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Standing by Stephen KingThe Box Office BelletristThe Bodyby Stephen KingPenguin December 1999, 80 pages [5 March 2008] by Jennifer MakowskyChildhood and the end of innocence are vividly portrayed in Stephen King's novella The Body, and Rob Reiner's excellent interpretation, Stand by Me.
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Love on the RocksJennifer Makowsky30.Jun.08 Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?'s dark, witty banter and assessment of human malice made my brain tick and also made me glad I wasn’t married.
Living the Dream: The Life Before Her EyesJennifer Makowsky20.May.08 Kaisischke's grotesque images of the natural world remind me of Sylvia Plath. She is a master of highlighting the splendor and tragedy working side-by-side in everyday life.
Love in the Time of Record ShopsJennifer Makowsky21.Apr.08 Technology may have changed the way we obtain music, but as Nick Hornby's High Fidelity reminds us, it can never alter our love affair with the medium.
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Stand By Me remains one of the most resonant films of my life; I was about ten when it came out, and it was haunting then and it’s haunting now… if for different reasons.
Comment by Monte Williams from Monteland — March 5, 2008 @ 10:55 pm