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Drama, Movies

Being Julia

by: PeterSeptember 29, 2005

Julia (Annette Benning) is the leading theatre actress in England of 1938. She is in midlife and she is bored. Her husband (Jeremy Irons), who owns the theatre in which she performs and with whom she enjoys a perfectly sexless marriage, introduces her to a young American fan, Tom. Tom confesses his love for Julia

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Astute Observations, Diary

Lincoln’s Great Drepression

by: PeterSeptember 21, 2005

Surprisingly, the article on Lincoln’s state of mind in this month’s Atlantic Monthly turned out to be very interesting. Making valid inferences after the fact about what propelled a person to act in a particular way is difficult, to put it mildly. With hindsight everyone has perfect vision. Joshua Wolf Shenk’s Lincoln’s Great Depression does

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Diary, Must Know

Donate to the Red Cross for Hurricane Relief

by: PeterSeptember 4, 2005

Donating money to the Red Cross over the internet with a credit card takes less than five minutes.

Click on the graphic to get to the Red Cross donating page.

Diary

Christianity and the Catholic Church at the End of the Millennium

by: PeterSeptember 4, 2005

In 1996 Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger, who recently became Pope Bednedict XVI, sat down with Peter Seewald, a German journalist who had left the catholic church, for a long conservation that was published as a book in the following year. Salt of the Earth: Christianity and the Catholic Church at the End of the Millennium

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Comedy, Movies

The Upside of Anger

by: PeterAugust 31, 2005

Mike Binder, who wrote, directed, and played a small part in The Upside of Anger, successfully pushes the boundaries of the “romantic comedy” genre. The humor takes place on a thick background of anger, despair and sadness. Terry Wolfmeyer (Joan Allen), an elegant suburban woman with four daughters ranging between the ages of 13 to

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Drama, Movies

The Interpreter

by: PeterAugust 28, 2005

For someone who loves movies as passionately as I do, embarking on long flights poses particular risks. Frequently I am offered movies that I would never leave my house for. But when a movie flickers a few inches before my nose, it is difficult to resist the temptation of glancing up and of seeing whatever

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Diary, Must Know

Getting Addicted to “24”

by: PeterAugust 26, 2005

A couple of weeks ago a friend raved about the TV show 24, which will start its fifth season in January. I rented the first three episodes of the first season from Blockbuster. The entire season takes place in 24 hours. Before I knew it, I had watched the entire season in a few days.

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Movies, Phantasy

Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sixth

by: PeterJuly 1, 2005

Both the recent Star Wars and the Lord of the Rings trilogies baffle me. I thought the first Lord of the Rings film was fantastic. The story built on thousands of years of human mythology and offered visually arresting pictures of a fantasy world inhabited by humans, almost humans, and many other

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Drama, Movies

Cinderella Man

by: PeterJune 26, 2005

I have confessed more than once that I don’t like boxing. This is the first movie in which boxing is not pointless trashing of human beings. The true-life story of Cinderella Man captures America during the great depression era and represents Hollywood at its best. The cinematography is superb: you feel like being in the

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Curious News, Diary

A Different Portrait of America

by: PeterJune 23, 2005

Accumulating stuff takes time. After reading this unusal portrait of America, I had one question: How much time do people actually spend shopping? Until the end of my teenage years, I used to enjoy bargain hunting immensely and spent endless hours in pursuit of gadget that fell within my budget. I hate shopping now and [Read More]