Archive for August, 2007

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More Noodles Than You Can Shake a Chopstick At

Tuesday, August 7th, 2007

RESTAURANT REVIEW: ‘ZAO’ Address: 2630 NE University Village Street Cuisine: Pan-Asian Every time I go to Zao, I get the same thing: the Shanghai Beef and Chicken. Is this a testament to how good it is? After all, I’m the sort who likes to move around the menu. trying new things. Or, to be more […]

Will the Real Jason Please Stand Up

Monday, August 6th, 2007

FILM REVIEW: ‘THE BOURNE IDENTITY’ Written by Tony Gilroy. Based on the novel by Robert Ludlum Directed by Doug Liman Rated PG-13 119 mins. When the Damon and the Affleck popped up with their (yawn) Academy Award-winning screenplay for Goodwill Hunting, I was not impressed. You can call it jealousy, if you want, or sour […]

Bourne Again Action

Sunday, August 5th, 2007

FILM REVIEW: ‘THE BOURNE SUPREMACY’ Written by Tony Gilroy. Based on the novel by Robert Ludlum Directed by Paul Greengrass Rated PG-13 108 mins. There’s one thing I don’t like about The Bourne Supremacy, and only one, and I’m going to go ahead and tell you what it is, even though it’s a bit of […]

Bourne Three, Bad Guys Zero

Saturday, August 4th, 2007

FILM REVIEW: ‘THE BOURNE ULTIMATUM’ Written by Tony Gilroy and Scott Z. Burns. Based on the novel by Robert Ludlum Directed by Paul Greengrass Rated PG-13 111 mins. The Bourne Ultimatum overlaps with the end of the Bourne Supremacy, so it might as well be the same film. Same director, same story, with everything from […]

A Year In the Life of a Boy

Friday, August 3rd, 2007

BOOK REVIEW: ‘BLACK SWAN GREEN’ by David Mitchell 294 pages Published by Random House. I came across David Mitchell when I was browsing a bookstore and picked up Cloud Atlas. I don’t know why I end up drawn to British writers, or why I’m so motivated by the Booker Prize nominees. One assumes a sameness […]

Grapes of Sloth

Thursday, August 2nd, 2007

PRODUCT REVIEW: ‘SMIRNOFF TWISTED V WILD GRAPE’ The Smirnoff Company, Norwalk, CT 20 oz, 3.5% ABV Context is everything. If I say “I started drinking when I was 29,” it sounds like I am confessing to when the alcoholism began. But no, I mean I was a teetotaler until age 29. It was not for […]

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