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Mindy Smith: Long Island Shores
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Mindy Smith – Long Island Shores
This album is fantastic! Of course, I wouldn’t have expected anything else. Mindy Smith has the sweet voice of an angel, and her lyrics are clever…and different.
Please Stay, a haunting ballad (most of them are, I guess), is just about my favorite on this album.
The Edge of Love, though, could also get that position.
“The edge of love here I stand
Feels like sky where there should be land
I wanna fly, wanna take your hand”
Peace of Mind – great.
Out of Control, Out Loud, Tennessee – all great.
Little Devil –
…thought he’d have two big horns
and look at me with big red eyes
Instead he wore those baby blues
and whispered promises and lies
The only reason the album loses the half of a star is the spiritual angle of many of the songs. That works for most, but not all, of my circle.
Shadowboxer (2005)
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Shadowboxer
A late-career change of heart leads to a dangerous life on the run for two seasoned assassins whose complex relationship masks a dark past in Shadowboxer, Lee Daniels‘ pulpy film noir. But when Rose is diagnosed with terminal cancer; she decides to carry out one final killing.
Sounds like a good idea and a great cast; Helen Mirren, Cuba Gooding, Stephen Dorff.
Unfortunately, it fails miserably. Even the fine acting can’t save this creepy, icky flick.
Violence, sex….it only merits the half star on the Word of Mouth Scale because of the great cast…and Cuba Gooding’s great backside 
Rotten Tomatoes: Critics 19%; Audience 40%
Kinky Boots (2005)
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From the makers of “Calendar Girls” comes an uplifting British comedy about two outcast dreamers who finally figure out how to stand up for themselves . . . in thigh-high leather stilettos.
Despite the Rotten Tomatoes rating of just 57% from the critics, this is a sweet movie – perhaps that is why it scored much higher with the general public who give it 78%.
Despite the name, there is nothing kinky, or even racy, about this movie.
Despite the cross-dressers, I recommended this movie to my mother, and she really enjoyed it, as well.
An absolutely fabulous performance by Chiwetel Ejiofor puts it right over the top for me
Rotten Tomatoes: Critics 57%; Audience 78%
Snakes On A Plane (2006)
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This movie is hilarious.
This movie is exactly what it says it is.
Samuel L Jackson is the MAN!
However, I can’t expect my more reserved friends and family to watch a movie with so much violence, bad language and sex – no matter how fun it turns out to be. Therefore, 1.5 from me. Gonzo’s friends are a bit hipper than mine, so he was able to give it a 5.
Rotten Tomatoes: Critics 68%; Audience 55%
Little Miss Sunshine (2006)
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Little Miss Sunshine
With a cast this great, you know I was expecting a lot. Truth is, this movie was all about the cast, I can’t imagine it working with any other group of actors.
Little Miss Sunshine is one of those rare movies that brilliantly mixes laughter and heartache to engross you in every obstacle the characters face on this arduous journey down the road and through life.
We laughed so hard through this movie, our cheeks hurt by the end. I fell in love with this family and cringed at each of their misadventures.
It loses points on the Word of Mouth Scale only because of the overabundance of foul language, and some unnecessary (though very funny) sexual conversations.
Rotten Tomatoes: Critics 91%; Audience 91%
