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Movie and Book Review: I Can't Think Straight

So here is the novel by Shamim Sarif. Please admire the picture I took. "I Can't Think Straight" is about Tala, a Palestinian woman living in London who is engaged for the fourth time. She's also a closet lesbian. Hey, I wouldn't marry those three other dudes, either. Leyla is a British Indian lass who also lives in London. And she just so happens to be dating Tala's best friend, Ali. She's an in-the-closet lesbian, too. They meet, sparks fly, they bump uglies, then they separate because Tala insists she can't hurt her fiancee, and coming out to her family is a no-no because people just wouldn't understand it where she's from. Alright, fair enough. I wanted this to be better, I really did. Unfortunately, Shamim Sarif manages to write a fairly shallow novel. She falls on the cliches that you'd hope she would have avoided. There's nothing original or gripping here, and the romance isn't fleshed-out enough to truly believe it. O

Movie Review: Glee: The 3D Concert Movie

I should start off by telling you that I've never seen Glee , the show. I know, it's been on for years and it's da bomb, but, you know, I don't watch much TV. So there was really no logical reason for me to watch the movie. Sorry, "concert movie". Why not just call it Glee: Live in Concert? Anyway, I know very little about it in general, aside from being somewhat familiar with some of the actors. So here's what I was thinking while watching this singfest: 1. These people can sing. Yay. 2. Heather Morris is rather awesome. 3. She was also lip-syncing during her performance of "Slave 4 U". I suppose you can brush it aside and say it was the perfect ode to Britney Spears and her infamous lip-synciness. 4. But I'm also sure some of the other performances were mimed. Which I don't like. 5. There was definitely not enough attention put on the actors/characters. Unless I was watching some shortened version, but nah. I don't r

Sherlock: The Reichenbach Fall

"Watson, were you aware of all the slash fiction out there about us?" *possible spoilers* I think it's a testament to my laziness that it's taken me this long to post this review. That, and I have an old woman's memory, I truly do. So I'm lazy and can't remember to do things. Yay. Once again, they do a rather amazing spin on this classic Sherlock Holmes story. It became clear to me pretty early on that there wouldn't be an actual waterfall involved during Sherlock and Moriarty's final meeting. I admit, I was slightly disappointed because that was such a classic setting, but what they ended up doing with it was brilliant, wasn't it? I mean wow. That is the kind of ending that will have the fans talking and speculating until they finally air the next season. My mom and I started discussing it right away, and I had a half-baked, not too terrible theory as to how Sherlock survived, and later on I read some other interesting theories. Some

Quick Movie Review: The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel

The best reason to see this is for its top-notch cast, although that's not to say it isn't a charmer. Unfortunately, it is cliched, but if you can get past that and simply enjoy it for the cast and setting (India!), you'll be fine. It's not a bad way to spend two hours, and I enjoyed it. I saw this on a Thursday and was surprised by how packed the theater was. Most of them were older folks. They even clapped at the end of the movie, which...never happens when I'm at the movies. Also, while the whole cast is good, I have to pay special attention to Judi Dench, Bill Nighy, and Maggie Smith. Those are my three favorites. I also feel I need to mention the cute, unexpected (to me) romance at the end. Awwww. I love happy endings! My grade: B+