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Dumb and Dumber Shows Why a Fool and His Money Are Soon Parted
Halfway through Dumb and Dumber, the story transitions from a road trip to a wish-fulfillment fantasy. The titular dumb and dumber friends Lloyd Christmas and Harry Dunne take a briefcase across the country to try to return it to a … Continue reading
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Tagged comedy, dumb and dumber, films, jim carrey, money, movies, videos
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George Lucas’s Most Admirable Quality to Me
I once heard the story of when a young George Lucas was in a recording studio working with a sound mixer. The man said he needed Reel 2, Dialogue track 2, but he shortened all of that information to simply, … Continue reading
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Tagged action movies, films, george lucas, indiana jones, movies, science fiction, sequels, star wars, videos
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The Truth Shall Set You Free
I recently received an email saying that I had been caught on a Web camera doing horribly lewd things. The sender wanted me to pay a lot of money to keep it quiet. It sounded like I was in quite … Continue reading
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Tagged andy dufresne, debt, drama, films, God, money, movie review, movies, movies based on books, the shawshank redemption
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A Fun Detail I Never Noticed Before in Groundhog Day
Groundhog Day is one of my favorite movies, and (like Bronco) I’ve seen it over a hundred times. Okay, maybe just a dozen or two. However, there is a wonderful detail I never noticed until recently. I’m probably the last … Continue reading
Why Data Is the Best Star Trek: The Next Generation Character
I remember years ago on Reddit visiting the Star Trek subreddit and finding a post entitled, “I just finished watching TNG for the first time. Who is your favorite character, and why is it Data?” That made me laugh. It’s … Continue reading
Clever Foreshadowing in The Dark Knight
I love the dialogue in The Dark Knight. It’s punchy, full of memorable lines, and has plenty of excellent callbacks to Batman Begins and earlier lines within the film itself. “You either die a hero, or you live long enough … Continue reading
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Tagged action movies, batman, comic books, films, movie review, movies, movies based on books, sequels, the dark knight, two-face
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We All Need a Pat on the Back Sometimes
I’d like to share a little story from when I was a new father. My first son was just over a year old when my daughter was born. It was hard having two young babies so close to each other. … Continue reading
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Tagged action movies, family, fathers, films, james t kirk, movie review, movies, relationships, science fiction, sequels, star trek
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And I Thought My Jokes Were Bad
Remember that 2008 movie where, near the start, a bunch of mobsters’ money disappears from every bank in their city and gets put into one big pot that none of them have control over? And yet they’re told (by the … Continue reading
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Tagged action movies, batman, comic books, films, joker, money, movie review, movies, movies based on books, sequels, superhero, the dark knight
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My Hands Look Like an Old Movie Right Now
If you’ve ever seen Beneath the Planet of the Apes, you’ll be able to appreciate what I’m about to say. In that movie, there are a group of mutants who appear to be perfectly normal humans on the outside. However, … Continue reading
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Tagged films, movies, planet of the apes, science fiction, sequels
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The Man Upstairs
As a father, I’m in uncharted territory. For more than a decade I’ve been raising a bunch of young children, but that is changing. I officially have a teenager now. My eldest son is a good soul, which bodes well … Continue reading
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Tagged animated films, children films, fathers, films, God, humor, jokes, lego, movie review, movies, personal, relationships, the lego movie
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