A mother envies her children's ability to truly immerse themselves in a book's plot, escaping from the responsibilities of adult life.
'Marley & Me's' dogged trainer (Los Angeles Times) 27 December 2008Mark Forbes lets 22 cantankerous canines run wild for the sake of the plot. From a very young age, Mark Forbes knew his ocelots from his emus, mostly because he was surrounded by them. "I grew up in southern Oregon, a town called Grants Pass," he said. "Normal childhood. I guess the only difference was we had a small little family farm, and we had a bunch of different kinds of animals on it. ...
Tiny Orange winery stuns the big guys with win (Beaumont Enterprise) 27 December 2008ORANGE - Alfred Flies just might be the David of the Goliath Texas wine world.
'Marley' dogs' trainer gives inside scoop (Contra Costa Times) 26 December 2008"Marley & Me" animal trainer teaches old dogs new tricks
Sit. Watch. "Marley" earns its right to claim your attention (Denver Post) 25 December 2008Sure, there have been erudite books about our odd yet remarkable relationships with animals. But John Grogan's best seller, "Marley & Me," published in 2005, was a quasar of pleasure.
It's a dog's life (The Buffalo News) 25 December 2008If you're one of the dozen people in the universe who hasn't read “Marley & Me” by John Grogan, you'll want to know that while it's billed as “Life and love with the world's worst dog,” it's really more about the triumphs and trials of a human family.
‘Marley & Me' on a bland diet | 2 stars (The Kansas City Star) 24 December 2008At least the makers of “Marley & Me” resisted the temptation to churn out another jokey “Beethoven” movie.
Kunstmuseum Basel to Show Pablo Picasso: Prints Early Next Year (Art Daily) 24 December 2008Pablo Picasso, Le Repas frugal, 1904. BASEL.- Pablo Picasso applied himself with great intensity to the specific possibilities of print techniques.
Movie Marleys learned to be bad (Arizona Daily Star) 23 December 2008Forgive our confusion when we went to interview animal trainer James Warren and the dog Brody after seeing "Marley & Me" expecting — due to the magic of moviemaking — to have a real conversation with a canine.
Trainer dishes on Marley & Me ‘actors’ (Houston Chronicle) 22 December 2008Forgive our confusion when we went to interview animal trainer James Warren and the dog Brody after seeing Marley & Me expecting to have a real conversation with a canine.