Monthly Archives: July 2006

RPG Withdrawal

  I watched Lord of the Rings the other day, and I started to really miss my D&D group. That’s a nerdy compliment to my RPG friends back home. And then Dave came by with Superman Returns, and even though it wasn’t so great, I started to miss playing Abberrent. Evan, my old GM, would…

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My Super Ex-Girlfriend (PG-13: 2006)

  My Super Ex-Girlfriend (PG-13: 2006) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0465624/ Directed by Ivan Reitman Starring: Uma Thurman …. Jenny Johnson/G-Girl, Luke Wilson …. Matt Saunders, Anna Faris …. Hannah Lewis, Rainn Wilson …. Vaughn Haige, Eddie Izzard …. Professor Bedlam/Barry, and more … A architect planner on the rebound meets a shy librarian type on the subway only…

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Lady in the Water (2006: PG-13)

  Lady in the Water (PG-13: 2006) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0452637/ Directed by M. Night Shyamalan Starring: Paul Giamatti …. Cleveland Heep, Bryce Dallas Howard …. The Lady – Story, Jeffrey Wright …. Mr. Dury, Bob Balaban …. Harry Farber, Sarita Choudhury …. Anna Ran, Cindy Cheung …. Young-Soon Choi Its an ancient faerie tale/fable brought to life…

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Two Surprising Movie Flops: My Super Ex-Girlfriend, Lady In The Water

Well title is a little misleading. The two movies I’m talking about is of course Super Ex-Girlfriend and Lady in the Water. M. Night Shyamalan tale of a woman from an underwater world seemed like a stinker to me and I refused to let ANYONE drag me to see it. I was therefore not the…

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The Devil Wears Prada (PG-13; 2006)

My rating: 4 out of 5

The Devil Wears Prada (PG-13; 2006)
Starring:
Meryl Streep …. Miranda Priestly; Anne Hathaway …. Andy Sachs; Emily Blunt …. Emily; Stanley Tucci …. Nigel; Adrian Grenier …. Nate; Tracie Thoms …. Lilly; and many more …
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0458352/


Young Andy, straight out of Northwestern, looking for her big ‘publishing’ job, finds her way into the prestigious fashion industry and magazine “Runway” for an interview with the famous Miranda Priestly.


Not having a clue who Miranda is, or any sense of fashion, she somehow sparks attention to Miranda to find the interview successful and leading into a career that would change her life so-to-speak as she became assistant to the Devil Dragon Lady of the Fashion Industry. She goes from being fashion-less to being a fashion queen in a reality wake up to deciding this is her career and that she needs to pursue it with full effort. Her stress, emotions, attitude, friends, and boyfriend all change focus as she falls into the beck n’ call of her new boss even to the detriment of her personal life. When she realizes that the devil has made her compromise her ethics and morals, she regains strength and takes back her life, and follows her dreams. Inspirational and humorous – its a great show. Rating 4 stars out of 5.

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The Best “Twists”…

Like movies with a twist? Then you’re in luck–here are the top ten movies with twist endings: 10. “The Others” (2001) 9. “Suspicion” (1941) 8. “Charade” (1963) 7. “Psycho” (1960) 6. “Witness for the Prosecution” (1957) 5. “Unbreakable” (2000) 4. “Oldboy” (2003) 3. “The Crying Game” (1992) 2. “Fight Club” (1999) 1. “Les Diaboliques” (1955)…

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Pi (1998: R)

Pi (1998, R) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0138704/   A tale of physics and madness, as a paranoid mathematician seeks to discover the key number that will unlock the universe and its patterns found in nature … following the clues in the stock market, Maximillian Cohen stumbles upon the wild spiral that is the analysis of Pi, going through…

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Pirates of the Carribean II: Dead Man’s Chest (PG-13: 2006)

Pirates of the Carribean: II – Dead Man’s Chest (2006 PG-13) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0383574/ Starring: Johnny Depp …. Jack Sparrow; Orlando Bloom …. Will Turner; Keira Knightley …. Elizabeth Swann; Jack Davenport …. Norrington; Bill Nighy …. Davy Jones; Jonathan Pryce …. Governor Weatherby Swann; Lee Arenberg …. Pintel. Directed by Gore Verbinski; Writing credits (WGA) Ted…

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Best of Niner Niner July 06

Niner Niner, a collaborative weblog network, has over 25 great blogs and this “Best Of” highlights just a few of the posts that were written by some of the Niner authors, in topics that range from High Heels, Ajax, HIPAA Privacy Regulation to gadgets, books and health.        In Ajax Blog, Sreejith introduces us…

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Click (2006: PG-13)

Click (PG-13: 2006) Directed by Frank Coraci; Writing credits (WGA) Steve Koren (written by) & Mark O’Keefe (written by) Starring: Adam Sandler …. Michael Newman, Kate Beckinsale …. Donna Newman, Christopher Walken …. Morty, David Hasselhoff …. Ammer, Henry Winkler …. Ted Newman, Julie Kavner …. Trudy Newman http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0389860/ Adam Sandler plays Michael, a work-a-holic…

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