Book Review: ‘3096 Days’ by Natascha Kampusch

I find long-term abduction stories fascinating. What kind of a person could do something so cruel to another human being? What kind of human being could live through such cruelty? A few years back I read Alan Hall’s Monster (review here), a horrific investigative study into the case of Josef Fritzl, who kept his biological daughter
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Ramen Kagetsu Arashi (Taipei)

I love ramen. Did I mention I love ramen? Unfortunately, having lived in Japan before, I have tasted the best this magnificent invention has to offer, and accordingly, everything else I have tasted outside of Japan pales in comparison. However, I have heard good things about ramen in Taiwan, especially because a lot of the
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2014 Movie Review Round-up confirms I like movies

Maybe the rumors that I’m too kind to most movies are true. It usually takes me a while to complete my best and worst of lists for movies for the year because I like to get through as many as I can — and all the ones I want to see — before setting the lists
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Movie Review: Man of Steel (2013) (2D)

Every Superman movie comes with unreasonable expectations. We already saw how the 2006 Superman Returns directed by Bryan Singer and starring Brandon Routh (whatever happened to his career?) turned out when it tried to reboot the franchise with a more serious, thoughtful take on the Superman mythology. It wasn’t as bad as everyone said it
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