Item: Book Review: Lady Yesterday by Loren D. Estleman
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I looked forward to reading the seventh Amos Walker novel by Loren D. Estleman, “Lady Yesterday.” It’s shorter than other books in the series and while reading it I found I missed the extra fifty or so pages the volume lacked. Unlike other books […]

Item: Movie: The Pianist
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Review: I loved the movie “The Pianist” (2006). The Roman Polanski movie three Oscars and probably deserved more. The movie tells the story of real-life Polish Pianist Wladyslaw Szpilman, a Jew, who lived in Warsaw before, during, and after World War II. I found the movie believable and touching without […]

Item: Movie: Breaking and Entering
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Review: “Breaking and Entering” is a 2006 Miramax film. Miramax is one of the my favorite production companies. I almost always find that I enjoy Miramax movies. When I watch the movie on DVD I almost always find a movie or two I want to watch from the previews […]

Item: Movie: Swept Away
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Review: “Swept Away” is a 1974 Italian movie directed by Lina Wertmuller. The 116 minute movie from Medusa Produzione is in Italian with English subtitles. The movie carries an R rating for nudity and language.
The movie “Swept Away” tells the story of two people Gennarino Carunchio (Giancarlo Gianni) and […]

Item: Movie: After the Wedding
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Review: I liked the movie “After the Wedding.” The movie is a 2006 Danish movie filmed in both India and Denmark. The 120 minute movie is in color and is in Danish, Swedish, Hindi, and English. Fortunately for me the DVD came with English subtitles. I don’t mind […]

Item: Movie: You’ve Got Mail
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Review: “You’ve Got Mail” has a couple of good taglines, “someone you pass on the street may already be the love of your life,” and “at odds in life… in love on-line.” Both of them fit in very well with the plot of the movie. One should remember that […]

Item: Movie: Freedom Writers
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Review: “Freedom Writers” (2007) was released so early in 2007 that I forgot it was eligible for the upcoming Academy Awards. Apparently so did members of the Academy because it received no nominations. The 123 minute Paramount Pictures movie is in English, filmed in color, and takes place in Long […]

Item: Movie: The Good Soldier
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Review: “The Good Soldier” is a 1981 production for British television by Granada. The two hour movie lasts 120 minutes and is based on the book by the same name written by English author, Ford Madox Ford. Ford is not as well remembered as he should be because he […]

Item: Movie: To Sir with Love
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Review: “To Sir with Love” is one of my all time favorite movies. I’ve seen it dozens of times and I still cry every time I see the movie. I think it is the ultimate teacher movie ever. The 1967 Columbia British Productions movie was filmed in color […]

Item: Movie: Crash
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“Crash” (2004) is movie about a series of car crashes and the events that lead up to the crash. The movie last 115 and, frankly could be cut without serious harm. “Crash” is a Bull’s Eye Entertainment production in English and filmed in color on sets and locations throughout Los […]

Item: Movie: “Syriana” (2005)
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Review: “Syriana” is a 2005 movie from Warner Brothers suggested by former CIA agent Robert Baer’s book “See No Evil: The True Story of a Ground Soldier in the CIA’s War on Terrorism.” The color movie runs for 126 minutes and was filmed in a variety of locations throughout […]

Item: Movie: 3:10 to Yuma-the Removie (2007)
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Review: I like westerns very much and am always pleased when Hollywood makes another one with a high budget and good actors. I enjoyed “3:10 to Yuma”-the removie very much. I found it believable and superior to the original. “3:10 to Yuma” is a Relativity Media […]

Item: Movie: “A Man Escaped” (1956)
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Review: “A Man Escaped” (1956) is a French movie from Nouvelles Editions de Films. The movie primarily in French with some German when a German soldier is speaking. The DVD comes with English subtitles. “A Man Escaped” was filmed on location in a prison in France in black […]

Item: Movie: “Mr. Brooks” (2007)
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Review: “Mr. Brooks” is a psychological thriller about a serial killer from MGM. The movie is in English, filmed in color and lasts 120 minutes. The movie carries an R rating for violence, nudity, and graphic sex. The movie is supposed to be set in Portland, Oregon, but was […]

Item: Movie: The Contract
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Review: “The Contract,” a 2006 production of Contract Productions, is a thriller movie starring Morgan Freeman and John Cusack. It was shot in color and lasts for 96 minutes. Although purportedly in Washington State, much of the film was shot on location in Bulgaria. The movie has an R rating […]

Item: Movie: “Notes on a Scandal” (2006)
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Review: “Notes on a Scandal” (2006) is a BBC Films movie, filmed on locations throughout England in English. The color movie lasts 92 minutes and is based on the novel by Zoe Heller. A tagline for the movie is “One Woman’s Mistake is Another’s Opportunity.” Another tagline […]

Item: Movie: “Nine Queens (Nueve Reinas)” 2000
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Review: “Nine Queens” is a 2000 movie from Argentina about grifters or con-men. The movie is in Spanish but the DVD comes with a choice of subtitles. The movie is in color and was filmed on locations throughout Buenos Aires.
Ostensibly the movie is about two con-men: […]

Item: Movie: “I Walk the Line” (2005)
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Review: “I Walk the Line” is a 2005 biopic of the life of musician Johnny Cash and his relationship with June Carter. The 136 movie is in color and English. I tend to like shorter movies, but the extra time in this movie is spent in […]

Item: Book: “The Best American Mystery Stories: 2006″
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Review: “The Best American Mystery Stories: 2006″ ed. Scott Turow, Houghton Mifflin Company 2006, 358 pp. ISBN-10: 0-618-51746-4, ISBN-13: 978-0-618-51746-6
“The Best American Mystery Stories” 2006″ is the current latest book in the Houghton Mifflin Series devoted to American Mystery stories. The editor for 2006 was Scott […]

Item: Movie: Europa Europa
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Review: “Europa Europa” from Central Cinema Company is a 1990 movie in German, Russian, Polish, and Hebrew. It was filmed in color on locations in Poland and lasts 112 minutes. I turned on the English subtitles and was able to fool myself that I understood the German portions.
The movie “Europa […]

Item: Movie: Atonement
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Review: “Atonement” is a 2007 production from Working Title films filmed in color in England and France. The 130 minute English language movie that was filmed in studios and on locations throughout England. The movie is based on the novel by Ian McEwan.
I really liked this movie and was pleased […]

Item: Book: “T is for Trespass” a Kinsey Milhone Mystery by Sue Grafton
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Review: “T is for Trespass” is, I think the twentieth book in Sue Grafton’s alphabet series. I say I think because I’ve had trouble with the alphabet ever since I studied Classical Greek in college and had to learn […]

Item: Mystery Book: “The Drowning Man,” by Margaret Coel
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Review: “The Drowning Man” is the twelfth book in the Father John O’Malley-Vickie Holden mystery series. I found “The Drowning Man” to be an interesting, believable and timely book. The Wind River Reservation has been attacked. In a remote canyon where the Ancients had […]

Item: Book: “Three Sisters: A Charlie Moon Mystery,” by James D. Doss
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Review: I was sorry to see that the tall, beautiful, sexy FBI agent Lila Mae McTeague had been transferred from the Southern Ute Reservation in “Three Sisters,” however she is still in Charlie Moon’s heart and other body parts and I […]

Item: Book: “The Girl with Braided Hair,” by Margaret Coel
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Review: “The Girl with Braided Hair,” by Margaret Coel, Berkley Prime Crime, 2007, 293 pp. ISBN-978-0-425-21712-2
“The Girl with Braided Hair” is the thirteenth book in the series featuring Catholic Priest Father John O’Malley and Arapaho lawyer Vickie Holden. The book takes place on […]