Guess who’s Coming to Dinner (1967)

Director: Stanley KramerStarring: Spencer Tracy, Sidney Poitier, Katharine Hepburn, and Katharine HoughtonGenre: comedy-dramamy rating: 3/5 An upper class white American couple who have taught their young daughter, Joey, to treat everybody equally despite their race are shocked as she appears one day with a black man whom she has just been engaged to. Although they [...]

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The ABC Murders

Author: Agatha ChristieGenre: Detective FictionMy rating: 5/5 In The ABC Murders, Capatin Arthur Hastings, a friend of Poirot, narrates the story of a serial killer on the loose, murdering random people brutally in alphabetical order of their names and the places they live in. Before each murder the killer sends letters to Poirot taunting him [...]

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Why does Nadal bite his trophies?

Nadal seems to bite everything…If I ever get a chance to ask Rafael Nadal one question, it would be why he bites his trophies. Nadal is recognized for biting his trophies instead of kissing them like all the other tennis players. A lot of discussion has been going on about this… here are some quotes [...]

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Teens, Tweens and Blogging

I think it’s great that more and more young bloggers are starting their own blogs, which gives them a chance to have their say. Sometimes tweens and teens blog in a very professional way that you wouldn’t even realize that the content is written by a youngster unless you read their profile.Also, some bloggers are [...]

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Pet Rock fad

Fancy a pet that fits in your pocket, doesn’t make a mess, doesn’t need to be fed and has lots of other benefits? The answer is not a tamagotchi (because after all you have to clean its mess and etc.) – it’s a pet rock. The pet rock was a fad (trend) of the 1970s. [...]

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The Dark Knight Frenzy

There’s a big buzz going on about The Dark Knight, which is the sequel to Batman Begins, starring Christian Bale, the late Heath Ledger, Harry Potter’s Gary Oldman, Aaron Eckhart, Maggie Gyllenhaal, and Morgan Freeman. The film is directed by Christopher Nolan. In Dark Knight, Batman (Christian Bale) faces his archenemy, the Joker (Heath Ledger), [...]

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Showtime (2002)

Director: Tom DeyStarring: Eddie Murphy and Robert De Niro Showtime is an action/comedy film about 2 guys with completely different personalities who star together in their own reality-TV show. Mitch Piterson (Robert De Niro) is a stubborn, blunt detective who is forced to star in a reality-TV show with officer Trey Sellars (Eddie Murphy) after [...]

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School of Life

Directed by Jake Polonsky and written by Malachi Smyth, School of life is an award-winning short film that tells the story of a not-so-well liked school student who had to go through the unfairness of life instead of reading it on paper like all the other students. “This will be the most important lesson of [...]

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New to Blogging?

Chech the updated version of this post If you are a newbie at the blogosphere or you’ve recently created a blog, here are some tips and links (chosen by me) to help you get started in blogging: What is a Blog?Take the Blogger TourWhat is a Blog? Blogging serviceThe most popular blogging services are Blogger [...]

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Venus Williams on Larry King Live

Venus Williams appeared on Larry King Live, her first interview since she beat her sister Serena at the Wimbledon Finals, which is her fifth Wimbldon title. She says she and her sister are coming to the Beijing Olympics! Also, photographer Koto Bolofo made a book called Venus Williams that has wonderful black and white photos [...]

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The Blue Planet (2001)

The Blue Planet is the greatest BBC nature documentary I’ve ever seen. This multiple award-winning documentary is about the world’s oceans, including never before seen footage of recently discovered creatures and the deep sea abyss. The Blue Planet is both deeply entertaining and educational. The DVD set contains 8 episodes that covers the ocean from [...]

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The Picture of Dorian Gray

Author: Oscar Wilde Genre: Classic Gothic Horror Fiction (according to Wikipedia) My rating: 5/5 The Picture of Dorian Gray tells the story of a young man called Dorian whom a well-known painter, Basil Hallward, paints a portrait of. Basil is obsessed with Dorian Gray’s beauty and chooses not to exhibit the painting because it would [...]

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Tween Sensation High School Musical

Everyone talks about High School Musical. I had to watch it because everybody used to awe whenever they heard that I haven’t watched the movie. I thought I was missing something huge. But after watching 1 and 2 I wondered, “Is this what I’ve been missing?’ I disliked 1 because it had “A perfect plot” [...]

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Mean Girls (2004)

Mean Girls, starring Lindsay Lohan, is about a 15 year old who enters a public high school in Chicago where she must learn to survive “Girl World” after being home-schooled and raised in Africa. The movie is based on the non-fiction book, Queen Bees and Wannabees, which talks about girl cliques and other stuff about [...]

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About me and this blog

Hi everyone, My name is Zawan. I live in Sudan and I’m 12. I enjoy playing tennis, painting, updating my website, and watching movies. I read a lot of books, especially classics (I also adore Agatha Chrisite). About this blog This is my first blog where I’ll be adding movie and book reviews, computer-related stuff, [...]

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