by clay on April 27, 2009
The Noticer tells the story of a man named Jones who helps people change their perspective and notice small details around them. While written as fiction, the book leans more toward the self-help genre. Honestly, I didn’t like this book all that much. It seems that the main character, known only as Jones, is just [...]
Back in 1995, sitting in my dorm room at college, one of my friends came in and said “You’ve gotta hear this band! They’re awesome!” He yanks out whatever was in my CD player at the time, tosses it aside, and sticks in a disc by a group of guys I’d never heard of. They [...]
(Originally posted at www.backseatwriter.com) Since the events of Batman Begins, Gotham has experienced a resurgence. Crime has become less rampant, the mob is losing power, and citizens are treating Batman as a hero, even to the point of attempting to emulate his methods. On the horizon lies a new threat to the city, one that [...]
With the summer movie season in full roar, Transformers steps onto the scene louder, bigger, and more explosively than its fellow summer films. In this film, Sam Witwicky (Shia LeBeouf) holds the key to a war that has been fought over centuries by beings from the planet called Cybertron. The Autobots, led by Optimus Prime [...]
(Originally posted at Youth Ministry Exchange) Pixar’s latest offering, Ratatouille, tells the story of a rat who wishes for something more and a young man who pretends to be something he’s not. Together, they resurrect a once-popular restaurant that has fallen from its perch atop French cuisine since the death of its founder. Remy (voiced [...]
(Originally published at the Youth Ministry Exchange) In Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End, Will Turner (Orlando Bloom) and Elizabeth Swann (Keira Knightley) combine forces with their former adversary, Captain Barbossa (Geoffrey Rush) in order to find Captain Jack Sparrow (Johnny Depp) and rescue him from Davy Jones’ Locker. In the meantime, Lord Cutler [...]