"Indiana Jones" Hits $311 Million Worldwide LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull" chased down $311.1 million from moviegoers around the world, as nostalgic fans brought along their children to watch Harrison Ford's latest escapades, distributor Paramount...
I'm going to start with Marvel, because I want to. AMAZING SPIDER-MAN FAMILY #1 Written by MARC DEMATTEIS & TOM DEFALCO Penciled by ALEX CAl & RON FRENZ Cover by ADI GRANOV Heads' up, Web-Slingers! Not getting nearly enough bang for your Brand New Buck with Thrice Monthly Spider-Man? Well, get ready...
.:What I'm Watching:. Bandidas. [With a ruthless despot terrorizing their tiny Mexican town, a pair of oddly matched women -- one a European-educated lady (Salma Hayek) and the other a rough-and-tumble peasant (Penelope Cruz) -- join forces to become two of the most celebrated bank robbers of their...
Today was the Stephenie Meyer book signing for The Host. We arrived a little after four and there were about 250 people already lined up. We didn't have to wait long though as they started letting people in the auditorium around 4:45. From that point on we wait and read. There was an announcement...
Not to kill the suspense, but really, I was pretty much okay with everyone who won an Academy Award last night...with a few slight exceptions. No, I didn't actually watch the show (I went to an evening show of Be Kind, Rewind and then watched The Guns of Navarone throughout the remainder of the...
A - A Flock Of Seagulls - I Ran - A Guy Called Gerald - Voodoo Ray - A-ha - Take On Me - ABBA - Super Trouper - ABC - The Look Of Love - Accept - Balls To The Wall - Adam Ant - Kings Of The Wild Frontier - Adrian Gurvitz - Classic - Aerosmith-Janies Got A Gun - Afrika Bambaataa - Planet Rock - After...
I don't think I've posted about this, and since I'm trying to stay awake I'm going to. Monday, as some know, I went to the doctors. She confirmed that I had something viral - but couldn't confirm that it was strep. So I went to work on Tuesday - mainly because I had a prior obligation to uphold -...
Verbinski & del Toro To Direct New "Heavy Metal" Film (sliceofscifi.com) Heavy Metal publisher Kevin Eastman says that Zack Snyder, Guillermo del Toro and Gore Verbinski will join executive producer David Fincher to direct segments of the upcoming Heavy Metal animated film remake, according to /Film...
Because my mind is a bit elsewhere lately, I am posting the book reviews I've written for all the books I've read thus far in 2008. This will continue until I run out of reviews or my brain starts to function, whichever comes first. I have no idea why I lifted my ban on “buzz” books to read Ian...
I. Variations On Somewhat Standard Questions 1. Worst song ever: Uh... Ice Ice Baby? 2. Person who should be shot because he/she wrote/sang the ONE song that gets stuck in yer head and drives you to the brink: Vanilla Ice 3. Song for a happy day: Anything upbeat! Two Step! Flight of the Conchords!...
1. Forever by Judy Blume 2. Great and Terrible Beauty by Libba Bray 3. Bloodsucking Fiends by Christopher Moore 4. You Suck: A Love Story by Christopher Moore 5. Rebel Angels by Libba Bray 6. Sweet Far Thing by Libba Bray 7. Dedication by Emma McLaughlin & Nicola Kraus 8. Jemima J by Jane Green 9....
Christabel by Laura Adams Night Vision by Laura Adams Seeds of Fire by Laura Adams Sleight of Hand by Laura Adams Rosie Dunne by Cecelia Ahern Little Women by Louisa May Alcott Garden Spells by Sarah Addison Allen The Sugar Queen by Sarah Addison Allen An Affair to Remember: The Remarkable Love...
I was recently stunned into submission when I noticed that there is a new movie version of one of my favorite books of all time, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, which opens April 29. Having long since lost/lent/sold/given away/trashed/consigned to a life of slavery on Arcturus Boolgeeian VII...
"1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die" by ukaunz 2000s Never Let Me Go – Kazuo Ishiguro Saturday – Ian McEwan On Beauty – Zadie Smith Slow Man – J.M. Coetzee Adjunct: An Undigest – Peter Manson The Sea – John Banville The Red Queen – Margaret Drabble The Plot Against America –...
So I just finished reading Holly Black's Valiant and I was a bit disappointed in the second book. It had only a couple of pages of Roiben and Kaye and I never truly liked the heroine Val. Not to mention the needle drug use, indiscriminate unprotected sex and stealing, while a plot point, really...
I have counted and there is precisely 20 weeks left in the rest of the year and I have thought and plotted the perfect way to challenge myself and it is to select 20 books to read by the new year. Wait, I can hear you all already, that is no feat because I read to the exclusion of all else anyway....
Today was my 2nd year anniversary. D took me out for lunch, to Taco Bell.:) And I had a minor heart attack from a phone call from Dr. Moore while on my way to see Dr. Scott. My appointment went well and I don't have to go back for a month. I went back to D's office with him and read while he went...
todaysthv.com A former lawyer for a man convicted of killing three West Memphis boys 15 years ago testified Wednesday that he knew of people who could have provided proof of his client's innocence but he did not call them as witnesses. Paul Ford, who represented Jason Baldwin at his 1994 trial, said...
the end of the year! it's time to tally up my books! i even made a collage of all the book covers, show here to the left, and i'm so proud of it i almost want to print it out and frame it. but i won't. (maybe.) i've been waiting all year to post that completed photo. to commemorate me making my goal...
Huge news day on the WM3 front. DNA does not match Damien Echols but does happen to match Stevie Branch's step-father, Terry Hobbs. This also means John Mark Byers has pretty much been cleared of suspicion. A twist no one saw coming. ARKANSAS TIMES by Mara Leveritt Reviving an investigation that...
