May 18, 2010

Dr. Jack Kevorkian (1928 – ) in the 1990s, when he defies Michigan law assisting the suicide of terminally-ill persons. Support comes from his sister, a lab tech, the Hemlock Society president, and a lawyer. The child of survivors of the Armenian genocide interviews applicants: his sister video tapes them. He assembles a device allowing a person to...

May 8, 2010

Ip Man 2 (traditional Chinese: ??2:????; simplified Chinese: ??2:????; ) is a 2010 semi-biographical martial arts film, and a sequel to the 2008 film Ip Man. It is also the second film, following its predecessor, to be based on the life of Ip Man, a grandmaster of Wing Chun martial arts. The film was directed by Wilson Yip, and stars Donnie Yen, who reprises the...

Jan 15, 2010

The book’s protagonist is Nicholas “Nick” Twisp, a 14-year-old boy of above-average intelligence going through puberty. He is obsessed with girls and sex but has had little experience with either. His life continues like a normal teenager’s with his best friend Leroy, a.k.a. Lefty, and his divorced parents George and Estelle. His mother...

Jan 15, 2010

Zed, a prehistoric would-be hunter, eats from a tree of forbidden fruit and is banished from his tribe, accompanied by Oh, a shy gatherer. On their travels, they meet Cain and Abel on a fateful day, stop Abraham from killing Isaac, become slaves, and reach the city of Sodom where their tribe is now enslaved. ...

Dec 28, 2008

A guy challenges himself to say “yes” to everything for an entire year. ...