I am NOT a critic. I'm merely an observer. (Books, movies, plays, musicals etc.)

Genius isn’t just intelligence, she explained to me once. It’s the ability to see further than anyone around you, to put together different concepts in a way no one else has imagined. Genius implies originality and independence. - Sophie, Marguerite's mom (Claudia Gray-- Ten Thousand Skies Above You) I judged this book by its cover.  I bought this book because of the cover and the blurb. Normally, I would regret such move, but thankfully, I did not need to. This book is a page turner.  I have always been fascinated with alternate universes and quantum leaps.  I wouldn't want it to be real, but somehow, when I do something very, very wrong, but I know quashing my life is not a solution, I would hope there was another dimension I could go to. Claudia Gray envisioned and verbalized some of my thoughts.  I thought I was not going to enjoy it because I have not even read the first installment: A THOUSAND PIECES OF YOU .  I am glad I was wrong. ...

To be quite frank, I did not even want to watch this film if it weren't for my nephew.  I have vague memories of Mr. Peabody.  All I knew was that I had shirts and pencil cases with both Mr. Peabody and Sherman. I was not so excited to see this film and I could not lie to my nephew.   Minutes after the film started, I found myself laughing at the witty retorts made by Mr. Peabody.  True, it was twisting history, but at the same time, the movie was introducing characters that were probably new to the younger ones watching. Even the adults like me inside the theater were enjoying almost every moment. There were some innuendos, but like what little Sherman always says, "I don't get it!" the younger ones would probably be oblivious to them. This story deals about adoption too (Father-Son relationships) Mr. Peabody and Sherman of my childhood The old Wayback machine(courtesy of wikipedia)

Source A murder in Paris' Louvre Museum and cryptic clues in some of Leonardo da Vinci's most famous paintings lead to the discovery of a religious mystery. For 2,000 years a secret society closely guards information that -- should it come to light -- could rock the very foundations of Christianity.-WWW Initial release: May 19, 2006 (USA) Director: Ron Howard Written for the screen by: Akiva Goldsman  Running time: 2h 54m Adapted from: The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown Film series: Robert Langdon Series Tom Hanks  as Robert Langdon---I think this role suits him Audrey Tautou  as Sophie Neveu ---She's really phenomenal and has a certain charm Ian McKellen  as Sir Leigh Teabing  ---I saw Magneto and Gandalf  Paul Bettany  as Silas---a very great and versatile actor...he was my favorite here Jean Reno  as Bezu Fache Alfred Molina  as  Bishop Aringarosa ---tsk, tsk, tsk goes to his character---did he act well?  Yes, in...