Monthly Archives: October 2003

First $20 Million Is Always the Hardest, The

Posted on October 13, 2003

Rod Stewart’s old tune The First Cut is the Deepest ran through my mind when I took a break in the middle of watching The First $20 Million Is Always the Hardest this morning, which shows how odd our minds … Continue reading →

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Far From Heaven

Posted on October 12, 2003

Difficult to imagine a movie that’s more of a contrast to the afternoon’s fare than writer/director Todd Haynes’ Far From Heaven, a highly stylized marital melodrama set in 1957. Julieanne Moore, Oscar-nominated for her performance, plays the wife in an … Continue reading →

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School of Rock

Posted on October 11, 2003

Ain’t nothin’ in the world like a good face melting guitar solo, am I right? Of course I am. Is there, though, anything more annoying than 108 minutes of in your face Jack Black, especially when everything else about the … Continue reading →

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Wasabi

Posted on October 10, 2003

“(2001) Jean Reno, Ryoko Hirosue. When his former lover dies, a French policeman travels to Tokyo to take care of his estranged daughter. Comedy Drama” Well, I think enough of Jean Reno and writer Luc Besson to at last sample … Continue reading →

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Real Women Have Curves

Posted on October 5, 2003

Marketing executives have begun to realize that the Hispanic consumers make up more and more of the people spending money in America demographic, hence the numerous Spanish language cable networks, TV and radio stations, and newspapers. All good, all good, … Continue reading →

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