Reviewed on Tuesday, 20 Nov, 2007
This movie absolutely lived up to it’s name!! It was fantastic……what started out as your typical Disney animated fairytale translated beautifully into a ‘real life’ scenario after the lovely Gisele is condemned to a hellish life by the jealous Queen in fear of losing her throne.
In short order, her prince sets out to rescue his fair maiden who was doomed to the bowels of hell (aka New York City). There, they are both in …

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I was six when I first learned that I was different. None of my classmates seemed to want to talk to me much or play with me during recess. I didn’t exactly understand the giggles and the pointing. My innocence made me believe that the pointing meant that they were choosing me; that I was special and being singled out to be their very best friend. I learned that I was wrong when the pointing abruptly …

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She had already resolved to forgive him, but the universe had conspired against that probability. It was the first time that she’d seen him so vulnerable, so repentant. It was almost enough to make her forget how his hands probably touched her in the way that she knew so well. She remembered his confession and how he promised that it meant nothing to him. She was just a distraction, a piece that meant nothing to him …

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Reviewed on Friday, 31 Aug, 2007
Rob Zombie’s take on the original Halloween
My first thought while leaving was “Was there a 2 for 1 sale at the local bloodbank?” Talk about overkill…..yes, it is a horror movie and given who the director was, that was to be expected….but I found myself unable to watch any of the killing scenes….it was pretty tough to take. It was even difficult to listen to the sound effects as Michael plunged his knife into the …

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My sister- in- law’s eyes gave away the secret before she began to step back behind my brother’s broad shoulders. “Renee, mama’s gone…..” , he uttered as he watched my body involuntarily heave over. It was not entirely unexpected. Mama had been hospitalized once again for heart failure and all I could do was think about the smile that she had on her face when I last visited her. I could see her outstretched hands reaching …

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The success of his plan would surprise Gerry himself, as it seems that it led Holly to someone who loved him too.

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At some point, the murders started to resemble a scene out of I love Lucy where the chocolates were veering down the conveyor belt….mustn’t let one get away! Then it became a morbid comedy where killing is done for the sake of killing as long as the victim was a member of high society and filthy rich …..which may not be particularly offensive to some….. However, I was curious as to why no one in the town missed those high falutin’ human meat pies or why Sweeney didn’t immediately go to claim his daughter when he realized her fate?

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I first loved you as a girl who told herself that your luscious lips, though surely carved by God himself, would never dare touch mine.
The ripples from your well chisled chest made no grand impression on me even as I pictured it pressed gently against mine in a loving embrace.
I scoffed at the idea when you said that one of these days you’d ‘catch’ me, even though your muscular thighs could make Adonis question his masculinity.
I never even noticed how …

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I can imagine the boulders being molten hot still as my tired, worn feet walk along them. I stop to drink from my hydration pack to cool my now thickened and parched tongue. Yet, at the same time, I feel victorious knowing that I have less than 5,000 feet to go before setting my eyes on Uhuru Peak.

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We didn’t talk about the almost month of Sundays when we would be separated by an ocean or two, instead we talked about what we’d do the moment our eyes caressed one another again.

We marveled about how we’d sit down and discuss the ‘must-haves’ for the new house that would accommodate the things a sentimental fool like me couldn’t bear to part with.

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