Friday, April 25, 2008

Screenshot Contest Results

First off, I'd like to thank everyone for participating. Here are the final scores:

Ana S. - 9 pts.
Juan F. - 8 pts
Chris M. - 8 pts.
Brian W. - 4pts.
John K. - 1pt pts.

Congratz to Ana S. from British Columbia for answering the most correctly!!! She is the winner of a $25 gift certificate to Best Buy. For curiosities sake, here are the answers:

  1. Pleasantville
  2. Clockers
  3. The Big Red One
  4. Ivan's Childhood
  5. The Last Detail
  6. Through a Glass Darkly
  7. Death Trance
  8. Funky Forest: The First Contact
  9. Persona
  10. The Odd Couple

Wednesday, April 23, 2008

Screenshot #10

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Tuesday, April 22, 2008

Screenshot #9

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Friday, April 18, 2008

Screenshot #8

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Wednesday, April 16, 2008

Screenshot #7

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Tuesday, April 15, 2008

Screenshot #6

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Sunday, April 13, 2008

Screenshot #5

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Saturday, April 12, 2008

Screenshot #4

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Friday, April 11, 2008

Screenshot #3

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Thursday, April 10, 2008

Screenshot #2

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Tuesday, April 8, 2008

Screenshot #1

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Monday, April 7, 2008

A Dirty Job (April 3rd - April 7th)

Not as funny or evocative as the critics on the back-cover suggest. Moore has a wacky imagination and is an excellent writer capable of tacking serious issues (in the case of this book, death with a capital "D") with a warped type of macabre humor that is side-splittingly perverse. With his latest offering "A Dirty Job", Moore slightly misses the mark on trying to eschew the ominous and gloominess of dealing with death by taking an absurdly comedic approach that is far too uneven. At times the humor does work but the majority of the time Moore's typical silliness falls flat and becomes tiresome starting around the half-way point. The last act is rushed and unsatisfying leaving nothing particularly thought-provoking to mull over. Many would argue that Moore's books are supposed to be nothing more than hilarious bizarre tales that don't aim to be enlightening or contain depth. This is where I would strongly disagree especially if you take a closer inspection at some of his previous novels such as "Lamb" (a perfect example of his ability to balance humor with erudite controversial subject matter). This novel lacked the effectively potent humor and profundity I have come to expect from him.

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Sunday, April 6, 2008

April: Screenshot Contest



I'll be posting a bunch random screenshots throughout the month of April and whoever answers the most correctly at the end will win a DVD Prize or an $25 Best Buy gift certificate. Send your answers via email: Lemonzreviews@hotmail.com. Good luck everyone!

Wednesday, April 2, 2008

A Long Way Down (April 1st - April 2nd)


What makes life worth living? This is the fundamental question of Nick Hornby's "A Long Way Down" that is instigated by the attempted comical suicide of four strangers who coincidentally pick the same block tower to jump off of on New Year's Eve. This is definitely one of the quickest reads in recent memory and much of that has to do with Nick Hornby's swiftly elegant writing style, snappy dialogue and natural story-telling voice. He is one of my favorite authors with High Fidelity and About a Boy being two of the best novels I have read in my entire life so suffice it to say, my expectations were exceedingly high. It was naive of me to think that Hornby would be able to top himself with his latest work and while it wasn't a bad book by any means it definitely didn't resonate with me as much as I initially hoped it would. Perhaps I was expecting something a little more inspirational or profound (after all, his novel is about suicide and what makes life worth living) and it was niether. However, the greatest strength of this novel is that Hornby manages to be add a refreshing sense of humor to the gloomy subject matter and use it cleverly to expose the selfishly ridiculousness of committing such an act. I applaud Hornby for staying away from any kind of cliched redemption for his flawed characters and taking a more realistic approach that is funny as much as it is serious. If only the novel contained a little more depth instead of providing the obvious sentiments regarding suicide it would have truely reached a level of greatness. Fans of Hornby's previous novels should find it engaging but for newcomers to his work I wouldn't suggest this book as a good starting place.

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It won't be long before some Hollywood studio purchases the rights to adapt this novel so for my own amusement I thought it would be interesting to cast who should star in the leading roles.


Clive Owen as Martin Sharp

James McAvoy as JJ

Imelda Staunton as Maureen

Emma Watson as Jess