Year: 2005

The Librarian: Quest for the Spear

The Librarian: Quest for the Spear (2004)When listening to other people’s recommendations of movies to see, it is important to remember the tastes of those other people. Otherwise, you might end up watching something that is way out of your value scope. Someone recommended “The Librarian: Quest for the Spear” to me.

Directed by: Peter Winther
Genres: Action, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance, Thriller
Cast: Noah Wyle, Sonya Walger, Bob Newhart, Kyle MacLachlan, Kelly Hu, David Dayan Fisher, Jane Curtin, Olympia Dukakis, Lisa Brenner, Mario Iván Martínez, Clyde Kusatsu, Alejandra Gollás, José Montini, Jessica Moreno, Mauricio Llera
IMDB raintg: 5.7
My rating: 1.9 [rate 1.9]

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Cyprus vacations

Cyprus vacations

One of the things that was new to me when I came to Cyprus was the vacations in August that the whole island takes. Starting around the middle of August until the end of the month most shops are closed. Everyone is on vacations and noone is working except for tourist attractions – restaurants, bars, pubs, beach caffes, and the like.

I really like the unity of the population on the issue of vacations. The majority of people have three long vacations during the year – Christmas holidays, Easter week, and the end of August thing. Those who have to work during these days aren’t much of a use anyway. Nothing can stop people from resting and spending time with family. Lovely.

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Daily del.icio.us bookmarks

Cyprus bookmarks mostly for today:

One good bookmark is worth the whole list:

These were shared bookmarks for del.icio.us user tvset on 2005-08-14.

The Goonies

The Goonies (1985)Since I didn’t have access to many movies in my childhood, I still have to catch up with some classics. “The Goonies” I heard brings warm childhood memories to many of my peers.

Directed by: Richard Donner
Genres: Adventure, Family, Comedy, Thriller
Cast: Sean Astin, Josh Brolin, Jeff Cohen, Corey Feldman, Kerri Green, Martha Plimpton, Jonathan Ke Quan, John Matuszak, Robert Davi, Joe Pantoliano, Anne Ramsey, Lupe Ontiveros, Mary Ellen Trainor, Keith Walker, Curtis Hanson
IMDB raintg: 7.2
My rating: 8.0 [rate 8.0]

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Air plane crash

About two hours ago, an airplane of Helios Airlines has crashed 30km off Athens. It was flying from Larnaca, Cyprus to Althens, Greece carrying 115 passangers and 6 members of the crew. According to RBC news there are two versions of what happenned. One of them says that the plane crashed into the mountain when the pilot lost control. By another version, the plane blew up before it crashed into the mountain. The control tower lost all communications with the plane and that’s why it was followed by two fighter jets. There are also more details about pilots missing from the cabin a guy in the mask seen throught the window. This version doesn’t sound very authentic, but we’ll have to wait for the official version anyway.

I’m sure the tradegy will be all over the news for the next few days. Chances are that there were plenty of Greeks and Cypriots on board.

Update: Google news has about 300 stories already.