Month: August 2022
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Cop and a Half
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Read more: Cop and a HalfBurt Reynolds is a murdering sociopath pederast with a case of jungle fever, but his real flaw is that he’s a cop.
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The Last Movie Star
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Read more: The Last Movie StarAnyone who was alive in the last century has to be aware of Burt Reynolds. He burst on the scene as the arrow-slinging hot hunk in Deliverance and then was immortalized in Smokey And The Bandit as a Coors Beer runner who stayed just ahead of the venerable Jackie Gleason as Sheriff Buford. After that,…
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Slap Shot (1977)
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Read more: Slap Shot (1977)Every time I think of hockey, I am reminded of my late, great friend, Ed Arndt. Ed was a friend luckily met from the Fidonet era, in the early 90s, before the internet was what it is today. A bunch of us guys would go to the hockey games at the Memphis Mid-South Coliseum. I…
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Inglourious Basterds
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Read more: Inglourious BasterdsLiberating Auschwitz, Tarantino-style
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Hell Or High Water
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Read more: Hell Or High WaterI had been intending to watch this movie for a long time. I was intrigued by that famous gas station fight scene, which I ran across on YouTube. I’ve probably watched it over a half a dozen times, and it is a very satisfying seeing some young punk getting a well-deserved comeuppance. Let me get…
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Beast
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Read more: Beast“Beast” – I’m not a lion tamer, but I did stay at a Holiday Inn Express last night. I often wonder what it is about any given movie that makes people like or dislike it. For example, I recently screened Emily the Criminal, a movie so uninteresting and lacking entertainment value that every time I…
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Good Will Hunting
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Read more: Good Will HuntingGood Will Hunting is a movie written by Matt Damon and Ben Affleck and was directed by Gus Van Sant. It also starred the late and legendary Robin Williams who won an Oscar for his memorable performance. Damon and Affleck also won the Oscar for Best Writing and Screenplay. This movie is almost 25 years…
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Six ways that Gaming can aid you in improving your English
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Read more: Six ways that Gaming can aid you in improving your EnglishGaming is among the most loved pastimes in the world. As per Statista, the number of gamers is estimated at 3.24 billion video gamers around the globe. That’s not even counting video gamers. If you include all the gamers who play games or utilize games on their phones The number of gamers in the world…
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The Matrix
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Read more: The MatrixThe Matrix is such a good movie for so many reasons. Special effects is a big one, but I am going to keep my comments on that to a minimum. If you are interested in more in-depth commentary on the special effects of The Matrix, you can watch the behind-the-scenes epic The Matrix: Revisited or…
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Bullet Train
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Read more: Bullet Train“Bullet Train” – Come on ride the train. As I struggled to come up with a theme for my review of Bullet Train, I skimmed through other, early reviews for ideas. To my surprise, Bullet Train has divided other critics almost right down the middle (currently sitting at 53% positive on Rotten Tomatoes; 49 on…