Is MidLife Crisis a myth?

Couples Retreat (2009)

Vince Vaughn and Jon Favreau team up after their '90s career-making hit, Swingers, to write and costar in Couples Retreat, a romantic comedy that's heavy on the satire, but is also knowing and wry, as Swingers is at its best. Vaughn and Favreau are joined in the top-notch cast by the always...

Bibliotherapy: The Girl's Guide to Books for Every Phase of Our Lives

Because women read books differently than guys do...Every woman knows ... books are more than a way to kill time on the bus — they're therapy that fits in our bag. Whether we're wallowing in a sullen perennial adolescence or our biological clock is ringing and we can't find the...

American Beauty (1999)

Lester Burnham (Kevin Spacey) is struggling to endure marriage to uber-realtor Carolyn (Annette Bening), an unfulfilling career and a sullen teenage daughter (Thora Birch). Deep into a midlife crisis, Lester becomes infatuated with a friend (Mena Suvari) of his daughter. Soon, he's quit his job...

Bibliotherapy: The Girl's Guide to Books for Every Phase of Our Lives

Peske and West (authors, no university affiliation) offer guidance on books to read and books to avoid, especially at crises points in the lives of young women. Grouped by category, their recommendations cover "Bad Girl" books, "Bad Boy" books, coming-of-age stories, sex books,...

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Father of the Bride Part II (DVD)

Starring: Martin, Steve Keaton, Diane Short, Martin Williams, Kimberly Newbern, George Culkin, Kieran Directing: Shyer, Charles Rating: PG (MPAA) Run Time: 106 minutes Description: George and Nina Banks have just settled down since their daughter Annie's wedding when life hurls another milestone...

The Forty Rules of Love: A Novel of Rumi [Hardcover]

Celebrated Turkish novelist Shafak (The Bastard of Istanbul) serves up a curious blend of mediocre hen lit and epic historical to underwhelming results. In present-day Boston, dull suburban mother and cheated-on wife Ella Rubinstein takes a job as a reader for a literary agent and becomes entranced...

The Sims 3 Generations Expansion Pack-Mac/Windows

It's time to live life to the fullest with The Sims 3 Generations Expansion Pack. Featuring a whole new host of events, activities and experiences for your Sim at every stage of life, this Expansion Pack ensures fun for all. Whether you want to play make-believe with imaginative costumes,...

Rock Band 3 for Nintendo Wii

Product Description Rock Band® 3 is the next generation of the ultimate social and interactive music gaming platform developed by the category's leading pioneers, Harmonix Music Systems. Featuring innovative game modes and instruments, Rock Band 3 will change the way fans play about music...

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Ecstasia

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