As movie critic Roger Ebert stated, "sure, the movie is a formula. A formula that works reminds us of why it became a formula."
It is a good, clean, fun movie with Queen in her familiar "strong woman with gentle heart" role as a no-nonsense, physical therapist, Leslie Wright. She is really, really ready for a boyfriend, but there doesn't seem to be anyone on the horizon - sigh.
Her childhood girlfriend is a hoot --- focused only on finding a rich husband. The male basketball star is believable and some real live basketball action is thrown in for kickers --- fans like me love it! It's sweet, sad, mad, predictable and she gets the guy in the end...you knew she would from the beginning. Go see it --- enjoy. 10/28/10
"ZORRO" by Isabel Allende
In the preface the author states the very reason that I love stories of swashbuckling heroes. "There are all too few heroes with a romantic heart and a fun-loving nature." So when I find them from Dumas and Perez-Reverte for instance, I cherish them. Allende's Zorro has joined my club!
There is a 2 page map of the Pacific and North Atlantic Oceans that shows the route of the Gulf Stream to Spain and return of the Trade Winds. Included is an inset of the Franciscan Missions along the Camino Real and an inset of the Barrataria, the swamps and forests south of New Orleans from which Jean Lafitte raided the Caribbean with impunity. Lafitte plays an interesting part in the story when he
There is a 2 page map of the Pacific and North Atlantic Oceans that shows the route of the Gulf Stream to Spain and return of the Trade Winds. Included is an inset of the Franciscan Missions along the Camino Real and an inset of the Barrataria, the swamps and forests south of New Orleans from which Jean Lafitte raided the Caribbean with impunity. Lafitte plays an interesting part in the story when he
"THE PRINCES OF IRELAND" Edward Rutherfurd
This New York Times bestseller is a story of Dublin written in the mode of James Michener. The author is a master storyteller because I felt like I was right there viewing the significant events from 430 through 1535 A.D. The book begins with a couple of maps and a family tree which comes in handy to keep track of the tribes and their movements. Each character is well defined physically and mentally which defines their purposes and intentions. While the reader is caught up in the immediate character, it's the events going on around him or her (or in the background) that reveal how the country evolved.
The Celtic tribes were pagans with many gods. Some priests were druids, and human sacrifice was
The Celtic tribes were pagans with many gods. Some priests were druids, and human sacrifice was
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