http://babakfakhamzadeh.com Babak Fakhamzadeh is a traveling web guru. BabakFakhamzadeh.com is his website. en-en http://babakfakhamzadeh.com/site/img/baba.jpg http://babakfakhamzadeh.com http://babakfakhamzadeh.com/site/index.php?c=4&i=4103 http://babakfakhamzadeh.com/site/index.php?c=4&i=4103
The cute lead actress, Saoirse Ronan, is Irish.]]> Sun, 28 Jun 2009 00:00:00 +0200 http://babakfakhamzadeh.com/site/index.php?c=3&i=4101 http://babakfakhamzadeh.com/site/index.php?c=3&i=4101 Ashes to Ashes recently finished, I can't wait to see it. Meanwhile, the soundtrack is a delicious collection of 80s classics.]]> Fri, 26 Jun 2009 00:00:00 +0200 http://babakfakhamzadeh.com/site/index.php?c=4&i=4102 http://babakfakhamzadeh.com/site/index.php?c=4&i=4102 Fri, 26 Jun 2009 00:00:00 +0200 http://babakfakhamzadeh.com/site/index.php?c=4&i=4100 http://babakfakhamzadeh.com/site/index.php?c=4&i=4100
Visually, the movie is reasonably attractive, the story has some depth, though also a few, what seem to be, plot holes. Though, as it is with these things, they might be explained in detail in the books.

Bella's obsession for Edward is ill explained and Kristen Stewart's acting is almost unforgivable.
The hottie is Ashley Greene, who plays one of the vampire kids, though surprisingly, she doesn't seem to be nearly as hot in real life.

Bella's mother is played by an old-looking Sarah Clarke, who of course played Nina Meyers in the first season of 24.

The movie is set in Forks, Washington, close to the filming locations for Twin Peaks.]]> Wed, 24 Jun 2009 00:00:00 +0200 http://babakfakhamzadeh.com/site/index.php?c=3&i=4098 http://babakfakhamzadeh.com/site/index.php?c=3&i=4098 Waltz with Bashir. His style is very much like Philip Glass, which immediately makes him a personal favorite of mine.]]> Tue, 23 Jun 2009 00:00:00 +0200 http://babakfakhamzadeh.com/site/index.php?c=4&i=4099 http://babakfakhamzadeh.com/site/index.php?c=4&i=4099 Dead Snow.

The premise is excellent: Nazi zombies in Norway terrorize a group of medical students on their easter break.

The execution is so/so. There are a few excellent splatter moments, the gore sets in too late and some of the jokes are very enjoyable. And the characters turn out to be not all too smart, which is often a downer.
And what's the fascination with intestines?

It was enjoyable to see none of the actors be Hollywood-handsome.]]> Tue, 23 Jun 2009 00:00:00 +0200 http://babakfakhamzadeh.com/site/index.php?c=2&i=4097 http://babakfakhamzadeh.com/site/index.php?c=2&i=4097 Gibran, of Lebanese origin, moved to New York as a child and though his early writings were in Arabic, from 1918 onwards, when he was 35, he primarily started writing in English.

This book is one of the bestselling books of the 20th century, in the US. It was followed by The Garden of The Prophet but Gibran was due to produce a third part when he died

An online version of the book is available.

Interestingly, my copy misspelled the author's name as Kahlil Gibran.]]> Mon, 22 Jun 2009 00:00:00 +0200