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17 June 2012

Book review: Delusions of Gender (2011), by Cordelia Fine, ****

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Synopsis A vehement attack on the latest pseudo-scientific claims about the differences between the sexes. Sex discrimination is sup...
10 June 2012

CD review: Lama's Chants Songs of Awa, *****

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Synopsis Marking the 10th year since this popular Buddhist chant album was first released, this reissue ups the ante by featuring an expand...
09 June 2012

Film Review: Never Say Never Again (1983), by Irvin Kershner, ***

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Synopsis Sean Connery is back for his final performance as superagent James  Bond in this high-velocity action thriller from the director ...
08 June 2012

Book review: The Girl in the Picture, by Denise Chong, ****

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Kim Phuc and others after napalm bombing of Trang Bang. Photo by Nick Ut, AP Kim Phuc Today it is forty years since one of the most...
07 June 2012

Film review: Six Days, Seven Nights (1998), by Ivan Reitman, ****

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Synopsis Big-screen favorite Harrison Ford stars in this nonstop adventure hit about a dream vacation that turns into a hilarious tropi...
04 June 2012

Film review: I Not Stupid (2002), by Jack Neo, ****

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Synopsis Three kids in Singapore did not make it to the top of their class and attend EM3, the stream for the not best and not brightest...
02 June 2012

Film Review: Eat Drink Man Woman (1994), by Ang Lee, ****

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Synopsis This is not a movie to see on an empty stomach. Writer-director Ang Lee's 1994 Oscar nominee tells a family story about a...
31 May 2012

Film review: The Wedding Banquet, (1993), by Ang Lee, ****

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Synopsis Dig in! This "funny and poignant comedy of manners" (The New York Times), directed and co-written by Oscar(r) nominee* A...
30 May 2012

Film Review: M.A.S.H. (1970), by Robert Altman, *****

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Synopsis While set in the Korean War of 1950-1953, the movie clearly addresses the question of the Vietnam war, which at the time of pro...
24 May 2012

American Cemetery and Memorial in the Ardennes

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Today I visited the American Cemetery and Memorial in the Ardennes . A quiet place where several thousand Americans who died during WW II ...
16 May 2012

Film Review: Samsara (2001), by Pan Nalin, ****

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Synopsis The film was released in 2001 and remains a classic in its genre. A spiritual love-story set in the majestic landscape of Ladak...
10 May 2012

Book Review: Russia in Original Photographs (1860-1920), edited by Marvin Lyons, ***

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An interesting collections of photographs from pre-Communist Russia. Common people, ethnic minorities, military officers and the imperial fa...
08 May 2012

Book review: The Romanov Family Album (1982), edited by Robert Massie, ****

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Review A great book which will make you feel you are living in the imperial family of pre-revolutionary Russia. The photos are B&W, ...
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28 April 2012

Film Review: Lost City (2005), by Andy Garcia, ****

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Synopsis In 1958 Havana, nightclub owner Fico Fellove ( Andy Garcia , who also directed) watches as political upheaval grips Batista-ruled...
25 April 2012

Book Review: Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl Written by Herself, by Louise Meriwether Harriet Jacobs, ****

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Synopsis Louise Meriwether Harriet Jacobs in her narrative reveals how she refused to be victimized within her own mind, but rather cho...