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Monthly Archives: August 2009
Stirling: The Sky People (2007)
I picked The Sky People by S.M. Stirling from the library for the “alternate history” section of my 999 challenge. Based o the description I was expecting a combination of science fiction (set on contemporary Venus which has intelligent life … Continue reading
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The boat that rocked (2009, UK)
In April I gave the first real break to my wife from our then 10 months old baby. It was the first time I had the baby on my own for hours. She used the chance to go to the … Continue reading
Bullitt (1968, USA)
I heard so many reference to Steve McQueen being the prototype of relentless and rebellious cop in Bullitt that I knew I had to watch it eventually. The time came and I realized it was too late. I am already … Continue reading
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Super capers (2009, USA)
I wanted to see a light movie so I got Super capers, which primrosed to be a parody of superhero movies. It was a bad choice. The acting was awkward, the action predictable and the jokes flat. the script was … Continue reading
Additions to Sefarim.net
In the month of August I added 50 books (bringing to the total to 541) to Sefarim.net, the site where I catalog of books published in Ebglish about Jewish Kabbalah. Besides documenting those additions I also wrote four blog entries. There … Continue reading
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Brighton Rock (1947, UK)
Lord Richard Attenborough will be 86 years old on Saturday. To celebrate I watched one of his early movies: Brighton Rock, aka Young Scarface. In it the Attenborough plays a young but cruel criminal who works in the shadows of … Continue reading
In the Land of Women (2007, USA)
Adam Brody–who has been acting for 14 years and even in successful series but I have never seen before–plays a 26 year old lad who goes to the countryside to help/live with his ailing grandmother to recover from being dumped … Continue reading
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Karov LeBayit (Close to home, 2005, Israel)
On the surface Close to home is a deceptively simple film. It shows two young women’s growing friendship while serving in the army in Israel. One of them seems to be careless and rebellious and the other is subdued and … Continue reading
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Broken windows (2008, USA)
I really liked Larisa Oleynik as a child in the “Alex Mack” and as a teenager in the “3rd rock from the Sun” series. So I thought it’s time to check her out in one of the movies she made … Continue reading
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Butler: Erewhon (1872)
I just finished listening to the librivox.org recording of Samuel Butler‘s Erewhon or, Over the Range. It is a mixture of travelogue about New Zealand, an utopia of a peaceful society and a dystopia of a country with reversed values … Continue reading
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