Month: April 2011

“Bliss”–A Downward Spiral

Written by diana on April 25, 2011. Posted in movie reviews. 4 Comments on “Bliss”–A Downward Spiral

A Turkish movie made in 2007, “Bliss” is anything but. From the opening scene of the hillside in spectacular cinematography recalling “Woman in the Dunes”, “Bliss” is a beautifully acted cinematic gem that pits village customs against modern urbanization, religion against secularism, the disenfranchised...

Celebrate Beer!–Awaken Your Senses!

Written by diana on April 17, 2011. Posted in Unhealed Wound.

Last weekend my husband and I went to a class in the Artisan Series at Montrio Bistro in Monterey. We found it particularly interesting because, although we love beer and have visited microbreweries, we had not been to a seminar on the art and craft of making beer and studying the different types of brews. There were two different...

“Lincoln Lawyer”–More Than an Ambulance Chase

Written by diana on April 5, 2011. Posted in movie reviews. 2 Comments on “Lincoln Lawyer”–More Than an Ambulance Chase

We saw the movie “Lincoln Lawyer” a couple of days ago, and it was a highly engaging–not brilliant–courtroom thriller of a movie in the “Grisham” style. Think the best of the courtroom dramas of the recent past: “Fracture” meets “Presumed Innocent”, for example. This film noir,...

Month: April 2011

“Bliss”–A Downward Spiral

Celebrate Beer!–Awaken Your Senses!

“Lincoln Lawyer”–More Than an Ambulance Chase

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