BOOK REVIEW
Beaches
Iris Rainer Dart
Cee Cee
Bloom and Bertie White are as different as night and day. Loudmouthed Cee cee
is set on making it to Hollywood. Quiet and conventional Bertie dreams of
starting a family and settling down. In
1951, the two meet in Atlantic City at the age of 11, and form a lasting bond.
The poignant
tale traces their extraordinary friendship which lasts 30 years, through love
and tragedy. The comic yet heartbreaking book has been adapted to the big
screen, and one could label it an “un-ashamed chick flick” that had men wiping
away a few tears.
MOVIE REVIEW
Sisterhood Of The Travelling Pants
THE SISTERHOOD OF THE TRAVELING PANTS follows four high school girl friends who separate for the summer and vow to keep in touch by way of a pair of blue jeans that magically fits all their different body sizes perfectly. They mail the jeans to one another, along with letters to keep up with what's happening in each other's lives. Lena (Alexis Bledel) is shy and quiet, on her way to Greece to visit relatives; aspiring documentary-maker Tibby (Amber Tamblyn) resents being stuck working at a local Wal-Mart-type store; golden girl Bridget (Blake Lively) is dealing with her mom's suicide and distant father as she heads to soccer camp in Mexico; and young writer carmen (America Ferrera) goes to North Carolina to visit with her long-absent father, Al (Bradley Whitford), who announces he's about to marry Lydia (Nancy Travis), whose two blond teens seem complete opposites of Carmen. During their vacations, they explore their emerging sense of independence, while figuring out how to maintain relationships with their families and with each other, and each girl learns a valuable life lesson.
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