Category Archives: Reviews

Movie Review: Zero Dark Thirty

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Jean-Paul’s rating: 4/5 stars

Spoiler Alert: Osama Bin Laden dies at the end.

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Book Review: The Fourth Hand by John Irving

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Jean-Paul’s rating: 2/5 stars

This book is completely forgettable.  I know this because I was 30% into the book before I realized that I had already read it.

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Movie Review: Gangster Squad

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Jean-Paul’s rating: 1/5 stars

Josh Brolin has the kind of look that is made for a hard-boiled detective story.  It’s a shame that, instead, he’s in “Gangster Squad”.

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Book Review: Eating Animals by Jonathan Safran Foer

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Jean-Paul’s rating: 3/5 stars

Warning: The contents of this book may be hazardous to your very comfortable eating habits.

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Movie Review: Django Unchained

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Jean-Paul’s rating: 4/5 stars

Quentin Tarantino proves himself, once again, to be a masterful movie maker and 165 minutes flies by even though the theater seats were uncomfortable.  The first hour of “Django Unchained” is an absolute masterpiece.  I can not recall ever being so entertained by a movie in my life.

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Book Review: Some Remarks: Essays and Other Writings by Neal Stephenson

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Jean-Paul’s rating: 2/5 stars

In which Neal Stephenson all but apologizes for compiling this book.

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Movie Review: Les Miserables

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Jean-Paul’s rating: 2/5 stars

“Les Miserables”?  This movie should have been called “More Miserables”!  And in which I learn that I have as much talent as Russel Crow for being in a musical.

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Book Review: Reamde

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Jean-Paul’s rating: 4/5 stars

Neal Stephenson’s “Reamde” is a globe spanning adventure filled with fascinating characters and gobs of general mayhem.  If you like Stephenson’s other books, you are sure to enjoy this one as well.  It contains MMORPGs, Russian mobsters, Chinese hackers, global jihadists, MI6 agents, CIA operatives, and the highly eclectic Forthrast family.  It is intended for immature audiences.

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Movie Review: The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey

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Jean-Paul’s rating: 3/5 stars

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Movie Review: Killing Them Softly

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Jean-Paul’s rating: 3/5 stars

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