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What Just Happened – A Movie Review

November 10, 2008 John Barry Levinson, Bruce Willis, Comedy, Hollywood, John Turturro, Movie Producers, Robert De Niro, Sean Penn, Stanley Tucci

Two nail-biting, back-stabbing, roller-coaster weeks in the world of a middle-aged Hollywood producer as he tries to juggle an actual life with an outrageous series of crises in his day job. Ben is besieged by people who want him all to be sorts of things — a money maker, an ego buster, a bad news breaker, an artistic champion, a loyal husband, an all-knowing father, not to mention sexy, youthful and tuned-in — everything except for the one thing he and all the preposterously behaved people he’s surrounded by really are: bumbling human beings just trying to survive by any means necessary.

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Transsiberian – A Movie Review

November 10, 2008November 10, 2008 John Ben Kingsley, Brad Anderson, Drama, Eduardo Noriega, Emily Mortimer, Foreign, Kate Mara, Thriller, Woody Harrelson

An American couple, Roy and Jessie, decide to take the long way home from their recent sojourn in Asia on the legendary Trans-siberian Express train from Beijing to Moscow. On their way, they meet another couple from the West, Carlos and Abby, with whom they quickly form a familiar bond that often unites fellow travellers away from home. When Roy accidentally gets separated from the group at a stopover, Jessie begins to realize that their compatriots aren’t exactly who or what they seem to be. The real danger begins to surface as a deceitful Russian detective and locals terrorize Jessie in this unforgettable journey. An excellent tale well told.

Culture Election Fun Stuff Music Politics

Philly Hockey Mom-Don’t Speak for Me Sarah Palin

November 2, 2008 John Barack Obama, Hockey Mom, John McCain, Philadelphia, Sarah Palin

Sometimes you have to find a little fun in all this mess we call an election, and this lady knows how.

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88 Minutes

October 24, 2008 John Al Pacino, Alicia Witt, Crime Drama

Dr. Jack Gramm is a college professor who moonlights as a forensic psychiatrist for the FBI. When Gramm receives a death threat claiming he has only 88 minutes to live, he must use all his skills and training to narrow down the possible suspects, who include a disgruntled student, a jilted former lover, and a serial killer who is already on death row, before his time runs out.

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The McCain Hate Talk Express Barrels Through North Carolina

October 21, 2008October 22, 2008 John 2008 Election, Hate Speech, John McCain, liar, lie, Lying, republicans, Robin Hayes, U.S. House of Representative, U.S. Representative

The current political climate and the divisiveness of modern campaigns is an embarrassment to this country. The politicians have found they can just lie without remorse, because there seems to be no accountability. As someone once said, in a democracy, we get the government we deserve. We let this crap work, so it’s what we get. I for one, hereby today and forthwith take a stand to say NO…NO MORE…to this kind of bull shit. U.S. Representative Robin Hayes (R, NC) made the following statement at a rally a few days ago, “Folks, there’s a real America. Liberals hate real Americans that work and achieve and believe in God.” Then had temerity to blatantly lie and say he never said…the recording of his comments notwithstanding.