![]() There's several factors that hurt the movie, aside from Hunter's grating accent and the film's dependence on Murphy's naively ditzy on-screen persona. The ending is so outlandish and demeaning to intelligent film-goers, that it could have only been the end-result of a test audience's suggestions. It was the only way a movie as disappointing as this could become more disappointing. It's as though the director or producer or someone, got nervous about where the movie was heading, and went for the safe (and boring) route. But as soon as the twist happens, it's undone. The movie takes quite an unexpected turn, a dark one that makes it seem as though the movie is actually going to turn out to be pretty good. If you think you know where this is going, you're in for a surprise. Spurred on my her fellow producers Barb (Holly Hunter) and Ira (Kevin Sussman), she investigates to find out more about the exes, the supermodel, Lulu (Josie Maran), the doctor, Rachel (Rashida Jones) and the chef, Joyce (Julianne Nicholson.) What follows is your usual web-of-lies comedy, as Stacy tries to keep all the balls in the air. Derek left his home while on a business trip, and when she looks in it, inspired by work, she finds three ex-girlfriends he's maintained contact with. Conveniently, her new job, as an associate producer on a talk show hosted by Kippie Kann (Kathy Bates doing a pretty good Ricky Lake impersonation,) has her researching "little black books," or the modern equivalent, the Palm Handheld. That inability to believe puts her in position to second-guess her current relationship with hockey scout Derek (Ron Livingston, Office Space). Thanks to her mother's advice, she ruins her one good relationship with a man because she can't be certain about him. Murphy plays Stacy in Little Black Book, the product of a broken home, whose mother made her into a Diane Sawyer-worshipping Carly Simon-devotee. Since she's become the new Marilyn Monroe Lite (all the goofiness, little of the sex appeal, none of the glamour), she's managed to string together a career of ill-advised movies that capitalize mainly on her abilities to roll her eyes around in her head like marbles and giggle like a mental patient (perhaps a carry-over from Girl, Interrupted.) Sure, Roger Ebert likes her a lot, but he's also become friendly with Vincent Gallo, so he's hardly one to listen to now. Now that she's the star of her own movies, I wish she would go away. When Brittany Murphy was the sidekick, like Ty in Clueless, I couldn't get enough of her. Promise is squandered in this confused comedy ![]()
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![]() This is a non-reversible process that deals with a massive amount of free energy. This word is most commonly used within the bounds of the entropy of the universe. Still, even before something is old enough to be considered aged, it may have higher levels of disorder simply because it was produced in a disorderly way while being made (or assembled) by humans or nature. ![]() The natural process of aging can certainly take its toll on things. In other words, things fall apart as they get older until they reach total entropy. The second law of thermodynamics states that entropy in an isolated system increases over time, meaning that the conservation of energy becomes less functional over time and eventually will become useless. It is usually represented by the Greek symbol Θ (theta), which looks like an uppercase letter “V.” In thermodynamics processes, the definition of entropy is the degree of disorder in a system. 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But regarding formats, the Kobo Aura H2O supports the ePub format while the Kindle Oasis does not. The Kindle Oasis has integration with Goodreads and SendToKindle, two great applications that many users enjoy. The Kobo Aura H2O uses the same software base as the rest of Kobo devices which means that we can change eReader without having to learn how to use it, in addition is Pocket compatible, a great service to read later. Still it seems that fast charging gives the Kindle Oasis a head start on the Kobo Aura H2O but not much since few users need an eReader with greater autonomy. But you have to be honest and the same can also be done by a PowerBank to the Kobo Aura H20. The battery of both devices is very good, but very good, being higher than the month in any device, but it must be borne in mind that the Kindle Oasis has an auxiliary battery That extends the autonomy of the eReader even more. ![]() Despite the size, in this aspect Kindle Oasis outperforms its rival. 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