Every year, sometimes starting as early as September, the EVPL starts recieving new Christmas fiction. Here are a few of the titles we've gotten in so far this year: Sarah's Christmas Miracle by Mary Ellis The Three Kings by Alisa Valdes-Rodriguez The Mischief of the Mistletoe by Lauren Willig...
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Filed under: fiction, margaret maron, mysteries, Christmas, holiday, Gregory Maguire, romance, Amish, Joanne Fluke, Sherryl Woods, Donita K. Paul, Debbie Macomber, M. C. Beaton, Robert Dalby, Mary Ellis, Sally Goldenbaum, Greg Kincaid, Vannetta Chapman, Leslie Meier, Shirley Rousseau Murphy, Lisa Kleypas, Alisa Valdes-Rodriguez, Lauren Willig, Laura Levine, Melody Carlson
With the success of Batman Begins , The Dark Knight , and the now-in-theaters Inception , Christopher Nolan has become a pretty popular guy. And rightfully so. However, most folks don't realize that Nolan has been making films for over 10 years. As a fan of fine cinema , I've been following ...
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In the television show Chuck , Charles "Chuck" Bartowski plays your typical 20-something computer-geek, stuck in a dead-end job at Buy More's Nerd Herd (a less-than-subtle parody of Best Buy's Geek Squad). He lives an uneventful life with his sister Ellie, until one day when he receives...
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I've always been a fan of Simon Pegg's work. In his previous efforts ( Shaun of the Dead , Hot Fuzz , & Spaced ), Pegg & co-star Nick Frost teamed up with absolutely hilarious results! Run Fatboy, Run is Pegg's latest film...and unfortunately it doesn't live up to its predecessors...
Redbelt , written & directed by David Mamet, is not your typical martial arts movie...it has very few action scenes. In fact, calling it a "martial arts movie" is a bit belittling, as it is first and foremost a drama. While it started extremely slowly, I ended up getting drawn in and loving...
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11-10-2008
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I'm a fan of Simon Pegg and Nick Frost. In the States, this comedic duo is best known for Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz (both of which I highly recommend!). They got their start in a British television comedy called Spaced ; it ran for two seasons (14 episodes total) during 1999-2001. It finally...
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Most bank/casino/vault/car heist flicks follow a pretty generic formula (see Ocean's 11, The Italian Job, Gone in 60 Seconds, et al): Protagonist decides he wants to steal something. Protagonist assembles a team of wacky miscreants, each with their own special "talents". More planning....
Imagine, sandy beaches, million dollar yachts, Kate Hudson ... Maybe if you were Matthew McConaughey . In Fool's Gold , the two said superstars team up in a romantic comedy that puts them in a race to find a bounty of treasure that has been missing for centuries. Crime lords, rival treasure hunters...