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Blog Entries by Jackie K. Cooper from 03/2012

Wanderlust: Jennifer Aniston What Have You Done?

| Posted 03.01.2012

Wanderlust is the latest "adult" comedy in a long line of losing adult comedies. The secret is that any comedy needs to be funny, and just being gross, profane and nude are not enough to attract a large audience.

Home Front Is Hannah's Modern Day War Story

| Posted 03.02.2012

Home Front will grab you and enchant you in a variety of ways. It will also amuse you, anger you, and involve you emotionally.

Lone Wolf Is Not Picoult at Her Best

| Posted 03.07.2012

From the start I have been a fan of Jodi Picoult's novels. She is one of the most intelligent writers creating novels today. So it is with regret I admit I did not care for Picoult's new novel Lone Wolf.

Of Two Minds Is Not the Typical LIfetime Movie

| Posted 03.09.2012

Some statistics which are handed out during the course of the film make us aware of how extensive this situation is. Who takes care of the mentally ill? That is the question.

The USA Network Is Double the Fun On Friday Nights

| Posted 03.16.2012

Friday nights just got a lot brighter entertainment wise with the return of Fairly Legal and In Plain Sight on the USA Network.

'Beyond Molasses Creek' Is a Slow-moving But Fulfilling Novel

| Posted 03.19.2012

In Beyond Molasses Creek, Nicole Seitz deals with an interracial romance in the South of the '50s and '60s, as well as the current state of child labor in Nepal. How she merges these areas is a testament to her talent as a writer.

21 Jump Street Delivers the Laughs

| Posted 03.20.2012

Jonah Hill and Channing Tatum make a hilarious crime fighting duo in 21 Jump Street, the movie based on the Johnny Depp TV series of the 1980's

A Silence of Mockingbirds Is a True Story of Child Abuse

| Posted 03.22.2012

A Silence of Mockingbirds tells the story of the murder of a three year old child. If anyone deserves to have the truth told, it is this child.

If You Haven't Read the Book, The Hunger Games Is a Movie Without a Cause

| Posted 03.27.2012

In years past violence directed towards children was more or less off limits. Now, as this movie proves, they are fair game.

Harlan Coben Turns the Spotlight on Atlantic City in Stay Close

| Posted 03.28.2012

Harlan Coben's writing brings a unique voice to stories that entertain and enthrall the reader. This is certainly true of his latest novel Stay Close.