Tag: Review
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Review: Taken 2
The movie Taken is my favorite action movie ever. Today, the sequel premiered. While I’ve been eagerly awaiting this release for the last few months, I also had concerns. For a blockbuster hit, the original Taken was a relatively low budget film. After its initial success, more money was pumped into the sequel. Part of…
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Why the Dark Knight Rises sucked
I realize that this movie came out over a month ago, but I finally saw the Dark Knight Rises this weekend. As I was sitting in the theater, throughout the movie, I found myself thinking, “This isn’t very good…Actually, this is pretty stupid..” I understood that the movie wasn’t going to be realistic. It’s an…
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That’s why I’m here: new book about Stefanie Spielman, faith, and love
In March of 2009, after having fought an off and on battle with cancer for over a decade, the disease had spread to the brain of Stefanie Spielman. The new treatments which needed to begin had affected her even more severely than the numerous rounds of chemo therapy which she had endured over the years.…
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Once Upon A Secret: the insightfully fascinating book by a JFK intern/mistress
Late October. 1962. America is in a panic as the U.S. and the Soviet Union appear to be close to the brink of nuclear war. The early morning hours of October 28 would prove to be the final hours leading up to the peaceful conclusion of the Cuban Missile Crisis. But in the days…
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New Book “You Are Not So Smart” explains why our sense of self and the world isn’t what we tell ourselves it is
Photo from Flickr Creative Commons For the last couple months, I have been eagerly awaiting the release of the new book “You Are Not So Smart” by David McRaney, author of the fantastic blog of the same name, YouAreNotSoSmart.com.
Josh Benner 