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Monaghan
 Made of Honor $19.94 Made of Honor is your typical bland, predictable, thoroughly contrived romantic comedy. The only reason I'm not giving it one star is that the production values were excellent, the shots of Scotland were gorgeous, and, believe it or not, there are even worse romantic comedies out there. (Tiptoes immediately comes to mind.) The basic problem with this film was not that it was predictable and formulaic (all romantic comedies are predictable and formulaic), but that every single person involved with this film was bored to tears. The actors were bored, the writers were bored, the producers were bored, the editors were bored, the grips were bored ... even the gofers were bored. And it showed. The jokes were lame, the chemistry non-existent, the lines well... "don't marry him", "I've always loved you", "these are glow-in-the-dark thunder beads." Need I say more? If you are laid up with the flu and just need to kill a couple of hours, Made of Honor will probably do the trick. The good part is that you won't remember a thing afterwards.  The Power of Two: Surviving Serious Illness with an Attitude and an Advocate $22.95 We bought the book for our daughter-in-law and son, who has been diagnosed with a brain tumor as was the author. Our son has also been blessed with financial success so costs are not an issue, as with the authors. Also his wife has been in his life for 10 years, again, similar to the author's situation. When they got the book they read it straight through and found it "encouraging". I think that says it all.  Runnin' Wild $8.99 My father used to listen Glenn Miller. For me, hearing this is to go back to my childhood, with the plus of Pizzarelli, that I like a lot. Great songs, great disc! |
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