Category Archives: Reviews

Movie: Hairspray

AMC Southdale 16 8/11/2007
Score: 7
We were actually hoping to see Stardust when we went to the movie theater. It was about 2 hours after we showed up, so we decided to see Hairspray instead. I think we still would have rather seen Stardust. Hairspray is a classic musical movie, similar to Grease [...]

Movie: Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End

Riverview Theater 8/9/2007
Score: 3
When I finished watching Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest, I was really mad. I thought it was such a cheat to have so many story arcs open when the movie ended. It was obviously leading into the third movie, but I still thought it was cheating the viewer [...]

Movie: 1408

Riverview Theater 8/7/07
Score: 8
When I first saw the trailer for this movie, with it’s boasting of being based on a short story by Stephen King, I was skeptical about having a good time. It was, although, quite a coup-de-force for John Cusack, with good acting and some twists and turns that were hard to [...]

MSPizza Places: Clicquot Club Cafe

Today Diana and I went to the Cliquot Club Cafe for our weekly pizza place visit. We discovered this place on a long walk we took from our apartment on one of the recent lovely spring days, and decided to visit it today. It is situated slightly hidden, about halfway between Lake street [...]