In his weekly, Saturday address, President Obama emphasized the importance of fiscal responsibility and said that among other steps his government would seek advice from the private sector.
“It’s interesting that the White House would look to us for answers,” said Bud Leach, spokesman for the private sector. “We got our best idea from them. It’s [...]
Archive for April, 2009
Three short reviews
Posted in Entertainment, tagged Movie Review on April 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Over the past few weeks, Amy and I have watched three very different films. I’m going to write a brief review of each — in chronological viewing order:
Happy Go Lucky
Sally Hawkins stars as Poppy, a London school teacher, in this off-beat character study. Poppy continually looks on the bright side of everything. When [...]
Movie review: “Knowing” Resistance is futile.
Posted in Entertainment, tagged Movie Review on April 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Year of release: 2009
Starring: Nicholas Cage
Director: Alex Proyas
Amy and I spent this rainy Saturday afternoon at the movies watching “Knowing,” the new film from director Alex Proyas. I would recommend this film to two types of movie-goer: Those who just enjoy the experience of watching a film without worrying afterward if it makes any sense, [...]
