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So, my English Honors exam was a BEAST. We had two hours to write eight essays on "Romeo and Juliet" (which we read four months ago) and "Great Expectations."
I only read Stage I of Pip's Expectations. For the other 2/3 of the novel I read sparknotes and took notes on our class discussions. One day my friend Brandon dramatically closes his copy and slaps it down on his desk, declaring "The Bible is ...

Well, I saw Iron Man and Indiana Jones, and I have to say, both are '09 Oscar-worthy.

Indiana Jones first:

Indiana Jones:
****/****
Why I loved it/hated it: Loved it. This movie was absolutely amazing! I think it's the second best Indy movie made (Temple of Doom much?) It was amazing just to hear the theme music again, and to have Harrison Ford do all his own stunts again... God, it was amazing... Just watch it.

Iron Man:
***/**** ...

I watched the worst movie ever made this weekend... It's called:

Cube Zero:
*/****
Plot: People are trapped in a Cube... They die sometimes... That's pretty much it.
Why I loved/hated it: It sucked. I mean it seriously sucked. It's people... In a cube... for two hours... Occasionally they die in a ridiculous fashion. For example, one man goes into one of the 26 cubes inside the giant cube, (plot twist!), and wire comes out... It then wraps around him and slices ...

shot in film, without artificial lights, then transferred to video and then transferred back to 35mm, Breaking the Waves achieved that "visceral" look like no other film can. it won the 2nd top honor in the 1996 Cannes Film Festival, while Emily Watson in the lead role had an Oscar nod for Best Actress. i saw this with my friends and we were glued to our seats, mesmerized by Watson's performance. the director, Lars von Trier, meanwhile, doesn't let things go that easily as he ends the ...

here's chapter 1....what you read before was just the prologue....
and speak up critics!
i need titles and comments/advice-be it goo or be it bad...

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It was dark when she awoke in a room that she didn't recognize at all. She could hear bawdy music and laughter from underneath her room, so that told her she probably in an inn. Where, precisely, was she, and why was she here?
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