2008 Woodie Awards
Welcome to a new regular entertainment feature. This will be the place to come if you are interested in great books by great authors. I, Kyle Chidester, will be your guide in this fantastic journey through fiction, non-fiction, and even poetry and prose. Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the Book of the Week! (Editor's note: This review contains spoilers.
What happens when you take punk rock guitar, bagpipes, a fiddle, and a whole slew of other instruments? You get Irish rock group Flogging Molly, a lovely band from Dublin. With roots deep in traditional Irish folk music and rock 'n' roll, this band has a sound to offer that is just as good for chilling out as it is for rocking out.
Heaven and hell are engaged in a wager for human souls and half-breed human-demon creatures are roaming the Earth. Heroes are not necessarily saints, but if you are looking for a saint, you can find one hanging out in strange, unmarked libraries waiting to give advice.
"Bride and Prejudice," Gurinder Chadha's latest light-hearted tale of culture clash gives Jane Austen's classic novel "Pride and Prejudice" the Bollywood treatment, complete with elephants, mehndi, and a genuine Bollywood superstar. While it is a wonderful homage to the billion-dollar Indian industry, "Bride" contains mistakes that prevent this film from being the big blockbuster is deserves to be.
