Movies, Phantasy

Bee Movie

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Shrek 1 and 2 bored me sufficiently that I never watched the entire movie. Could the makers of the Shrek sequel come up with an animation film that could compete with Pixar creations? Yes, but only after teaming up with the comedian Jerry Seinfeld.  Having watched a very funny trailer for the film a few image [Read More]
Drama, Movies

La Vie en Rose

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La Vie en Rose is the mirror image of August Rush. Telling the story Edid Piaf’s exotic life, the film easily feels real and authentic. For an ear that grew up on pop and classical music, it is difficult to connect to the French style of singing in the 1920s and 1930s. I could not image [Read More]
Drama, Movies

August Rush

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Enjoying music seems to be hardwired into our brains. The wild success of the iPod is strong testimony that everyone loves music. I have yet to meet someone who does not like to listen to melodic sounds. August Rush is a 10-year old boy stuck in an orphanage somewhere just outside of New York City. image [Read More]
Diary

The Fall of Eliot Spitzer

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Last week I was reminded again of the sage observations that real life generates stories that no fiction writer could ever imagine.  Who would have thought that the prosecutor who went after prostitution rings would fall with lightening speed precisely because he was involved with the kind of ring in his previous role as attorney image image image [Read More]
Diary

Stealing 11 days from history

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It is a leap year again. I barely noticed it until I read this fascinating article. A Great Leap Forward By CHRIS TURNEY WHEN Frederic, the hero of Gilbert and Sullivan’s “Pirates of Penzance,” learns that his Feb. 29 birthday means that he is not 21 years old but 5, he figures he’ll have to serve image [Read More]
Diary

Can Mrs. Clinton Lose?

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By PEGGY NOONAN (WSJ) If Hillary Clinton loses, does she know how to lose? What will that be, if she loses? Will she just say, “I concede” and go on vacation at a friend’s house on an island, and then go back to the Senate and wait? Is it possible she could be so normal? Politicians image [Read More]