Fantasy and reality mix just as readily in Mr. Joe Wright To say love hurts would be a devastating understatement for Robbie and Cecilia, the protagonists of Atonement. The British romance takes place on the brink of World War II and spans the war, following the story of two people who grew up together but never really showed any real affection towards one another until a secret note was discovered.
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Thus begins a sweeping love story that combines wartime romance and summer flings. To the Wonder Year: The problem is, he seems to be sinking into a similar pattern as of late, making beautiful, ethereal, purely cinematic features that rely a bit too much on what have now become his signature filmic techniques—dreamy, lushly shot sequences to esoterically poetic voiceover narration.
The two travel to the island of Mont St. Michel, just off the coast of Normandy, where an abbey sits impressively off the coast.
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After what seems like an impossibly languid love affair, reality sets in as things begin to settle back to earth, fights and disenchantment take hold. Still To The Wonder is at times painfully beautiful, and Malick is a master at finding the wonder in even the most mundane natural phenomenon.
He is capable of making a wind-swept prairie in the Midwest look just as remarkable as an ancient Norman castle. As far as the meshing of sound and vision, the film is a marvel, perhaps one that should really be considered more as an experimental, Maya Deren-esque art piece than as a narrative feature.
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The Incredible Jessica James Year: Jim Strouse Jessica Williams plays Jessica James, twenty-something theatre fanatic trying to get one of her plays produced while simultaneously dealing with a breakup. Williams is hilarious, which we all know from her time on The Daily Show. Amanda Marsalis Why do people always go back? Is going back—to a person, or a place—always synonymous with going backwards? Echo Park does not suggest that race and class issues are nonexistent, but in keeping them as parentheticals to the greater narrative, the story balances its lighthearted presentation with a necessary authenticity.
Up in the Air Year: Win It All Year: This is especially true when it does work out for the best, as it does in Win it All. The story hangs off of him, off of his work, his emoting, the physical quality to his self-presentation before a lens. I found Paradise by the Rifle Sights to be slightly predictable, but still enjoyable. It wasn't as good as the other books in the series, but overall, I would still recommend it, and the series as a whole. Jun 01, Elaine rated it it was amazing.
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Paris was a game show!!! And he so should not have been there in the first place. He took Liv's job and it served him right. But he did become Bachelor Never More or whatever it was. So funny with the 5 out of 11 other "women" when we found out. And of course Roberto! But the funniest part was the state fair and the dates getting in trouble. I cried I was laughing so hard. I just hate there will be no more of these books.
Leslie, I hope you have something else coming out soon. Thanks for all the laughs. Aug 02, Heide Goody rated it it was amazing. This had everything I wanted. Poking fun at reality television and Hollywood lifestyles, casual violence and lots of laughs.
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It was the first I'd read of the series for no other reason than that I loved the title but I will definitely be readng the others. Feb 28, Mary Newcomb added it. I am sorry this series moved to Kindle, the premise of an amusing family of assassins is a bit implausible but somehow works. The antics at the Clinton County Fair were especially entertaining. Dec 13, John rated it it was amazing Shelves: Yesterday turned out to be a great day because I choose to open and read this inventive and entertaining novella.
I recommend that everyone invest the the time to bring a smile to your face by helping Leslie Langtry's protagonist solve his conflicts. You will enjoy the journey. Feb 11, Robin rated it did not like it. Feb 11, Kathryn Moore rated it really liked it Shelves: This is one in a series of 5 books. A family of assassins. Sounds serious and distasteful but very entertaining and fun. Would definitely recommend reading them in order. Mar 10, Stacy rated it really liked it Shelves: It's like a half-story with the fun of a whole story.
I love Paris and was thrilled with the book. Seems semi out or order with book 4 but it works out. But his life gets both shaken and stirred by an irate grandmother demanding a marketing plan for the family assassination business, a precocious six-year-old son he never knew he had, and a mysterious redheaded funeral director who's got him intrigued in more ways than one.
Suddenly the perennial playboy is knee deep in pie charts and play-dates, while juggling the demands of the not-so-family-friendly family business. Throw in a team of rival assassins, and Dak's dreams of living trigger-happily ever after just may be put on ice. Stand By Your Hitman: Missi Bombay invents things--fatal flowers, Jell-O bullets, stroke-inducing panty hose and other ways to kill a target without leaving any trace behind.
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Living a solitary life on her family's island, she's a great asset to her family of assassins. Unfortunately, the family that kills together also meddles together, and when Missi's mom decides her daughter's life is a little too solitary, she packs Missi off the Costa Rica for an undercover assignment on a low-budget Survival reality TV show. Amidst the ridiculous challenges, tribal voting, and late-night sneaking to the nearby resort, Missi finds herself not only scoping out her family's latest target, but also Lex Danby, the hottest contestant on the island. But Missi's hormones get put on the back burner when someone starts sabotaging the show Other Greatest Hits Mysteries available: Put all of that together with the worst put-together reality show possible, and the result is a fun read.
I Shot You Babe: Coney Bombay isn't your average PhD. While he may be well versed in philosophy, he's also one of the most lethal members of the Bombay Family of assassins. Choosing to travel the world operating carnival rides and spending quite evenings knitting with his pet guinea pig, even in his crazy family, Cy stands out as wild card. But after a series of run-ins with perennial grad student, Veronica Gale, the cool cat is starting to feel a little hot under the collar.
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