Monthly Archives: December 2014

2014 in review

Posted on December 29, 2014 by Gabriella West

The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2014 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: A San Francisco cable car holds 60 people. This blog was viewed about 2,200 times in 2014. If it were a cable car, it … Continue reading →

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Here’s how Seth Rogen and James Franco responded to today’s release of ‘The Interview’

Posted on December 24, 2014 by Gabriella West

Sony gave everybody a belated Merry Christmas by releasing ‘The Interview’ to a couple hundred independent theaters and widely online. Now hopefully Comcast will step up to the plate as well. They should. Happy Holidays, everyone!

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You Can’t See The Interview, But I Did

Posted on December 17, 2014 by Gabriella West

Just bizarre! Since the new James Franco-Seth Rogen movie The Interview has been CANCELED—which I find outrageous—due to North Korea’s breathing down the neck of the studio, Sony, here is at least a review of the movie from “Time.” What … Continue reading →

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Review: The Goldfinch

Posted on December 1, 2014 by Gabriella West

Ah, The Goldfinch… This has to be one of the books I waited the longest to read. Got it on my Kindle when it first came out, was a bit put off by the hype, started plowing into the initial … Continue reading →

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