Sarah Jessica Parker

Lovely Sarah Jessica Parker By Sara Jessica Parker For Women. Eau De Parfum Spray 1.7 oz
$48.00
This was a huge disappointment. I needed something that would last beyond 20 minutes, and this not only didn't last 5 minutes, but I didn't like the aroma and my husband couldn't smell it at ALL. I doused myself with it and got right in his face....NOTHING!

I even tried layering another perfume on top of it, but it seemed to kill that perfume, too.

I have tried this in stores and liked it, so I'm pretty sure the bottle I got was beyond it's shelf life. Unfortunately, I had destroyed all the packaging in the labor to get it open, or I'd have returned it immediately. Lessons learned. Try to open it gently (impossible), and KEEP everything. If you don't get a good bottle, put everything in a box and ship it back IMMEDIATELY.

I think this is my first negative review.

Sarah Jessica Parker
$14.95
Written more like a report, Shapiros' book will surely frustrate Sarah Jessica Parker fans looking for more than a broad overview of her early life and rise to Sex and the City fame. Gathered from a variety of media sources, the book contains only a superficial disclosure of its subject, with none of the real-life conversations and detail necessary to connect and entertain readers. I came across the book in search of information about Parker's early childhood and was disappointed to find a general summary of part of the life of a popular actress, rather than authentic stories and engaging detail about a real person.

The Family Stone (Widescreen Edition)
$14.98
Great condition for a used DVD. Shipment took longer to arrive than I would have liked.

Smart People
$19.99
***1/2

A low-budget comedy/drama set in and around the city of Pittsburgh, "Smart People" is so muted and laidback in its demeanor and tone that it practically borders on the innocuous. Yet, it is just that seeming banality that makes the movie work in the long run.

A pot-bellied Dennis Quaid plays a snarling, insensitive English Literature professor who`s pretty much gone to seed in both his personal and professional life, a character not too far removed from the one Michael Caine played in "Educating Rita." Lawrence Wetherhold is still so devastated by the death of his wife that he keeps all her clothes hanging in the bedroom closet as a sort of unholy shrine to the dearly departed woman. Needless to say, Lawrence hasn't made any great strides moving on with his life - until, that is, he strikes up a tentative romance with a physician and former student of his (Sarah Jessica Parker) who helps him to begin that too long delayed process of reconnecting himself to the world.

There's nothing particularly original or earth-shattering in this umpteenth tale of a burnt-out teacher finding a renewal of commitment and purpose in his profession, but writer Mark Poirier has provided enough in the way of ancillary details of character and plotting to at least keep matters interesting.

Ellen Page, for instance, plays Lawrence`s overly possessive daughter, Vanessa, a college-bound Young Republican who's more obsessed with earning a perfect score on her SATs than with establishing meaningful friendships with people her own age. Thomas Hayden Church portrays her adoptive Uncle Chuck, a black sheep wastrel who, in point of contrast, makes even Lawrence look like a paragon of togetherness and success. Yet, despite his own troubles and failings, Chuck is the one who tries to get his niece to loosen up a bit and finally start enjoying life.

Together these characters drift through life, making wry observations on their situations and relationships on their way to a happy ending.

There may be a few too many musical montage sequences for the movie's own good, but the expository scenes, as directed by Noam Murro and performed by the actors, nicely capture the unhurried rhythms and simple ironies of everyday life.