Imagine June Cleaver as a serial killer, and you'll have a pretty good idea of what this movie is all about. I like the idea, and I wanted to like the movie more than I did. I'm not sure what was wrong with it. Kathleen Turner is great. It looks great, just the way suburbia should, sunny and bright and cheerful. The supporting cast is fine (and who but John Waters would slip in Patty Hearst in a cameo role?). Something's a little off, though. The pacing, for one thing. Maybe some of the jokes.
The plot's pretty simple. Turner is, as I said, June Cleaver, except that people annoy her. So she kills them. Some of them in very bloody fashion. Eventually she's found out, so there's a trial. Ricki Lake, who plays Turner's daughter sells T-shirts outside the courthouse. Suzanne Somers shows up. Turner defends herself and is found not guilty on all counts. Which doesn't bode well for the Hearst character, who's guilty, all right -- of wearing white after labor day.
You have to be in the mood for this one, but it certainly has its moments. Quite a few of them, in fact. I wish I liked it better.
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Jane Eyre, detective!
Amazon.com: Death of a Schoolgirl (The Jane Eyre Chronicles) (9780425247747): Joanna Campbell Slan: Books: In her classic tale, Charlotte Bronte introduced readers to the strong-willed and intelligent Jane Eyre. Picking up where Bronte left off, Jane’s life has settled into a comfortable pattern: She and her beloved Edward Rochester are married and have an infant son. But Jane soon finds herself in the midst of new challenges and threats to those she loves…
TMZ.com: Comedian Phyllis Diller -- who paved the way for today's female comics -- died this morning, TMZ has learned.
Sources close to Diller tell us the comedian died in her sleep at her L.A. home, surrounded by family. She was 95.
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Today while reading this post on John Scalzi's blog, I thought about my own policy about book reviewing. I think I've said before that I read a lot of books that I don't review, or at least I start reading them. I don't finish all of them. Anyway, the ones I comment on here are mostly the ones I like. I'm not here to warn you about some a book I don't care for. You might read it and love it, just as you might not like something that I like. A move comes to mind (Joe and the Volcano).
My PimPage is a little different. It's devoted to books that look interesting to me or that I've read and enjoyed but don't feel up to writing much about. My contributions to Friday's Forgotten Books are different, too. If I read something for that project, I feel obligated to comment, but I try to pick things I'm pretty sure I'll enjoy.
So I'll keep right on with the reviews, but only of stuff I care about and want to promote a little. I'm overwhelmed with books to read, and review copies come in all the time. I do what I can.
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Channel NewsAsia: IGA, Japan: A 63-year-old former engineer may not fit the typical image of a dark-clad assassin with deadly weapons who can disappear into a cloud of smoke. But Jinichi Kawakami is reputedly Japan's last ninja.
'Top Gun' director Tony Scott jumps to his death from L.A. bridge - latimes.com: "Top Gun" director Tony Scott jumped to his death from the Vincent Thomas Bridge in San Pedro on Sunday afternoon. He was 68.
His body was pulled out of the water by Los Angeles Port Police, who were the first on the scene.
