Reviews

Staff Review May 6, 2012

During the summer of 1979 Letty and her three children returned to their island home in the Hebrides following the mysterious death of her husband, Nicky, a diplomat with the British Embassy in Bonn.  All four struggle to come to grips with the loss of a beloved husband and father.  Letty has become dysfunctional by torment over accusations that Nicky comm

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The Devil's Double (DVD)


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May 3, 2012

The Devil’s Double starring Dominic Cooper (bridegroom from Mamma Mia!) is about Latif Yahia, an Iraqi officer forced to become the double for Uday Hussein, Sadam’s oldest son.  Cooper plays both Latif and Uday, and he did a very good job of making me believe he was two different people.

Staff Review May 1, 2012

A biography of Agatha Christie has been on my list to read for many years. I was also interested in learning what were the sources of inspirations for her stories, settings and characters in her writings.  I was also intrigued by Christie’s mysterious disappearance that turned her into one of the characters of her own books.

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Watergate: a novel by Thomas Mallon


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Apr 29, 2012

 If you remember how Watergate unfolded, this fictionalized character study will read much easier than if you know it only as a political chronology. 

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Mighty Macs (DVD)


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Apr 21, 2012

Mighty Macs is an inspiring true story about the love of basketball, with nuns, and tiny Immaculata College of girls.  Can the new girl’s basketball team save their school?  Great story and movie.  The actors are Carla Gugino and David Boreanaz.

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Brooklyn, Burning by Steve Brezenhoff


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Apr 19, 2012

Brooklyn, Burning is the story of a homeless teen named Kid who falls in love with another kid named Scout over the course of one glorious Brooklyn summer.  Unfortunately, Kid spent the previous summer head over heels for Felix, and after learning the painful lesson