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An Improvised Life

by Alan Arkin  ()
average customer review:  4.9 out of 5 stars  (8)

More a reflection on acting than a straightforward memoir, Academy Award–winner Arkin's musing on the creative process is a welcome window into the mind of an artist.

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Posted: Sunday, July 31, 2011 at 4:48 pm by Sylvhania
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All the King’s Men

by  (2006-12-19)
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment  (128 minutes)
average customer review:  3.1 out of 5 stars  (83)

Based on the Robert Penn Warren novel. The life of populist Southerner Willie Stark, a political creature loosely based on Governor Huey Long of Louisiana.

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Posted: Sunday, July 31, 2011 at 7:42 am by Sylvhania
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Absence of Malice

by Sydney Pollack  (2008-05-06)
Columbia Pictures  (117 minutes)
average customer review:  4.4 out of 5 stars  (60)

Paul Newman and Sally Field star in the gripping drama of an investigative reporter who blows the lid off the life of a so-called innocent man.

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Posted: Friday, July 29, 2011 at 4:39 pm by Sylvhania
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Robotech: The Shadow Chronicles

by Tommy Yune, Dong-Wook Lee  (2007-11-20)
Funimation  (180 minutes)
average customer review:  3.4 out of 5 stars  (152)

A heroic cast of returning characters led by Scott Bernard and Vince Grant fight to end a decades-long struggle against an enigmatic alien race known as the Invid.

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Posted: Tuesday, July 26, 2011 at 7:41 am by Sylvhania
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The Boat “Das Boot”

by Wolfgang Petersen  (1997-12-09)
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment  (149 minutes)
average customer review:  4.6 out of 5 stars  (377)

The claustrophobic world of a WWII German U-boat; boredom, filth, and sheer terror.

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Posted: Monday, July 25, 2011 at 7:32 pm by Sylvhania
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Against All Odds

by Taylor Hackford  (2011-03-29)
IMAGE ENTERTAINMENT  (121 minutes)
average customer review:  3.5 out of 5 stars  (33)

A gangster hires an ex-football player to find his girlfriend. When he finds her, they fall in love, and the twists start to appear.

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Posted: Saturday, July 23, 2011 at 7:54 am by Sylvhania
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Steamboy “Suchîmubôi”

by Katsuhiro Ohtomo  (2005-07-26)
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment  (126 minutes)
average customer review:  3.8 out of 5 stars  (89)

In 1860s Britain, a boy inventor finds himself caught in the middle of a deadly conflict over a revolutionary advance in steam power.

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Posted: Friday, July 22, 2011 at 10:51 pm by Sylvhania
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Anxiety Relief

by Martin Rossman  ()
average customer review:  4.0 out of 5 stars  (7)

How to reverse these debilitating states through relaxing, rejuvenating guided imagery techniques that Dr. Martin L. Rossman has effectively prescribed to thousands.

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Posted: Sunday, July 17, 2011 at 8:09 pm by Sylvhania
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Take Time for Your Life

by Cheryl Richardson  (1999-12-28)
average customer review:  4.4 out of 5 stars  (80)

Personal coach Cheryl Richardson shows you how to switch from being stressed, unfulfilled, and overworked, to "living a life you love" by using a seven-step process. Make the quality of your life your top priority by honoring your self-care--a difficult choice for fast-track readers, but essential.

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Posted: Sunday, July 17, 2011 at 7:59 pm by Sylvhania
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Abiding in Mindfulness: On Feeling, the Mind and Dhamma

by Joseph Goldstein  ()
average customer review:  5.0 out of 5 stars  (3)

An in-depth course on the Satipatthana Sutta. Considered the core of Buddha's teachings, this vital discourse elucidates the four foundations of mindfulness meditation, the direct path to awakening.

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Posted: Sunday, July 17, 2011 at 4:04 pm by Sylvhania
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