Angels & Insects57 reviews Mark Rylance, Kristin Scott Thomas MGM (Video & DVD), 2002 Fluttering among angels and insects + A Significant Film + For Grownups Only . . . "Angels and Insects" was an artistic breakthrough for director Philip Haas. Based on AS Byatt's novella "Morpho Eugenia","Angels" is a lush,sensual movie. Set in repressed Victorian England, it's a period piece that's at once campy and tasteful,elegant and melodramatic. It gained notoriety for its ...             A Town Like Alice63 reviews Nevil Shute Ballantine Books, 1987 Straight to the Moon, Alice... + A Town Like Alice + One of my very favorites. + Entreprenuerial romance             Halfway Heaven: Diary of a Harvard Murder28 reviews Melanie Thernstrom Plume, 1998 Was important information overlooked in this book? + When the American Dream becomes a nightmare - A brilliant insightful study + Halfway Heaven Review by Rosie Meysenburg This story of a Harvard murder-suicide that happened in 1995 involved a young woman from Ethiopia, Sinedu Tadesse, who stabbed her Vietnamese roomate 45 times and then killed herself. For three years Sinedu saw a psychologist at Harvard. Is it possible to have ...             The General19 reviews Brendan Gleeson, Adrian Dunbar Sony Pictures, 1999 Entertaining + Fine, Little-Noticed Gangster Flick + "It's Us Against Them." + Dublin Criminal             Amelie964 reviews Audrey Tautou, Mathieu Kassovitz Miramax Home Entertainment, 2002 Feel good movie + realy nice ,good price + A very good French comedy + Great packaging, great movie!             Possession: A Romance212 reviews A.S. Byatt Random House, 1991 A beautiful work + An instant classic + A bold conception in a literally dense narrative + stunning             The Virgin Suicides395 reviews Jeffrey Eugenides Grand Central Publishing, 1994 Unusual narrators, exaggerated concept, and intelligent storytelling make this readable & thought-provoking. Highly recommended + Jorie's Reads on The Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey Eugenides + Time in a Bottle + this is a true story             The Air Loom Gang: The Strange and True Story of James Tilly Matthews and His Visionary Madness4 reviews Mike Jay Basic Books, 2004 Madness with Meaning + Excellent account of early mind control in the Western World + An intriguing true 'whodunnit' mystery + Most Fascinating History             Gun Shy36 reviews Liam Neeson, Oliver Platt Walt Disney Video, 2000 Dark, but funny. + I Love this movie + Under rated + Surprisingly Wonderful. . .Terrific!             Elling41 reviews Per Christian Ellefsen, Sven Nordin First Look Pictures, 2002 Qurky, funny, touching... + Glad I am single + My favorite movie? It's possible + Elling + The Odd Couple meet Bennie and Joon             Secretary299 reviews Maggie Gyllenhaal, James Spader Lionsgate, 2003 genuine weirdos find love via sado-masochism + Maggie's big break... + Thought provoking + Intense             The Burning of Bridget Cleary: A True Story27 reviews Angela Bourke Penguin (Non-Classics), 2001 More gripping than a novel + 'THE FAIRIES MADE ME DO IT! + The Fairy and the Fire + "Are you a witch or are you a fairy? Or are you the wife of Michael Cleary?"             Rare Birds24 reviews William Hurt, Andy Jones (II) Lions Gate, 2002 Unforgettable + DVDs One of my favorite movies of all time. Viewed it accidentally a few years ago on HBO and HAD to record it. I just sit back and relax and ENJOY it, and refuse to analyze it. Andy Jones is hilarious, Hurt is Hurt and Molly Parker is enchanting. The soundtrack is one of the best I've ever heard....in ...             Afterimage: A Novel10 reviews Helen Humphreys Metropolitan Books, 2001 Beautiful + interesting - + Beautiful and reflecting + Love through a lens             All Souls: A Family Story from Southie (Ballantine Reader's Circle)183 reviews Michael Patrick Macdonald Ballantine Books, 2000 Here We Go Southie, Here We Go! + No place like Southie + Irish whispers The past few years there has been a bright spotlight shone upon the South Boston social and political climates that have forever given Southie the reputation of being a sort of rough and tumble sort of place. With movies such as The Departed glorifying and demonstrating to the rest of the world ...             Paris Stories (New York Review Books Classics)5 reviews Mavis Gallant NYRB Classics, 2002 A master class in short story writing + Perfection + Lost in Europe + Varieties of Exile + Paris Stories             The Fig Eater: A Novel104 reviews Jody Shields Back Bay Books, 2001 Murder in Vienna 1910 Jody Shields does a superb job of weaving history and information throughout her novel The Fig Eater. Her knowledge of Vienna in this time period and the techniques that would be used to investigate a murder, in this case, of a young girl, show some outstanding research on the author's part. The ...             Without Reservation: How a Controversial Indian Tribe Rose to Power and Built the World's Largest Casino16 reviews Jeff Benedict Perennial Books by Harper Books, 2001 One of the best ever in nonfiction + At what costs? This is one of the best nonfiction historical books I have ever read. Jeff Benedict is able to convey to the reader the most important details regarding the birth of Foxwoods in a manner which holds the reader's attention as if you were reading a murder mystery. The role of the federal government ...             Fever Pitch48 reviews Luke Aikman, Bea Guard Lions Gate, 2000 Fever Pitch Supreme + Fever Pitch - Enamored with Arsenal FC + Horrible cover art for a great film + Fever Pitch             Muriel's Wedding152 reviews Sophie Lee, Rosalind Hammond Miramax, 1999 Just love the movie + This movie is better than an ABBA song... + If you like Mamma Mia! it's time to rediscover Muriel + Muriel's Wedding-A fun flick from begining to end!