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Transformers

October 31, 2007 B. John 389 Views 0 Comments Action, Adventure, Thriller, Sci-Fi, Michael Bay, John Turturro, Jon Voight, Megan Fox, Shia LaBeouf

High-school student Sam Witwicky buys his first car, who is actually the Autobot Bumblebee. Bumblebee defends Sam and his girlfriend Mikaela Banes from the Decepticon Barricade, before the other Autobots arrive on Earth. They are searching for the Allspark, and the war on Earth heats up as the Decepticons attack a United States military base in Qatar. Sam and Mikaela are taken by the top-secret agency Sector 7 to help stop the Decepticons, but when they learn the agency also intends to destroy the Autobots, they formulate their own plan to save the world.

Fun Stuff Culture Southern Family

Home Funerals

October 26, 2007September 29, 2018 B. John 465 Views 0 Comments death, funerals, home funerals, mourning, rituals

I read an article on MSNBC a few days back about a small but growing practice of “home funerals.” It’s touted as a way for people to reclaim their death rituals. Having been a funeral director in the past, the title certainly caught my eye.

Culture Movies

Delta Farce

October 21, 2007 B. John 328 Views 0 Comments Michael Edward Rose, Action, Comedy, Bill Engvall, C. B. Harding, Delta Farce, Keith David, Larry The Cable Guy

When three small town National Guardsmen bound for Iraq are unknowingly dropped into Mexico, their confusion leads them to “liberate” a small village from a band of corrupt Federales.

Culture Movies

Astronaut Farmer

October 21, 2007 B. John 337 Views 1 Comment Virginia Madsen, Adventure, Drama, Science Fiction, Astronaut Farmer, Billy Bob Thornton, Max Thieriot, Michael Polish

A NASA astronaut (Thornton), forced to retire years earlier so he could save his family farm, has never given up his dream of space travel and looks to build his own rocket, despite the government’s threats to stop him.

Culture Movies

Kingdom, The

October 21, 2007 B. John 467 Views 1 Comment Saudi Arabia, Action, The Kingdom, Thriller, Crime, Drama, Chris Cooper, Terrorism, Jamie Foxx, Jason Bateman, Jennifer Garner, Peter Berg

When a terrorist bomb detonates inside a Western housing compound in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, an international incident is ignited. While diplomats slowly debate equations of territorialism, FBI Special Agent Ronald Fleury (Jamie Foxx) quickly assembles an elite team (Chris Cooper, Jennifer Garner, and Jason Bateman) and negotiates a secret five-day trip into Saudi Arabia to locate the madman behind the bombing. Upon landing in the desert kingdom, however, Fleury and his team discover Saudi authorities suspicious and unwelcoming of American interlopers into what they consider a local matter.

Movies Culture

Hot Fuzz

October 21, 2007 B. John 300 Views 0 Comments Action, Comedy, Crime, Edgar Wright, Hot Fuzz, Martin Freeman, Simon Pegg

Jealous colleagues conspire to get a top London cop transferred to a small town and paired with a witless new partner. On the beat, the pair stumble upon a series of suspicious accidents and events.

Culture Movies

Blades of Glory

October 21, 2007 B. John 361 Views 0 Comments Comedy, Romance, Craig T. Nelson, Jon Heder, Josh Gordon, Sport, Will Ferrell, Will Speck

When rivalry between the world’s best men’s figure skaters – sex addicted, improvisational Chazz Michael Michaels and germophobic, precise Jimmy MacElroy – breaks into a fight on the awards platform, they’re banned from the event for life. Three years later, desire for a gold medal and a careful reading of the rules lead them to compete as skating’s first male-male pair. Can they overcome mutual dislike, limited time to prepare, their coach’s secret past, and the dirty tricks of their main opponents, the Van Waldenberg siblings?

Culture Music

Renee Fleming – Strauss' Four Last Songs

October 16, 2007 B. John 287 Views 0 Comments Strauss, Renee Fleming

Got this link in a regular newsletter I receive. It was such beautiful and soothing piece, I wanted to share.

Culture Movies

3:10 to Yuma

September 10, 2007 B. John 413 Views 0 Comments Action, James Mangold, 3:10 to Yuma, Christian Ble, Logan Lerman, Russell Crowe, Western

A small-time rancher agrees to hold a captured outlaw who’s awaiting a train to go to court in Yuma. A battle of wills ensues as the outlaw tries to psych out the rancher.

Education Business Culture Economy Society

Are CEO's Worth That Much More?

September 10, 2007September 29, 2018 B. John 384 Views 2 Comments CEO-039s, Christian Science Monitor, Executive Compensation, Pay, Public Sector, University of Pennsylvania

Is running an oil company really 90 times more valuable than leading one of the top-ranked institutions of higher learning?

Culture Movies

Kids

September 7, 2007 B. John 444 Views 0 Comments Drama, Adriane Brown, Billy Valdes, Justin Pierce, Kids, Larry Clark, Leo Fitzpatrick, Sajan Bhagat

Disturbing, dark, low-budget independent film about teen-agers growing up in poverty in New York City. The story focuses on Telly (Leo Fitzpatrick), a teen who has a goal to de-flower as many virgins as he can. Kids follows a group of young, unsupervised, not mature, but all-too-grown-up kids in New York. One girl has just been diagnosed with HIV and is trying to notify the boy who gave it to her. The film follows these characters and their friends through the day, hanging out, playing, carousing, and going to parties. Each scene is intriguing and disturbing — conveying an urban reality that includes drugs, sex, guns, and disease; and yet never letting you forget these are kids.