Monthly Archives: April 2011

Corruption on Steroids

Kudos to the L.A. Times reporters & staff for winning the Public Service Pulitzer Prize for revealing the exorbitant salaries ($800,000!@#!) and financial abuses of city officials in Bell, California. It was an eye-popping series of articles that hopefully will lead to greater protection from such abuses in the future. Old-time newspapering at its best. Continue reading

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A Hero Passes

Sadly, an icon says goodbye. Grete Waitz, 9 time winner of the New York City Marathon and 2 time winner of the London Marathon, died today of cancer at 57. The Norwegian runner was simply amazing, and a childhood hero for so many. Continue reading

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The Lincoln Lawyer

I can’t remember which review or comment steered me away from this film at first, but I actually thought it turned out to be quite entertaining and suspenseful. It comes from a crime novel by Michael Connelly, whose books are usually quite good, about a lawyer in L.A. (played by Matthew McConaughey) who is working low-level cases out of his Lincoln town car when he happens upon a high-profile case and client.

It’s been a long time since Matthew McConaughey has had a decent role like this … not since “A Time to Kill” (1996) and perhaps “Contact” (1997). Kudos to him for getting back on the radar screen and away from all the rom-com fluff. It’s also good to see Marisa Tomei and William H. Macy in supporting roles in this.

The movie rolls with pace and has some good plot twists along the way with suspenseful court-room drama. It portrays the seedier side of the justice system and the deals that are cut long before the verdict. For a snowy afternoon, it held my attention from beginning to end. Continue reading

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