Jerry O'Connell Books

I thought this book was one of the best books I've ever read. It's a coming-of-age story and also has some comedy, drama, and sorrow. My favorite part was when the children heard of Kennedy's assasination and realized how unimportant their school yard fighting really was. I recomend this book to people of all ages.

This book started out really well, and I thought I would like it a lot. But really, nothing exciting happened. My favorite part was probably when the boys are telling the secrets that they know. Also, why does the principal believe that Marc always has something to do with a fight when he was the one being beat up? Better for younger readers.

It seems strange to use the word "halcyon" to describe the turbulent 60's, the era of Vietnam and the Kennedy assassination. However, Mr. Laser lovingly recreates that era when children did not have computers or video games to distract them...when school projects were joint efforts...when neighborhood schools were really neighborhood schools. Yet, today's young readers will realize that their wants, needs, fears, desires are not that different from children of yesteryear. This is a book for young readers to enjoy. I think their parents will enjoy it too. What a wonderful way to bond with one's children.

Simply on an entertainment level I'd give this film five stars. However as either an ardent film buff or just a casual film watcher I have to be realistic. At best its four stars and I'm probably being generous giving it that. There are many better Clint Eastwood movies that are just as entertaining, especially amongst those that he directed.

Having said that both this film is very funny in places, and it IS great all round entertainment. Clint Eastwood and the rest of the cast do a fine job. William Smith as Jack Wilson is probably the other stand-out actor. He has the tremendous fight at the end of the film. However its the incredible Ruth Gordon as Ma, who won an Oscar in 1969, and was aged 84 when the film was made, that steals the film from the rest of the human cast. Clyde of course is the best actor!

Its worth mentioning that when the film was made Eastwood turned 50 years old. Boy does he look good for 50.

The DVD has no extras but its widescreen, and at the right price its well worth getting.

Amazing that people like this terrible, badly acted, incredibly stupid film. But you can't argue with someone who laughs at something, I guess. The four people in our house couldn't take much of this film -- I stuck with it and watched it all the way through, just to see Clint Eastwood. The dialogue and acting are so bad that you have to take a break now and then for fear of losing too many brain cells all at once. I'm glad I recorded it from TV. It's now erased, and is just a memory.

I purchased this for my dad. It sure made his day. His favourite actor in his favourite kind of movie. He was smiling all day. I also bought him some others with Clint Eastwood. I guess he is reliving his YOUTH haha.

The movie was OK until the scene with the rattle snake killing the otter. That was completely uncalled for and ruined it for me. I can't comment on the rest of the film because I stopped watching it after that. Shame on the producers of this film for exploiting animals in such a cruel way.

I ordered this product and another of the same type movie, and I was pleased at the timely arrival of the items, the easy process for ordering the DVD's and the overall cost of the two items ordered.

For once this was an abridgment to a book that was read on tape in which I didn't feel like something important was left out.

Unfortunately, the plot and the characters were only so-so. Jerry O'Connell read the story - and at first I thought that would be a big plus since I've liked most of the stuff that he has done. However, this time I was not impressed. Not his best work.

Nolan Kilkenny, who should be known as 'the one man army' based on his unstoppable one man performances against several teams of battle-tested, better-armed former Russian Special Forces throughout the book, is a tiresome character. Many of the supporting characters were much more interesting and I would have preferred it if some of them would have had a greater role throughout the book.

I give this one a grade of C+.

Tom Grace's second book was even better than his first -- Sypder Web. While Sypder Web and Quantum were quick and enjoyable reads, Quantum is more polished.

Although Quantum's characters and technical explanations lack the depth and detail, respectively, of a Clancy novel, the trade off is that the reader can actually move towards the end of the book in reasonably short order.

Unlike many other books of the genre, Quantum is a book that can be left on the coffee table for the enjoyment of nearly anyone in the household because it is devoid of gratuatus sex -- in the same vein as the late Robert Ludlum -- and is less violent than any episode of Xena, Warrier Princess.

I strongly suspect that Tom's next book will continue to surpass our expecations.

Quantum was a decent story from beginning to end. I had a bit a trouble keeping its pace when the story got bogged down in explaining complex mathematical and scientific concepts. A few of the characters were hard to believe. Nolan got shot twice and injured a half dozen other ways, yet never lost a fight, and never even felt pain from his injuries. He also was shooting a dozen people throughout the book, and never once was questioned about being in the wrong place at the wrong time. Kelsey somehow lived through two kidnappings, when her kidnapper killed pretty much anything that moved during the story. I think I could try another Tom Grace story, but I probably won't rush out to buy it.

Shady Russian industrialists attempt to wrest control of an amazing new energy device from the American scientists who developed it. Tom Grace's story doesn't really add anything new to the techno-thriller genre, but it is nevertheless interesting due to some multi-faceted characterizations: even the featured good guys have some dark secrets and less than savory aspects to their personalities. Good pacing, nicely drawn secondary characters, and a story that doesn't overstay its welcome also help things along.

RE: AUDIO TAPE VERSION. Scientist/businessman/Navy SEAL and all around good guy Nolan Kilkenny takes on the former Soviet Union's top evil industrialist, its most treacherous commandos, and the 21st century cyber world to prevent an earth-shaking discovery from falling into the wrong hands. It's a mismatch of course. A routine thriller, Quantum does feature a nice twist revelation about the long-dead superphysicist whose work prompts much of the mayhem. You don't need to be scientifically-inclined to follow the story but it helps if you enjoy graphic ninja violence. 3 stars and no more - as in don't buy a ticket, but still rent the video.

Reynolds, Beatty, Anderson, Nabors and
even Bubba Smith are very fine in here.
Funny, short Comedy movie about egoman-
iac NASCAR (BACK WHEN THE SPORT WAS worth
watching!) driver and hillbilly friends
and pit crew who keep running out of spon-
sors. Reynolds signs on with fried chicken
magnate Beatty without reading the fine
print of contract, to his dismay. Lonie
and Burt started a relationship after
meeting on this set! Funny, especially
Jerry Reed's critique at the end in
outtakes! Director Hal Needham's best
effort with Reynolds! I really like it.

this movie more than any other helped kill what was left of burt reynolds acting rloes for the rest of the 80's and keeped him on t.v. till "boggie nights". not one laugh or even a good chuckle to be had in this mess that was realesased very quickly and went under the waves even faster than "heat" did. man what a waste of time and money. no stars but they make you give it one.

If your a hard core NASCAR lover I would recomend this movie, youll see a bunch of legendary drivers doing camios. Too include the very best Dale Earnheart!!! And there all back when they were just coming into the sport its a blast seeing them all so young!!!
The Chemistry between Burt and wife Loni is great to bad they wound up divorcing!! Youd never guess by this film!
Jim Neibors away from his normal " Gomer Pyle" is great.
I would also recomend if you like Burt and Jim in this that you see them in "The Best Little Whorehouse In Texas", also with Dolly Parton doing her famouse song,that Whitney Huston stole and ruined, "I will always love you".

This film (along with the Cannonball Run movies) pretty much destroyed Burt Reyonlds's career. It's a shame, because anyone who has seen Deliverance knows that Burt Reyonlds can actually act. Instead, he wanted to be a "good ole boy", and he did a plethora of airheaded, terrible films like this. Reportedly, Burt turned down the role of the astronaut in Terms of Endearment for this. Now that's depressing!

It's an oldy but a goody. Looked all over for it for my boyfriend and was so glad I could make his day and find it. He can sit there and watch it over and over. Really good movie.

Before I go further, I want to say I read this book through the Amazon Vine program, thought I should mention it.
I liked this book okay, although I can't say I thought of it as a modern Jane Austen as others suggested. Maybe I was not the right age group for the characters? Maybe not feeling the sympathy or humor with the characters like I should have? Just not my cup of tea.

This book received a good review from the NY Times and after I read it, I was convinced that the author was in cahoots with someone at the paper. Gosh, this book was awful. Boring characters, unrealistic plot, stilted dialogue. I could go on, but I won't. The only good thing about this book was that I got it for free at the Book Expo, so at least I didn't spend money on it.

I try and finish all the books I receive through the Vine Program, but after 2/3 of this, had to finally put it down. It went on. And on. And on. And seemingly get nowhere with stock characters, I felt life was just too short to continue.

I loved this novel! It was romantic, funny and quite a winner. Peter meets Holly on a plane and falls in love with her but loses her phone number. Years later he meets her again as the fiance of his best friend. While he longs for Holly, he resigns himself to marrying Charlotte and the fun begins. I would never want to reveal much more, it was too good to spoil the story for anyone else. Enjoy!

The entire premise of the book fails at p. 27. Our hero, Peter, can't find the piece of paper on which Holly, the girl of his dreams he just met on a plane, has written her father's telephone number (she's invited him to dinner at her father's house). So he helplessly stares at the ceiling of his hotel room, realizing his life is ruined.

Peter is described as an investment banker, so he is presumably intelligent. Does the author then presume that we are stupid? There are so many ways Peter can find Holly, yet he doesn't try any of them:

1. He knows her flight number, and her seat number on the plane as she sat next to him. Ask the airline for her contact number in CA - and if they demur for privacy reasons, ask them to call her and give her his telephone number (his hotel or the office he is going to be at).

2. That failing, he knows a lot about her from their long conversation on the plane. He knows her father lives in the hills behind Malibu, that he was a movie director and still meets producers for lunch, and that her sister Alex is living with him with her new baby girl Clementine. Talk to the local barbers to whom the father has probably been bragging about his new grandchild, talk to older producers at the studios, go for a few walks around Malibu, hire a detective if necessary.

3. There are many other ways to find Holly. She has told him where she went to school and that she teaches high school math in the Dominican Republic, so contact her school's alumni/ae association, &c. Call the American Embassy in Santo Domingo and ask a consular officer to contact Holly (she's probably registered with the Embassy) and ask her to call Peter. There is probably an association specializing in providing teachers for DR schools - contact it. All else failing, at the first opportunity fly down to the DR, a country of only 10 million people, and search for an American lady teaching high school math. That he simply gives up without any effort at all to find her demonstrates that he isn't really so smitten or is really, really dumb, neither of which fits the author's depictions of him.

After that, who cares what happens next?