http://www.ovimagazine.com/cat/8 Reviews and criticisms of classic and contemporary literature, movies and art, including the occasional review of the slightly offbeat, fill this section. Fri, 30 Jul 10 15:43:31 +0300 en http://www.ovimagazine.com/art/6014 Sat, 17 Jul 2010 09:30:52 +0300 Frank de Leeuw Van Weenen In a music segment where most bands sound like all the others, Avenue 52 is fitting right in. Good quality recording, decent enough songs but it is not bringing anything new to the listeners. http://www.ovimagazine.com/art/5988 Wed, 07 Jul 2010 09:30:40 +0300 Dr. Habib Siddiqui No American president has probably touched the lives of so many outside in a positive way than Jimmy Carter - the 39th president. For the past three decades, since leaving the White House, he has been a resolute voice for human rights and democracy http://www.ovimagazine.com/art/5976 Tue, 06 Jul 2010 08:29:38 +0300 Asa Butcher As I sit writing this, the clock on the kitchen wall reads 1:43am; obviously, I cannot sleep. For the past half-hour my mind has been stuck on a film and the only remedy for this rare bout of insomnia is to write down these raging thoughts and exorcise th http://www.ovimagazine.com/art/5911 Fri, 18 Jun 2010 07:21:17 +0300 Abigail George It is very hard to fall in love with something and give yourself over to it completely. Why do I write? I pay attention to what came before and then I fast forward to a time when I sense people will come after me - when I am no longer here http://www.ovimagazine.com/art/5819 Thu, 20 May 2010 07:17:29 +0300 Dr. Habib Siddiqui Book Review: Inside the revolution: how the followers of Jihad, Jefferson http://www.ovimagazine.com/art/5714 Wed, 28 Apr 2010 07:08:26 +0300 Jack Wellman Are humans just an accident by chance. Did life emerge from a pre-biotic soup? Or was there purpose and design behind human life? Richard Dawkins actually admits in his book, Climbing Mount Improbable that \"The original replicator probably was not DNA. W http://www.ovimagazine.com/art/5514 Sun, 07 Mar 2010 09:42:13 +0300 Asa Butcher In the history of the Academy Awards, who has been the most successful producer? No, it isn\'t Hal B. Wallis, with an impressive 19 nominations, nor Sam Spiegel, Saul Zaentz or Darryl F. Zanuck, each with three wins; it is Michael Todd... http://www.ovimagazine.com/art/5495 Fri, 05 Mar 2010 09:14:38 +0300 Edna Nelson Floco Tausin\'s \"Mouches Volantes - Eye Floaters as Shining Structure of Consciousness\" is a bore. As a person who has some knowledge of New Age Spirituality and Meditation, I was interested in the book, but I could barely get through it. http://www.ovimagazine.com/art/5404 Sun, 07 Feb 2010 09:59:25 +0300 Asa Butcher Everybody\'s favourite pine nut turns 70 today; yes, it is seven decades since Walt Disney premiered \'Pinocchio\'! http://www.ovimagazine.com/art/898 Mon, 18 Jan 2010 09:07:39 +0300 Asa Butcher In honour of \'Winnie-the-Pooh\' Day, I have republished an old review of two of my favourite Alan Alexander Milne books: \'Winnie-the-Pooh\' and \'The House at Pooh Corner\'.