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Blog Entries by Jackie K. Cooper from 08/2009

Pat Conroy's Ode To Charleston

| Posted 08.22.2009

It has been a long wait for Pat Conroy's new novel but at last South of Broad is here.

Looking For District 9

| Posted 08.22.2009

District 9 is one of those movies that comes to the screen out of the blue with no name actors and no real appeal except in this case it is produced by Peter Jackson.

Getting Back To the Quintessential Quentin

| Posted 08.24.2009

Tarantino knows how to build up the suspense and how to let it go.

Robert Rodriguez Comes Up Short

| Posted 08.25.2009

em>Shorts is a movie aimed at kids that will force tedium on the adults who accompany them. In short it is not short enough!

Alex Bledel Still Stuck In TV Situations

| Posted 08.25.2009

Post Grad is a sweet romantic comedy that is better suited to be a TV movie of the week than to be a big screen event.

Fast Paced Thriller Is Vanishing From Book Store Shelves

| Posted 08.25.2009

Author Joseph Finder is a keeper; he writes such fast paced thrillers that the reader can barely keep up with the plot as it races from page to page. His new book, Vanished, is one of his best.

The Road to Woodstock

| Posted 08.29.2009

In her new film Taking Woodstock, Ang Lee does nothing to capture the joy and excitement leading up to the event.

Things Come Together in Karin Slaughter's Undone

| Posted 08.31.2009

Undone is a story of pure evil, and of the effort made by heroic persons to contain it. It is violent and it is graphic to some extent, but it is also fascinating reading from beginning to end.