Plot, humor come up dry in Sahara
First time director Breck Eisner (yes, he is the son of the controversial Disney CEO) is the protégé of Steven Spielberg. His first attempt at directing was the USA sci-fi miniseries Taken. Apparently Eisner must have slept through his classes because Spielberg's magic touch to movie making has not rubbed off on him.…
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Morrissey haters beware
Let me begin this review by saying that live albums are generally made for the fans of an artist. That being said, I am a fan of the work of Morrissey (moreso for his work with the Smiths than his solo work, but a fan nonetheless). Live at Earl's Court is a documentation of a concert Morrissey played in London to a crowd of 17,183 people on December 18, 2004.…
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Incredibly Close to greatness
Back in ye olde-y times, Laurence Sterne wrote in his The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman, that, had Hephaestus placed a looking glass over mens' chests, all one need do to take in a man's character is to have spied on his soul, "watched her loose in her frisks, her gambols, her capricios.…
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A masterpiece, Sin City is cinematic heaven
Frank Miller's Sin City is the newest comic book to be made into a movie. And before all the fanboys get riled up, this is actually based on a graphic novel. ("Graphic novels" are labeled that way to try and remove the stigma that comes attached with the term "comic book", i.…
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. . . That's Amore
Conway has a new restaurant to offer. Amore Pizza is located in the parking lot of J.C. Penny's and El Acapulco in a building that was formerly Hardee's.
As if the outside of the building did not give it away, the fact that this was once a fast food restaurant becomes painfully obvious after walking in the door.…
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The County Line
For this edition of the County Line I have decided to try something totally different, champagne. A lot of people associate champagne with aristocracy and high society, but as the old saying goes, " no celebration is complete without a bottle of bubbly."
Good news: champagne no longer has to be consumed only on New Year's Day or at weddings.…
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Creative Cuisine
French Brioche
250 grams plain flour
125 grams unsalted warm
butter
2 eggs
3 Tbspoons warm milk
2 Tbspoons sugar
2/3 oz. yeast
a pinch of salt
Mix the yeast with the warm milk.
Put the flour in a salad bowl, dig a hole in the middle and put the milk/yeast mixture, the eggs, the soft butter, the sugar and salt.…
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McEwan's new weekend fare
I must admit that I'm usually prejudiced against books that feature the author's name in larger letters than the title of the book. Somehow this tells me that the words aren't as important as the person who wrote them. While I do understand a publisher's desire to sell as many books as possible by any means, but it's really important to me that the art takes center stage.…
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