Charnel House Reviews

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Silly pun aside, the movie "FEAST" was pretty interesting.  Again, this Easter was a time for crazy movies.  I was at my boyfriend TkOut's house, and I had a choice of "Seven Days in Utopia" (a golfing movie - ick), or whatever TkOut could find.  I chose the latter - and wound up watching a movie from 2005 that I haven't seen in years.  Watching it again, I was surprised to see some familiar faces.  Navi Rawat ("The O.C.", "House of Sand and Fog"), Henry Rollins, Krista Allen ("The Final Destination", "Liar Liar", and "Anger Management") and Josh Zuckerman ("Sex Drive" and "Surviving Christmas") are just a few.  I can almost guarantee that you'll recognize other faces as well.

This particular creature feature starts out in some bar in the middl…

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On Easter day, I sat down and watched "Super 8" for the first time.  (If you haven't already guessed, I'm from an atypical family, and we don't always watch sappy movies on the appropriate holiday...)  In any event, the enigmatic trailer combined with a rave review from a class of 5th graders at my previous school caused me to accept the invitation to watch "Super 8".

At first, the movie seemed to go pretty slowly.  I sat there crocheting for most of the first half hour, positive that I wasn't missing anything.  From what I could tell, it was a slightly updated version of "Stand By Me" - a bunch of boys running around doing their thing while the parents don't watch them.  So far, so good.  The fact that the children were using a camera to make a zombie movie added a very nice touch.  Then the…

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Sorry for the long absence, I just recently switched jobs.  I'm now teaching almost full time at a new school.  For those of you who noticed the name change, sorry about that.  Being a teacher, I'd rather not share my personal life and all my interests with my students.  They're good kids, but I'm an only child and I adore my privacy.       :)

In any event, I'm back.  You can expect more regular reviews and such.  And yes - if you're an aspiring author, feel free to make your mark on the page.