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Umis Heart is the story of two brothers, having to broach the sometime difficult subject of religious conversion. Adam and Ezra are thrust into a theological joust, upon Adam refusing to eat a pepperoni pizza, which he did not order. Ezra insists that he just pick it off, and this spills over into a much deeper discussion of Adam's newly adopted religious beliefs. As their debate stumbles through the ideological differences of their faiths, Adam attempts to find common ground in the memory of their Mother (Umi in Arabic).
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Poppy Cross is happy-go-lucky. At 30, she lives in Camden: cheeky, playful, frank while funny, and talkative to strangers. She's a conscientious and exuberant primary-school teacher, flatmates with Zoe, her long-time friend; she's close to one sister, and not so close to another. In this slice of life story, we watch her take driving lessons from Scott, a dour and tightly-wound instructor, take classes in flamenco dance from a fiery Spaniard, encounter a tramp in the night, and sort out a student's aggressive behavior with a social worker's help. Along the way, we wonder if her open attitude puts her at risk of misunderstanding or worse. What is the root of happiness?
Keywords: 30-year-old, abandoned-building, african-anglo, anglo-african, argument, art-project, arts-and-crafts, back-pain, backyard, bag-over-head
The one movie this fall that will put a smile on your face.
Poppy: It was in a Cadillac. Miami. Bunny-hopped down the beach. I was a bit pissed. It was hilarious.
Zoe: You can't make everyone happy.::Poppy: There's no harm in trying that Zoe, is there?
Poppy: Oh! What-chu-ma-call-it ding dang dilly dilly da da hoo hoo!
Poppy: Blimey O'Reilly!
Poppy: You keep on rowin', and I'll keep on smilin'.
Scott: Bear with me.::Poppy: Is there? Where is he?
Poppy: Oh no there's a juggernaut, get down!
Poppy: Don't think so, gigolo.
Scott: What am I supposed to call you?::Poppy: Oh how 'bout, Poppy?::Scott: Poppy?::Poppy: Yeah. No, whatever turns you on Scott, I don't mind.
Poppy: Here we go, gigolo!
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When relaxed and charming Ben Wrightman meets workaholic Lindsey Meeks she finds him sweet and charming, they hit it off and when it is winter Ben can spend every waking hour with Lindsey, but when summer comes around the corner Lindsey discovers Ben's obsession with the Boston Red Sox. She thinks it is perfect until everything goes downhill for them.
Keywords: acting, asking-for-a-date, bar, baseball, baseball-fan, baseball-game, baseball-news, baseball-team, based-on-novel, birthday-party
A Comedy About The Game Of Love.
Ben: Bucky Friggin' Dent!
Ryan: You love the Red Sox, but have they ever loved you back?::Ben: Who do you think you are, Dr. Phil? Go on, get outta here!
Ben: Yeah, she's great. Definitely the best girlfriend I've had. The sex was...::[stops because of Ryan]::Ryan: Okay, Mr. Wrightman, I gotta bat but let me leave you with this advice - you love the sox but have they ever loved you back?::Ben: What are you? Dr. Phil? Get outta here go... go swing the bat.
Lindsey Meeks: [the Yankee Red Sox game is on] No, it's the game! [holding Ben's ears]::Ben: No, I'm fine. It's just a game.
Ben: So let's start the interrogation.::Molly: No, No, it's not like that.::Ian: [finishes his drink and hands it to Ben] Here, for the urine test.::Ben: Aw, really? I wish you would have told me I just wizzed in your bushes.
Lindsey Meeks: So you don't have a cell phone, a pager, a blackberry nothing? What if some sudden crisis occurs like your father has a heart attack or something?::Ben: My father died two years ago.::Lindsey Meeks: Oh, I'm sorry.::Ben: No, actually I just found out this morning so it's been a rough 24 hours. You know, maybe I should get a cell phone.::Lindsey Meeks: [laughs] You're funny, Ben...::Ben: Wrightman.::Ben: You forgot my last name, didn't you?::Lindsey Meeks: No, I just... blanked.::Ben: No, I bet when you talk to your friends you call me Ben the School Teacher.
Lindsey Meeks: If you love me enough to sell your tickets, I love you enough not to let you.
Reporter at Spring Training: Where do the Sox rank in terms of importance in your life?::Ben: I say the Red Sox... sex... and breathing.
Lindsey Meeks: I saw you on ESPN.::Ben: Yeah, we looked like morons, didn't we?::Lindsey Meeks: Yah, yah, totally. Well, not you so much.::Ben: Well, it was Florida. It was hot.
Ben: That's not Yankee dancing - that's Devil Rays dancin'!
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Ahasuerus (Xerxes I), King of the Persians, whose empire now extends from India to Egypt after the defeat of the Babylonians, is holding a celebratory banquet for his people in the citadel of Susa to display his wealth and splendor. When he summons his attractive wife Vashti, to show off her beauty to the guests, the proud queen refuses to come. The king promptly bans her from ever entering his presence again, and gives orders for the most beautiful young virgins in the land to be brought to him. The young Jewess Esther, adopted daughter of her uncle Mordecai, is among the girls selected; they are told to beautify themselves in the royal harem and prepare to spend the night with the king. Esther succeeds in enchanting the king with her extraordinary beauty and charm, and he makes her his queen. The king promotes his loyal subject Haman - whose family is notably anti-Jewish - to the post of first minister of the kingdom. When the Jew Mordecai fails to kneel down before Haman like all the others, Haman's irritation with him is transformed into a deep hatred of the Jewish people. He manages to get the king to pass a law allowing the Jews of all countries to be persecuted and killed on a certain day. In his desperation, Mordecai seeks help from Esther. She places her life at risk by visiting the king without his consent, and then invites him and Haman to dine with her that evening. By revealing her Jewish origins Esther now succeeds in exposing Haman's evil plan to kill the Jews, and in obtaining the king's pardon for her people. Haman is duly hanged on the gallows he had built for Mordecai. Since the royal decree is irreversible, Ahasuerus passes another one allowing the Jews to defend themselves against their enemies, whom they end up by vanquishing. Many Jews now return to the Holy City and begin rebuilding Jerusalem.
Keywords: 5th-century-b.c., anti-semitism, biblical, character-name-in-title, esther, historical-fiction, historical-revisionism, iran, iranian, iranian-history
Ezra ( /ˈɛzrə/; Hebrew: עזרא, Ezra; fl. 480–440 BC), also called Ezra the Scribe (Hebrew: עזרא הסופר, Ezra ha-Sofer) and Ezra the Priest in the Book of Ezra. According to the Hebrew Bible he returned from the Babylonian exile and reintroduced the Torah in Jerusalem (Ezra 7-10 and Neh 8). According to First Esdras, a non-canonical Greek translation of the Book of Ezra, he was also a high priest.
His name may be an abbreviation of Azaryahu, "God-helps". In the Greek Septuagint the name is rendered Esdras (Greek: Ἔσδρας), from which Latin: Esdras.
The Book of Ezra describes how he led a group of Judean exiles living in Babylon to their home city of Jerusalem (Ezra 8.2-14) where he enforced observance of the Torah and cleansed the community of mixed marriages.
Ezra, known as "Ezra the scribe" in Chazalic literature, is a highly respected figure in Judaism.
The canonical Book of Ezra and Book of Nehemiah are the oldest sources for the activity of Ezra, whereas many of the other books ascribed to Ezra (First Esdras, 3-6 Ezra) are later literary works dependent on the canonical books of Ezra and Nehemiah.
“Ezra”
Walls surround me but they will not crumble
It’s not what I have in mind
Tension rising from the inside outward
Claiming its victims too
Sentences disappear into fragments left unaware
I see through your mindless haze
I hear everything you say
I make no exceptions for my discontent
I’m alone under the firmament and I don’t believe
Walls surround you and they soon will crumble
Down and around your feet
All too often the tides turn quickly
Leaving your stranded by
All alone inside
I see through your mindless haze
I hear everything you say
I make no exceptions for my discontent