Archive for June, 2009

Good Will Hunting

Good Will Hunting is a 1997 drama film directed by Gus Van Sant and written by Matt Damon and Ben Affleck, both of whom star in the film.
Set in Boston, Massachusetts, it tells the story of Will Hunting (Damon), a troubled Irish-Catholic young man from South Boston who, although a prodigy, a polymath and an [...]

The Way Things Work

The Way Things Work is a book by David Macaulay. It is intended to serve as an entertaining introduction to everyday machines. It covers machines as simple as levers and gears and as complicated as radio telescopes and automatic transmissions. Its most notable feature is its illustrations: every page consists primarily of one or more [...]

Idle Hands

Idle Hands is a 1999 comedy/horror movie starring Devon Sawa, Seth Green, and Jessica Albawith Elden Henson and Vivica A. Fox. It follows the life of a teen whose hand becomes possessedand goes on a killing spree, even after being cut off from his arm.
Plot
Anton Tobias (Devon Sawa) is an average lazy stoner teenager. He has two caring parents (Fred Willard and Connie Ray) and two best friends, Pnub (Elden [...]

Ron Silver

Ronald Arthur “Ron” Silver (July 2, 1946 – March 15, 2009) was an American actor, director, producer, radio host and political activist.
Personal life and politics
Silver traveled to more than 30 countries and spoke fluent Mandarin Chinese and Spanish. He taught at the high school level and was a social worker for the Department of Social [...]

God of Carnage

God of Carnage (originally Le Dieu du Carnage) is a Tony-award winning play by Yasmina Reza, first directed by Jürgen Gosch and performed first in Zürich on 8 December 2006. It was first produced in English in London on 25 March 2008 translated by Christopher Hampton. The play is about two pairs of parents, one [...]

Huang Chuncai..I am the Elephant man

Huang Chuncai is a man from southern Hunan province in China, who is famous for being born with an extreme case of Neurofibromatosis. He was the subject of a 2008 Bodyshock documentary entiled ‘I am the Elephant man‘. Huang Chuncai was born in 1977. He is the eldest child in his family, and has a [...]