Ghost Town [2008] DVD

Ricky Gervais is brilliant in Ghost Town, playing an unnervingly rude dentist, Bertram, who dies for a few minutes during surgery and acquires the unwanted ability to see ghosts. Chased throughout Manhattan by a gaggle of restless spirits begging him to take care of their unfinished business on Earth, Bertram turns them all away except Frank (Greg Kinnear). The latter, a rogue who cheated on his archaeologist widow, Gwen (Téa Leoni), wants Bertram to intervene in a romance between Gwen and a starchy activist (Bill Campbell). Misanthropic Bertram has to polish his relationship patter, but ends up sounding a lot like Gervais' infamous character in the original The Office, unable to complete a sentence without making others uncomfortable. In time, of course, Bertram falls for the wonderful Gwen, setting up a bunch of overlapping conflicts. Cowritten and directed by David Koepp (Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull), Ghost Town walks a fine line between comic freshness and a story idea with elements that have become overly familiar in movies and on television. Kinnear and Leoni have never been better on screen, but Ghost Town is well worth seeing because no one like Gervais has previously played the hapless hero in a high-concept film such as this one. With Gervais doing his familiar, hilariously discomfiting thing, it really doesn't matter what kind of movie Ghost Town is. Happily, it's a pretty good film in every respect. --Tom Keogh

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Confessions of a Shopaholic Sophie Kinsella

I ordered this book mainly because it's part of a whole series of shopaholic books, and they all had such good reviews. I didn't expect too much. My expectations became even lower after seeing the enormous font that was used. Which kind of makes it look like a teen book. When I started reading however, I was pleasantly surprised. The book is written so well, it's very entertaining. Even though it's not a very deep book, (and I know, Chicklits are never really deep, but this one is quite superficial) the author makes you want to know more and more. I personally can't identify with her as a shopaholic, (not that I don't enjoy shopping, but Rebecca has really made an art out of finding reasons to buy things) but I think the same rules apply to all kinds of addictions. The excuses are absolutely ridiculous, and absolutely hilarious. In most books, when characters do crazy things like hide a pair of pants from a costumer, from the clothes shop where they just started work, would have been mortifying, but the way the book was written, you can't help but laugh. I finished the book in about a day, I just couldn't put it down. The end makes it very clear there is going to be more books in this series. If there wouldn't have been more, I would have found the end a bit abrupt. All in all, I'd like to give the book 3,5 stars, but unfortunatly as that's not possible, I'll make it 3, cause 4 is just a little bit too much..