin her new-found happiness with Robert and her friendship with Kit. And now Tracy must decide whether to keep her past hidden from them both for ever or whether she should reveal the truth before it’s too late… Sparkling, poignant and wise, Girl Friday is a captivating tale of friendship, family and marriage as both Kit and Tracy discover that sometimes the people you thought you had lost make their way back into your life again…
Comment: As usual, this was classic Jane Green reading with its interesting characters and engaging stories. Your typical chick-lit that as a previous reviewer says, makes for easy summer reading.
Also like the previous reviewers, the ending was contrived. Everything worked out perfectly in the end for Kit. I had no problems with Adam being forgiven, but I do agree that Annabel was treated unfairly by the author. What was she going to do with Kit’s statements? What happened with her father not returning her calls?
Overall, pretty good book but just left a little unsatisfied by the ending.
Angels & Demons
Jun 27th
Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Starring: Tom Hanks, Ewan McGregor, Ayelet Zurer, Stellan Skarsgard
Directed By: Ron Howard
Plot: Based upon Dan Brown’s bestseller, Angelsfinds Langdon on the trail of the Illuminati, the powerful secret society that poses a major threat to the Catholic Church.
Star Trek
Jun 27th
Sci Fi, Action, Adventure
Starring: Chris Pine, Zachary Quito, Eric Bana, Bruce Greenwood
Directed By: J.J. Abrams
Plot: A chronicle of the early days of James T. Kirk and his fellow USS Enterprise crew members.
X-Men Origins: Wolverine
Jun 27th
Starring: Hugh Jackman, Live Schreiber, Danny Huston, Dominic Monaghan
Directed By: Gavin Hood
Description: Wolverine lives a mutant life, seeks revenge against Victor Creed (who will later become Sabertooth) for the death of his girlfriend, and ultimately ends up going through the mutant Weapon X program.
Ghosts of Girlfriends Past
Jun 27th
Romance, Comedy
Starring: Matthew McConaughey, Jennifer Garner, Michael Douglas, Breckin Meyer
Directed By: Mark Waters
Description: He stars as Connor Mead, a womanizer who is confronted, by the “ghosts” of his past, present, and future girlfriends. Will bearing witness to the emotional destruction and broken hearts he has wrought show Connor the way to being a good boyfriend? Will he change his ways in time to woo the girl of his dreams (Jennifer Garner)?
Katyn
Jun 23rd
War Movie, Drama, Foreign, True Events
Starring: Artur Zmijewski, Maja Ostaszewska, Andrzej Chyra, Andrzej Chyra, Jan Englert, Magdalena Cielecka, Agnieszka Glinska, Pawel Malaszynski, Maja Komorowska, Wladyslaw Kowalski
Director:Andrzej Wajda
Description: This film tells of the Polish officers who were murdered near Katyn by the Soviet secret service NKWD in the spring of 1940. It is also the story of their relatives, many of whom waited for years for the return of their husbands, fathers, sons or brothers. After the invasion of the German Armed Forces on September 1, 1939, and the occupation of east Poland a few weeks later by the Red Army as a result of the Hitler-Stalin pact, all officers of the Polish Army–including reservists, police officers and intellectuals–were taken into Soviet custody.
Comment: Very good war drama from poland, true events!