Culture – Page 51

Mr. Brooks

November 6, 2007March 24, 2008 John Bruce A. Evans, Crime, Demi Moore, Drama, Kevin Costner, Serial Killer, Thriller, William Hurt

After Mr Brooks (Costner) receives a “Man of the Year” award, we find out he is a serial killer haunted by the voice of his alter ego inside his head.

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Frontline-The Undertaking

October 31, 2007 John death, dying, Frontline, Funeral Homes, funerals, PBS, Undertakers

I watched most of an excellent and touching Frontline episode last night on PBS. It was called The Undertaking. Thomas Lynch is a writer and poet in a small town in Michigan, and he’s also a funeral director. His family has been caring for the dead in his hometown for three generations. Given my background, this certainly caught my attention. I was not disappointed.

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Transformers

October 31, 2007March 24, 2008 John Action, Adventure, John Turturro, Jon Voight, Megan Fox, Michael Bay, Sci-Fi, Shia LaBeouf, Thriller

High-school student Sam Witwicky buys his first car, who is actually the Autobot Bumblebee. Bumblebee defends Sam and his girlfriend Mikaela Banes from the Decepticon Barricade, before the other Autobots arrive on Earth. They are searching for the Allspark, and the war on Earth heats up as the Decepticons attack a United States military base in Qatar. Sam and Mikaela are taken by the top-secret agency Sector 7 to help stop the Decepticons, but when they learn the agency also intends to destroy the Autobots, they formulate their own plan to save the world.

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Home Funerals

October 26, 2007October 26, 2007 John death, funerals, home funerals, mourning, rituals

I read an article on MSNBC a few days back about a small but growing practice of “home funerals.” It’s touted as a way for people to reclaim their death rituals. Having been a funeral director in the past, the title certainly caught my eye.

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Delta Farce

October 21, 2007March 24, 2008 John Action, Bill Engvall, C. B. Harding, Comedy, Delta Farce, Keith David, Larry The Cable Guy, Michael Edward Rose

When three small town National Guardsmen bound for Iraq are unknowingly dropped into Mexico, their confusion leads them to “liberate” a small village from a band of corrupt Federales.