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Glass Art

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It's always nice when you're on a trip specially in other countries to be able to have control of your time because it somehow allows you to sort of wander around and go to the less beaten tracks. On our last visit to the land below down-under, the beautiful New Zealand, we had that special opportunity to do a land trip, drive our own vehicle, enjoy the landscape, admire the view, and sample a few of those small cafes, unheralded art galleries, and drop by less publicized but nonetheless amazing natural spots. One of these stops, which turned out to be a quite interesting spot was a place called the Lava Glass Glassblowing Gallery and Café. We were actually looking for a toilet break (and a coffee break as well) after about an hour and a half of driving. As we were going though a curve, my sis-in-law caught a glimpse of a red roadside sign that had the word café. It turned out that the "café" was also an art gallery and not just an ordinary art gallery at tha...

The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo

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Rating: ★★★★★ Category: Movies Genre: Mystery & Suspense SYNOPSIS "A disgraced journalist teams up with a brilliant but damaged hacker to solve a disappearance that took place decades ago. Their investigation reveals the ugly past of a family, and an even uglier present." - taken from clickthecity.com Main Cast: Daniel Craig, Rooney Mara, Stellan Skarsgard Supporting Cast: Christopher Plummer, Joely Richardson, Robin Wright, Steven Berkoff Director: David Fincher Writer: Steven Zaillian, Stieg Larsson Film Producer: Cean Chaffin, Ole Sondberg, Scott Rudin, Soren Staermose Release Year: 2011 Released By: Columbia Pictures Running Time: 160 minutes MY TAKE It is a good movie to watch. In fact a very good one indeed. There's some element of the classic movie, "Murder at the Orient Express" in it, but with a twist - a murder occurring in a singular location with the suspect being one among a group of people who were in that same locati...