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Wuthering Heights

by  (2003-12-02)
Paramount  (105 minutes)
average customer review:  3.8 out of 5 stars  (169)

Heathcliff is Cathy Earnshaw's foster brother; more than that, he is her other half. When forces within and without tear them apart, Heathcliff wreaks vengeance on those he holds responsible, even into a second generation.

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Posted: Friday, October 31, 2008 at 3:29 pm by Sylvhania
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Across the Universe

by  (2008-02-05)
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment  (133 minutes)
average customer review:  4.2 out of 5 stars  (567)

Set in America during the Vietnam War, Across the Universe is a powerful love story set against a backdrop of political and social unrest: it's a story of soul-searching, self-doubt, and individual powerlessness cleverly conveyed through a multitude of Beatles songs.

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Posted: Friday, October 31, 2008 at 7:33 am by Sylvhania
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Reaper Man

by Terry Pratchett  (2002-07-30)
average customer review:  4.6 out of 5 stars  (116)

They say there are only two things you can count on ... But that was before DEATH started pondering the existential. Of course, the last thing anyone needs is a squeamish Grim Reaper and soon his Discworld bosses have sent him off with best wishes and a well-earned gold watch. Now DEATH is having the time of his life, finding greener pastures where he can put his scythe to a whole new use.

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Posted: Sunday, October 26, 2008 at 1:24 pm by Sylvhania
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Murder, My Sweet

by Edward Dmytryk  (2004-07-06)
RKO Radio Pictures  (95 minutes)
average customer review:  4.6 out of 5 stars  (48)

Philip Marlowe is hired by Moose Malloy, a petty crook just out of prison after a seven year stretch, to look for his former girlfriend, Velma, who has not been seen for the last six years. The case is tougher than Marlowe expected as his initially promising inquiries lead to a complex web of deceit involving bribery, perjury and theft, and where no one's motivation is obvious, least of all Marlowe's.

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Posted: Saturday, October 25, 2008 at 6:27 pm by Sylvhania
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Murder by Decree

by  (2003-01-21)
Starz / Anchor Bay  (124 minutes)
average customer review:  4.0 out of 5 stars  (83)

Sherlock Holmes investigates the murders commited by Jack the Ripper and discovers a conspiracy to protect the killer.

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Posted: Saturday, October 25, 2008 at 11:25 am by Sylvhania
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Murder on the Orient Express

by Sidney Lumet  (2004-09-07)
Paramount  (128 minutes)
average customer review:  4.2 out of 5 stars  (136)

In 1935, when his train is stopped by deep snow, detective Hercule Poirot is called on to solve a murder that occurred in his car the night before.

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Posted: Friday, October 24, 2008 at 7:32 pm by Sylvhania
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Murder at the Gallop

by George Pollock  ()
Warner Bros.  (81 minutes)
average customer review:  4.5 out of 5 stars  (10)

When a wealthy old man appears to have been "frightened to death" by a cat, Miss Marple suspects one of his four relatives, all heirs to his estate, of his murder.

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Posted: Tuesday, October 21, 2008 at 9:04 pm by Sylvhania
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Lars and the Real Girl

by Craig Gillespie  (2008-04-15)
MGM (Video & DVD)  (106 minutes)
average customer review:  4.4 out of 5 stars  (216)

A delusional young guy strikes up an unconventional relationship with a doll he finds on the Internet.

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Posted: Monday, October 20, 2008 at 6:17 pm by Sylvhania
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Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

by David Yates  (2007-12-11)
Warner Home Video  (139 minutes)
average customer review:  3.9 out of 5 stars  (803)

With their warning about Lord Voldemort's return scoffed at, Harry and Dumbledore are targeted by the Wizard authorities as an authoritarian bureaucrat slowly seizes power at Hogwarts.

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Posted: Saturday, October 18, 2008 at 6:42 pm by Sylvhania
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Ghettonation: A Journey Into the Land of Bling and Home of the Shameless

by Cora Daniels  (2007-03-20)
average customer review:  3.9 out of 5 stars  (25)

In this cheeky, heartfelt and hip exploration of all things "ghetto," author and journalist Daniels (Black Power, Inc.) begins by mocking Paris Hilton's use of the term on reality TV and works her way into an empathetic, insightful consideration of what Americans mean-and what they should mean-when they call something "ghetto."

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Posted: Saturday, October 18, 2008 at 4:41 pm by Sylvhania
Filed under: Books, Read

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