Russel Crowe was about 25 when he made this film but he looks like a teenager. It was so well done! I enjoyed this film and its story of a manipulating woman and male friendship. Don’t confuse it with the same title made in 2005 with Gwyneth Paltrow and Anthony Hopkins.
posted by Nidus on Mar 11, 2010 at 11:45AM

Was looking forward to this book, as I really enjoyed the Henry Thompson trilogy, and liked to a lesser extent the Joe Pitt Case files, but this was ok and was written in different style than the others. It was ok where I would recommend the Henry Thompson trilogy and Joe Pitt Cases, I wouldn’t highly recommend Sleepless, it reminded me a little like the story in
posted by earlyfloyd on Mar 9, 2010 at 11:48AM

I am french but it was not so hard to read this book because the story is simple meanwhile the vocabulary is very rich. I had a really good time reading this book, because the autor explained clearly the difficulty to survive in an apocalyptique world, for example how to find fouod every day or how to sleep in the cold. The relationship between the father and the son is very intense. one of my best book.
posted by Max on Mar 9, 2010 at 10:35AM

This is why I think Philip Glass is the best modern composer.
posted by BFlood on Mar 9, 2010 at 9:06AM

Dreadful. 0 of 10 stars
posted by nitetrain on Mar 8, 2010 at 9:01PM

This fan of military thrillers enjoyed this novel which keeps the audience riveted in suspense after a slow start. 8 of 10 stars
posted by nitetrain on Mar 8, 2010 at 6:10PM

While never invoking "God" or a Creator, Le Fanu makes a strong case for an intelligent universe, poking holes in the purely materialistic worldview wrought by Darwin's natural selection theory, the Human Genome Project, and the so called Decade of the Brain. With all the money and research facilities of Big Science operating full blast these past several decades, what have the Hubble telescope, electron microscopes, and medical imaging, for example, revealed: only deeper mysteries, further complexity, and a growing awareness of the Unfathomable at the heart of humankind. Though science may yet quantify how the babbling toddler acquires language, or how the Arctic tern navigates by the stars in its annual migration of 25,000 miles, some measure of the beauty and profundity of nature is self-evident, and Le Fanu is happy to remind us.
posted by Jim M. on Mar 8, 2010 at 5:45PM

GGGGGGGGGreat!!!!!!!
posted by scooby-doo on Mar 8, 2010 at 5:32PM

Fascinating foreign film set in Budapest. Good story with a surprise ending.
posted by Kim B on Mar 8, 2010 at 2:27PM

This is the latest in Neal Asher's wonderfully imaginative Polity universe in which Artificial Intelligences, the Prador (an aggressive extraterrestrial race) and humans in various shapes and forms intersect for our reading benefit. In this book Orbus, an Old Captain from the planet Spatterjay, travels with other fun characters to the Graveyard, a border area between Prador and human space where a cold war is being waged. Major events ensue including the awakening of a long disappeared race bent on destroying the universe.
posted by Lorenzo T.. on Mar 8, 2010 at 12:04PM

As an adult, I found this book very helpful. As a complete crocheting novice, I bought a book from a crafts store with
posted by RBednar on Mar 8, 2010 at 10:57AM

Boring. I’ve always had trouble putting down a Laurens novel before. This one I had trouble picking up. In fact, with only 1/4 of the novel left I decided I just didn’t care and returned it to the library. Really, I just couldn’t be bothered to even finish the book. Boring.
posted by mad4plaid on Mar 8, 2010 at 10:38AM

Highly recommended! This book opens your eyes to some horrible things that young girls and women experience around the world. But it is also full of hope and inspiration - and tips about what we can do to help.
posted by BAM on Mar 8, 2010 at 10:16AM

Should I be ashamed that I gave up on the book after two chapters? Burgess’s concocted language distracted me too greatly from continuing. I admit, through this language and cloud of the reader’s misunderstanding, the gruesome acts are easier to digest as we understand not the full gravity of the deed. I’m putting it aside for the long-term future.
posted by lonn0022 on Mar 8, 2010 at 9:34AM

It was breathtaking, the finally. Oh man, one of the best gothic mangas, EVER!!! If you like gothic manga then this is the prime choice!!!
posted by Black Knight on Mar 8, 2010 at 9:10AM

Charlotte Gainsbourg est certainement une bonne actrice mais ce disque est nul.
posted by Lorenzo T. on Mar 8, 2010 at 7:10AM

Fascinating book. Dense and tough. You have to be literate to read this. I got to work on it some more.
posted by Bruce Leier on Mar 8, 2010 at 6:30AM

This book relates the memories of six children, their parents, and their au pair during the years the children were growing up. The differences as well as the similarities are remarkable as are the characters, the dialogue, and the humor.
posted by Minnetonka Library Staff on Mar 7, 2010 at 4:35PM

I love books from this author. every book I read by this author im in a great mood.
posted by Keanu Sysouchanh on Mar 7, 2010 at 2:54PM

One of the most original children book talking about the Easter Island boy, the risk of Tsumani, the presence of the mysterious past of the islands with insights on the so so well known monolith statues of black basalt.
posted by pascal Salazar on Mar 7, 2010 at 9:47AM