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Humor, People

Expert to examine the relative comforts of the Hilton and a jail cell

by: PeterMay 4, 2007

One of my guilty pleasures is to follow the act that Paris Hilton puts on for the world. I don’t know her. Nor do I claim to have figured out what drives this lady to seek the lime light. She is clearly one of the world’s most well-known brands. Being only twenty-six this is no

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Drama, Movies

Heaven

by: PeterApril 28, 2007

The film reminded me that good art is not artificial. Great art heightens our awareness of reality. Heaven fails because it feels contrived and artificial. Cate Blanchett has one scene in which she unleashes her full acting ability. But she cannot make up for a week script written by Krzysztof Kieslowski, who I

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Diary, Must Know

News from the battle between Science and Religion

by: PeterApril 26, 2007

As readers of this web diary know, I love the New Yorker magazine. It happens rarely that I truly dislike an article in what I consider the best magazine in the world. A few weeks ago, however, I was quite disappointed with Jane Kramer’s portrait of Pope Benedict. I felt that she was uncharacteristically off

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Drama, Movies

Miss Potter

by: PeterApril 25, 2007

Miss Potter portrays the life of the best-selling British children’s book author Beatrix Potter. Many authors invent fantastic stories while leading relatively boring lives. Mrs. Potter falls into this category. A film about her life has very little drama to work with. Not much happens on the screen. This is the

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Drama, Movies

Freedom Writers

by: PeterApril 24, 2007

The film tells the true-life story of Erin Gruwell, a magnificent teacher in Long Beach, California, who turns a class of violent teenagers into successful students, who leave their gang background behind to become published authors. The film has moments that are truly inspiring and moving. But too often banal or cheesy lines creep into

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Movies, Phantasy

Happy Feet

by: PeterApril 22, 2007

This musical on ice cannot compete with Pixar’s animated films as far as plot is concerned. But some if its Southpole animations can rival what Pixar pulled off in Finding Nemo. The film initially covers similar territory as The March of Penguins but then turns into a fantasy about singing Penguins. One Penguin

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Humor, People

Justin Timberlake’s Reflection on Singlehood

by: PeterApril 13, 2007

In a recent interview, Justin Timberlake, who in January split with Cameron Diaz (his costar in Shrek pictured on the right, who also attended the press day), said being single has its ups and downs: “The advantages are that you don’t get in as many arguments, and the disadvantage is that you’re talking to yourself.” Apparantly,

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Drama, Movies

The Lives of Others (Das Leben der Anderen)

by: PeterApril 8, 2007

i]Good Bye Lenin[/i] turned the collapse of the German “Democratic” Republic into a comedy. There is not a single moment in The Lives of Others you feel like laughing. The film chronicles how an estimated 91,000 full-time employees and 300,000 informants recruited by Ministry for State Security (Stasi) helped the communist party to keep

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Humor, Situations

Gesundheit, my Dear!

by: PeterApril 6, 2007

Drama, Movies

Elizabeth

by: PeterApril 5, 2007

In search of one Cate Blanchett’s great performances, I rented the historical drama Elizabeth. Blanchett received an Oscar nomination for the role but lost out to Gweneth Paltrow who played the object of William Shakespeare’s desire in Shakespeare in Love. I suspect that Paltrow won not because she was more in love than Elizabeth.

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