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Review: 'June Bride' not exactly a wedding album (Newsday) - With all the list-making, caterer-choosing, invitation writing and dress-fitting, a woman can forget that getting married means more than just being a bride. The fear that a lifelong commitment could turn into a life sentence fuels the pre-wedding frenzy. If she can just home in on the details of who will wear what and sit where, a bride can distract herself from the pressure of "till death do us ...

Book Review: Miss Invisible by Laura Jensen Walker (Blogcritics.org) - In her newest novel Laura Jensen Walker tackles issues such as self-esteem and plus-size status. Walker is the author of four other novels, including Reconstructing Natalie , Women of Faith’s Novel of the Year for 2006. Here meet Freddie Heinz: professional baker, wedding cake decorator, overweight and completely invisible. At work she is bullied by her boss. At church, her “crush” can’t seem ...

Movie Review: 'Evening' (San Antonio Express-News) - Even though abundant in acting pedigree with a cast including Claire Danes, Toni Collette, Vanessa Redgrave and, briefly, Meryl Streep, "Evening" falls short of dramatic heights.

Movie review: Dying woman recalls man of her dreams in 'Evening' (Detroit News) - Rated: PG-13 for language, sexual content and a brief accident scene

Movie review: 'Bamako' is one of a kind (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune) - If Jean-Luc Godard had kept his sense of humor, he might be making engaging movies like "Bamako" (***½, in French and Bambara, with English subtitles). This Malian charmer is a one-of-a-kind spectacle that playfully flouts cinematic conventions, a surreal musical political drama served with a side of spaghetti western (starring "Bamako's" executive producer, Danny Glover, as a gunslinger). ...

'Evening' - MOVIE REVIEW - Los Angeles Times - calendarlive.com (Calendarlive.com) - Despite a stellar cast, the story of regret for a love lost in the '50s gets muddled. An impressive pedigree doesn't always guarantee a felicitous outcome, as any number of Hapsburgs or Hiltons will confirm.

Movie review: Weepy 'Evening' well-played (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune) - There are chick flicks, and then there are CHICK FLICKS!!! "Evening," an adaptation of author Susan Minot's romantic weeper, clearly is one of the latter. Boasting an ensemble of Hollywood's best actresses, this drama is unabashedly sentimental but still effective. It streamlines the book's narrative, but never overlooks a chance to tug on viewers' heartstrings. Savvy theater managers will stock ...

Review: 'Evening' Powerful, But Compromised (The San Francisco Examiner) - On her deathbed, Ann Lord (Vanessa Redgrave) envisions her once youthful self, floating away in a boat. It's an effective metaphor--not for the story, but for the film. Something's gone adrift--but not so far as to override a stunning performance from Claire Danes as the young Ann Lord, with strong support from Hugh Dancy as Buddy. The script is pregnant with possibilities and unfortunately they ...

Review: 'Evening' Powerful, But Compromised (The San Francisco Examiner) - (Courtesy Photo) Claire Danes in "Evening." Examiner.com ( Map , News ) - On her deathbed, Ann Lord (Vanessa Redgrave) envisions her once youthful self, floating away in a boat. It’s an effective metaphor--not for the story, but for the film.

Movie review: 'Evening' (Metromix.com) - Watching a movie based on a familiar book can be bewildering, even distracting, when pivotal characters are purged, key plot points bypassed and settings and themes blithely cast off in the name of brevity or the filmmaker's Holy Grail, "narrative flow."