Charlie Wilson’s War is outstanding on so many levels that I’m not sure where to start. I guess my top two favorites are Philip Seymour Hoffman’s gorgeous rendering of the Columbo-like CIA agent Gust Avrakotos, and Aaron Sorkin’s fabulously crisp and entertaining script.
Mr. Hoffman is truly one of the greatest actors of our time. He [...]
Archive for May 4th, 2008
Five stars for Charlie Wilson’s War
Posted in Books, Blogs & Films, tagged Afghanistan on May 4, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Learning about sex—how times have changed
Posted in Books, Blogs & Films, tagged Angier, BONK, Intimate Geography, Mary Roach, sex on May 4, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
When I entered puberty, back in the Dark Ages of the 1950s, my dad handed me what may have been the most popular sex manual of the day: Ideal Marriage, Its Physiology and Technique, by Theodoor H. van de Velde. I saw it recently listed on Amazon for 76 cents a copy, and most modern [...]
