A quick description of this book sounds highly bizarre and unlikely to hang together. A brother and sister are first generation Vietnamese Americans, struggling to find their own identities while respecting their mother and grandfather’s fierce loyalties to their heritage. As a child, our narrator loved the Little House on the Prairie series of books. She…
REVIEW: TROPIC THUNDER (2008)
There may have been a layer of unexpectedness which enhanced my enjoyment of this film, but I must admit it was highly entertaining. A little bit of Borat-type humor (“That is so wrong…”), Hot Shots goofiness, and well-planted dialogue combine to make a very silly movie. Hollywood makes fun of itself, on every level,…