IN BRUGES

August 28, 2008, on DVD

My affection for Colin Farrell is no secret, and I have absolutely no shame in it. Like Russell Crowe and Angelina Jolie, Farrell is exactly who he is without apology and without pretense. I admire that in people. I would rather see the warts and rough edges of a person than [...]

PLAYING FOR PIZZA by John Grisham

Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9780385525008
Acquired: Half Price Books
Reading Began: July 31, 2008
Completed: August 18, 2008
Overall Rating:Five out of ten
 
A die-hard fan will read anything written by a favorite author, and I am that for John Grisham. I don’t always care for the end results, but I will always give his books my all. Last winter I finally [...]

Summer Film Series – Vol. 6, No. 8: THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA – PRINCE CASPIAN

August 12, 2008, at Movies 10 in Plano, Texas

The Chronicles of Narnia have such a special place in my heart, so I’m always looking forward to the films. And Prince Caspian is a treat for me because I don’t have as much familiarity with the story as The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. In [...]

my next Olympic hero: Justin Spring

Yes, it’s true that Jonathan Horton’s rock-solid consistency was largely responsible for the U.S. Men’s Gymnastics Team achieving the Bronze medal on Monday (Tuesday), but I found myself most drawn to Justin Spring. I first noticed him a couple of months ago in the championships leading up to the Olympic Trials, and though his routines [...]

Beijing beginning

I find a hero in every cycle of the Olympic Games, but I never expected to find a single face that fascinated me so quickly in the fortnight. Early in the Parade of Nations at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, Atanas Nikolovski of Macedonia was truly appealing, not only in his pure beauty but in [...]

CASSANDRA’S DREAM

August 3, 2008, on DVD

Though I’m not the biggest fan, I’ve seen several Woody Allen films in my lifetime and have enjoyed quite a few of them. But lately, Allen’s films have taken on a different tone, and I have to say that I’ve been enjoying them more and more with this change. Cassandra’s Dream [...]

Summer Film Series – Vol. 6, No. 7: THE X-FILES: I WANT TO BELIEVE

August 1, 2008, at Movies 14 in McKinney, Texas

Somehow I missed the news last year that this big screen X-Files sequel was in production, and its appearance in the 2008 summer lineup was a complete surprise to me. While I was very excited to return to the bizarre world that had captivated me throughout the [...]