Category: film
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guest review: “i am legend”
A few days ago Brian suggested a review of I Am Legend, the latest Will Smith movie. After seeing the film a couple of days ago I was even more eager to read Brian’s take on this thriller. Here’s part one of his review . Part two will be posted towards the end of the…
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rednoW’s top 10 lists
You can’t look anywhere this time of year without stumbling onto a “Top-10” or “Best of 2007” list. I could point towards a number of different lists that I’ve enjoyed looking at the past couple of weeks, but since I do some writing for rednoW.com, I’ll point out a few of the lists we’ve pulled…
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what to make of “the golden compass”
A few days back I mentioned that Maggie and I had seen the Golden Compass during our overnight stay in Effingham. Because there have been some efforts encouraging Christians to boycott this film (you can even buy a boycott t-shirt!), I was particularly curious to see what the hype was about. In this post I’d…
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golden compass, sigur ros, and sister wynona carr
I love the sense when you’re on a road trip that you might find or discover something interesting or wonderful. We found a few gems tonight. Maggie and I arrived in Effingham this evening around 6:00. It took some looking, but we found the local movie theater in time to watch The Golden Compass. We’ve…
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a few things i’m glad about…
Tonya’s peppermint bark. She left it on our front step last night. Maggie may have squealed with delight when we discovered it. Bob’s tamales. Every year Bob goes to his secret source for the best tamales in the world… somewhere on the west side of Chicago. And every year he gives us a big bag…
David W. Swanson 