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Movie Review: Philomena

Posted by on Dec 11, 2013 in Blog, Movie Reviews | 2 comments

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Philomena is based on a book about a woman named Philomena Lee.  It’s the true story of an Irish Catholic girl who grows up in England, who becomes pregnant after a short teen romance, and is forced against her will to move into a religious convent in order to avoid the terrible “shame” of bearing an out-of-wedlock child.  The film’s director is Stephen Frears, best known for The Queen.

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25 Books that Changed My Life

Posted by on Dec 10, 2013 in Blog, Book Reviews, Personal | 6 comments

 

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Each book is unique.  Books not only mean different things to different people, they’re also open to different interpretations at various points in our lives.  A book read at age 20 might not seem like the same book at age 40 — since that book is likely to have a completely different impact.  But the book hasn’t changed.  We change.

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Andrea Bocelli’s Heavenly Performance at the Hellhole Called the MGM

Posted by on Dec 9, 2013 in Blog, Music and Concert Reviews | 2 comments

 

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Andrea Bocelli has taken his rightful place as the world’s most popular tenor.

It’s too bad he chooses to play in a venue that has all the charm of a giant slaughterhouse.

More on the MGM Grand, a junction of chaos and confusion towards the end of this review.

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