Archive for October, 2007
Wednesday, October 24th, 2007
Expand your mind feed the hungry
I just stumbled upon this unusual site called http://www.freerice.com/
The site provides an opportunity to help the hungry and covertly to expand your vocabulary. For every word you correctly identify 10 grains of rice are donated. Each time you get a word wrong it tells you the correct answer and lowers the difficulty. As you get [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Links, New Finds, Recommend, Resources by Matthew Rochte
Friday, October 12th, 2007
Catpert - a resource for cat lovers
A new internet friend of mine Peep Laja, an Estonian who found himself in the United Arab Emerates and is now galavanting around the world creating interesting websites. The latest is for all the catlovers out there. Catpert! http://www.catpert.com
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Sunday, October 7th, 2007
MIFF: Milwaukee International Film Festival
This year marks the fifth anniversary of the Milwaukee International Film Festival.
http://www.MilwaukeeFilmFest.org
For the past seven years my folks and I have made a pilgrimage every September to the Toronto International Film Festival and had a blast. This year we opted to stay local and try out the MIFF. Much [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Happenings, LiveToExplore, Personal, Reviews by Matthew Rochte
Sunday, October 7th, 2007
Movie Review: Tell No One
Tell No One (French 2006 “Ne le dis à personne”)
http://www.tellno-one.com
Synopses from film website:
Pediatric Alec Beck (Francois Cluzet), still devastated by the savage murder of his wife Margot (Marie Josee-Croze) in the early days of their marriage eight years ago, receives and anonymous email. When he clicks on the link he finds a woman’s face [...]
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Sunday, October 7th, 2007
Movie Review: Irina Palm
Irina Palm (UK 2007)
http://www.irinapalm-themovie.com/home.htm
Delightful serious, playful, irreverent, and unusual film about the lengths a person will go to to help a child. Loved this film. It was charming and well done and tastefully done. How far would you go to help your child? Really.
trailer available at the website, but it does include some [...]
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Sunday, October 7th, 2007
Movie Review: The Banquet
The Banquet (China 2006 original title “Yeyan”)
If you have seen Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon and/or Hero - you’ve seen this before.
Of the three Hero in my opinion is the best of the three. This film was in fact produced by the same production team as Crouching Tiger. I kept having the sensation of “haven’t [...]
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Sunday, October 7th, 2007
Movie Review: Four Minutes
Four Minutes (German 2007 original title “Vier Minuten”)
This movie stole the show for me. The best film of the fest.
“Brilliant Relationship Drama and 4 minutes you will not forget.”
Story: (Yahoo Movies had such a great synopses, why reinvent the wheel)
Schubert, Mozart, Chopin and a bunch of killers. That’s life for 80-year-old piano teacher [...]