A Trifle One-Sided Vox 2008-07-08T14:36:46Z Hieronymus http://trifle.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom tag:vox.com,2006:6p00c2251d8df0604a/tags/reviews/ Commenting on Pop Culture from the Forest of Darkness Hidden Former Lies tag:vox.com,2008-07-08:asset-6a00c2251d8df0604a00fa96858ab90002 2008-07-08T14:36:46Z 2008-07-08T14:36:46Z Hieronymus http://trifle.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Hidden Empire (The Saga of Seven Suns) Annals of the Former World The Downhill Lie: A Hacker's Return to a Ruinous Sport Hidden River

Some recent books: Hidden Empire by Kevin Anderson - the first book in a long sci-fi series called Saga of Seven Suns, it was recommended in the Audible.com list. It tells the story of the humans and the Ildirans, who are an ancient alien race w...

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]]> Starship Tides tag:vox.com,2008-07-07:asset-6a00c2251d8df0604a00fae8c9c83f000b 2008-07-07T13:33:21Z 2008-07-07T13:33:21Z Hieronymus http://trifle.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Starship Troopers Andy Goldsworthy's Rivers & Tides

A couple of movies have been watched around here, although the craziness that is summer kind of cuts down on the viewing time: Rivers and Tides : An pretty amazing documentary about Andy Goldsworthy, a British artist who does ephemeral sculptures...

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]]> Kid Review tag:vox.com,2008-06-26:asset-6a00c2251d8df0604a00fa96820f5c0002 2008-06-26T21:17:05Z 2008-06-26T21:19:41Z Hieronymus http://trifle.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom My girls loved the movie Matilda so much, they watched it two days in a row on the Roku box. Next, I'll grab the Roald Dahl book it is based on. I asked them to write up their impressions of it, so here's their capsule reviews: R (almost 9): I l...

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Dead I Well May Be: A Novel

From the Audible.com list, I read the first book in the Michael Forsythe series, written by Adrian McKinty. Called Dead I Well May Be, it was a really great start to the "Dead" trilogy. The Dead trilogy tells the story of Michael Forsythe, an unw...

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]]> Good Danger tag:vox.com,2008-06-16:asset-6a00c2251d8df0604a00fae8c367d9000b 2008-06-16T14:04:15Z 2008-06-16T18:57:13Z Hieronymus http://trifle.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

5StepsToDanger Koyaanisqatsi - Life Out of Balance The Good German

I have watched a few movies using my Roku Netflix player , although mostly I have been sampling some series viewing and concert listening. Despite the relatively weak audio performance (just stereo), it works pretty well playing in the background ...

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]]> Bonded Again tag:vox.com,2008-05-09:asset-6a00c2251d8df0604a00e398f7c3bf0004 2008-05-09T00:37:20Z 2008-05-09T05:34:50Z Hieronymus http://trifle.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Casino Royale [Blu-ray]

I also finally watched Casino Royale, the 2006 version that introduced new Bond, Daniel Craig. It was a darker, more serious Bond film than I am used to, although I have to admit to having never seen any of the Pierce Brosnan ones, so I'm not sure...

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]]> Book Review: Sword of Honour tag:vox.com,2008-04-24:asset-6a00c2251d8df0604a00f48cf19fc00003 2008-04-24T17:58:13Z 2008-04-24T17:58:13Z Hieronymus http://trifle.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

The Sword of Honour (Penguin Modern Classics)

I almost made it all the way through Evelyn Waugh's Sword of Honour. I really tried but I have to admit to just losing interest in the adventures of Guy Crouchback after about 600 pages (out of 800). Originally published as three book, this long n...

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]]> Movie Review: Rushmore tag:vox.com,2008-04-07:asset-6a00c2251d8df0604a00f48d0aed130001 2008-04-07T14:42:43Z 2008-04-08T15:26:55Z Hieronymus http://trifle.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Rushmore

My weekend viewing was pretty light. Friday night, I watched Rushmore, a Netflix movie I had been putting off watching. One of those movies I'm not sure how it got on my list, or even how it ever percolated to the top. Movies about high school ang...

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]]> Weekend Movies: Once Bourne tag:vox.com,2008-04-02:asset-6a00c2251d8df0604a00e398ec3cec0005 2008-04-02T15:49:52Z 2008-04-03T12:28:33Z Hieronymus http://trifle.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

ONCE - Broken Hearted Hoover Fixer Sucker Guy (Animated!) The Bourne Identity [HD DVD] Once

We watched a couple of movies the other night. First up was The Bourne Identity. I had seen it before, although not in hi-def. When Best Buy was offering up a "buy one get one free" and it included the HD-DVD versions of the first two Bourne movie...

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]]> Movie Review: Serenity tag:vox.com,2007-12-29:asset-6a00c2251d8df0604a00e398ccd0680003 2007-12-29T17:46:11Z 2007-12-29T21:30:25Z Hieronymus http://trifle.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Serenity [HD DVD]

Next up in the (HD)DVD player was Serenity, Joss Whedon's followup movie to his Firefly series. I am not familiar with the series at all, but the movie proved to be an excellent, if slightly derivative, sci-fi action flick. The movie takes place ...

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