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the last airbender reviewed, fans, & filling in the blanks

For Paul’s birthday, we had key-lime pie and a matinee showing of The Last Airbender.  And while I understand why people are complaining, especially anyone new to the story, it is not the awful, soul...

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hereafter

Hereafter, Clint Eastwood’s new movie, is what you get when  an 80 year old grandmaster visual storyteller at the height of his powers decides to explore the Big D. Death in a movie.  In other words…...

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megamind, oh my big blue head

In keeping with our theme of likable villains (see our review of Despicable Me and Heinz Doofenshmirtz), the kids and I went to see Megamind yesterday.  In a word, six thumbs up. Evil, well, it’s just...

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Rango and the Story Engine

I saw “Rango” this weekend with the kids, an entertaining Western about a misplaced chameleon lizard and a town drying up in the Mohave desert.  Visually, the movie is superb, the dialogue is awesome,...

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power over harry potter, or, it’s a very harry christmas

Last week at the library, we checked the first Harry Potter movie on a lark.  I had read the first book to the kids last year (I read all the books when they were coming out, adored them) and Luc has...

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Avengers! Assemble!

Yep, along with the rest of the movie going world, we went to see Avengers this weekend—and I know everyone else went to see it too, because the dang thing has crossed 1.2 billion dollars worldwide in...

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santorini, temper tantrums, and lost chances

One of my fave yoga bloggers, Grimmly, has gone to Santorini to practice for two weeks and I freaking hate him.  It’s so unfair.  I have wanted to go to Santorini ever since I was 14 and saw this...

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writing is music is art

I usually write in silence, but sometimes I get a certain song looping in my head, connected, often, to a certain character or scene I’m working on, and I play it over and over and over.  I am always...

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gankutsuou and our count of monte cristo redux redux

As part of our recent anime extravaganza, we watched Gankutsuou, an anime sci-fi retelling of the Count of Monte Cristo.   So marvelous!  Although a bit slow in the second quarter for the kids who...

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cirque du soleil world’s away review…in a word, WOW

Full disclosure: I have been a huge Cirque Du Soleil fan for decades, watched my first Cirque video back when you rented them on VHS cassette, and have seen them live, twice (and seriously—if you ever,...

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