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Review: Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada (2006) R 121min
2008-08-27 09:38:00 The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada (2006) This award-winning picture was directed by Tommy Lee Jones, his first work as director, and based on the book by Guillermo Arriaga, an Oscar-nominated author and play-writer. Arriaga also wrote script for Universal/Focus feature film Amores Perros (2000) starring Benicio Del Torro, Naomi Watts and Sean Penn, 21 Grams (2004) and finally ...
NON-STOP BURIALS AT NATIONAL CEMETERIES
2008-05-25 22:03:00 RITTMAN, Ohio — The cracking of rifle fire silenced the twittering blue jays, blackbirds and killdeer. As members of the color guard lowered their rifles, the smell of bitter smoke drifted over the family and friends of former Army Sgt. Ellis Hale, a Vietnam War veteran who died of prostate cancer at age 59. Sniffles and ...
8 Burials for Jerusalem Seminarys Dead
2008-03-07 20:13:00 KFAR ETZION, West Bank - They carried the body of Avraham David Moses, 16 years old, on a stretcher down the slope of the vibrant green cemetery here, shaded by tall pines, overlooking a valley, in utter silence.
By: Get rich
Willow burial coffins
2008-02-28 03:00:00 Now this is a subject that most people do not like to talk about, these just had to be shown as a great eco friendly alternative to a regular wooden coffin. They can be made to order within forty eight hours, although this can sometimes be around twenty four hours depending on the specifications required ...
No Space for Further Burials by Feryal Gauhar
2008-01-29 12:04:00 Raza RumiDecades of imperialism have left Afghanistan and its people devastated. But the fall of the Taliban, and the much touted ?liberation? of Afghanistan, has produced a new spate of novels, films and other artistic media dealing with the ?Afghan victim.?And when I say ?Afghan victim,? I mean a nauseating overdose of burqa-oppression, Taliban brutality and other ?Oriental? tragedies. Not only are these subjects sexy ? they tie into the global imperatives of terror and Islamism ? but they also artfully exonerate the ?aggressor,? whether it is the Soviets, US imperialism or NATO. As such, the bulk of this new subgenre of fiction addresses the Western, English-speaking world; writing about reluctant and not-so-reluctant fundamentalists sells ?Over There.? Meanwhile, literature is turning into a grand extravaganza of marketing, prizes, commoditization and short-lived shelf lives.Feryal Ali Gauhar?s second novel, No Space for Further Burials, attempts to break free of many of these s...
By: Light Within
The Three Burials of Melquiades ..
2008-01-29 01:08:00 Devastated by the death of his friend Melquiades Estrada, ranch foreman Pete Perkins tries to fulfill his buddies last wish, while looking for his killer. They end up on a journey to the Mexican border, where hopeless Mexicans try to cross and things aren?t like Melquiades described.
Book Review: No Space for Further Burials By Feryal Gauhar
2008-01-27 16:19:00 Raza Rumi Decades of imperialism have left Afghanistan and its people devastated. But the fall of the Taliban, and the much touted “liberation” of Afghanistan, has produced a new spate of novels, films and other artistic media dealing with the “Afghan victim.” And when I say “Afghan victim,” I mean a nauseating overdose of burqa-oppression, Taliban brutality ...
?No space for further burials?
2008-01-06 16:40:00 Within forty years of the setting up of Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) in 1967 at Lahore, the Ghari Khuda Bux cemetery has received four members of Bhutto family in succession or one Bhutto in a decade, all killed in mysterious circumstances. The dynasty has a tinge of tragedy, curse and trouble like the Kennedeys in ...
By: Wayward Mind
The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada - Dir: Tommy Lee Jones
2007-10-25 13:40:00 This one was slightly disappointing after all the previous hype I had seen for the film. The performances are good from Tommy Lee Jones and Julio Cedillo as the eponymous Melquiades Estrada. All supporting cast is spot on and the direction by Tommy Lee Jones is also competent. The film really captures that dusty barren way of life along the Texan/Mexico border. So what's disappointing? Guillermo Arriaga the writer of Babel and 21 Grams wrote this script but for me left it a little bit light, maybe missing something. Maybe it's a film that needs a repeated watch but this is a JM SUCK IT AND SEE for me.
British Graves to be Re-used for Burials
2007-06-05 21:16:00 The BBC writes that graves filled at least 100 years ago can be re-used under government plans to ease pressure on cemetaries. FTA: In a technique called ‘lift and deepen’ old graves will be deepened with room for up to six new coffins to be placed on top of the older remains. Families could refuse ...
By: Lawbean
Back Garden Burials
2007-02-14 10:51:02 Share on StumbleUpon: A Serbian man wants to turn his home into a church because so many of his neighbours and friends are buried in his back garden. |
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