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I Love My Work
Several years ago, a friend of mine asked me how to start a blog and keep it going. I told him that he needs to love what he writes about. There’s no other way to consistently create something worth reading.
Merry Christmas, My Friends
Merry Christmas to all of you, my friends! I would like to offer you a Christmas present by walking you through the various categories of my website and my thoughts on why I created them and how they have turned … Continue reading
10 Important Life Lessons I Learned from My Mom and Dad
Happy Thanksgiving. I would like to give thanks this year to my mom and dad for everything they taught me during my formative years. They are such amazing parents, and they gave me so much by teaching me to be … Continue reading
Posted in Random Stuff
Tagged childhood, family, gratitude, holiday, love, parents, personal, relationships, thanksgiving
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Welcome and Merry Christmas
This has been a fantastic year in many ways. I’m optimistic about the future, and I have quite a few ideas for movie-related articles that I can’t wait to share with my wonderful readers. In the past few weeks I … Continue reading
How to Be Happy
Happy Thanksgiving, everyone! I have much to be grateful for. I live a happy life. And it’s not because I’ve had everything handed to me on a silver platter. Lasting happiness isn’t the product of ease, but of determination. I’ve … Continue reading
Posted in Random Stuff
Tagged advice, gratitude, happiness, holiday, personal, thank you, thanksgiving
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Why It’s a Wonderful Life Succeeds and Click Fails at Telling the Same Story
It’s a Wonderful Life quietly debuted in 1946 and went on to become one of the most beloved Christmas classics of all time. Sixty years later, Click showed up as yet another example of Adam Sandler’s slowly declining career after … Continue reading
Posted in Movie Matchups
Tagged adam sandler, black and white films, christmas, classic films, click, comedy, drama, films, frank capra, holiday, its a wonderful life, movie review, movies, science fiction
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Thank You to My Wonderful Readers
Happy Thanksgiving, everyone. My biggest priority in creating and maintaining this website is to have fun sharing new ways of looking at movies. And I’m so pleased that I’m reaching an ever-growing audience of people who are as eager to … Continue reading
Posted in Random Stuff
Tagged back to the future, chiasmus, gratitude, holiday, kindness, thank you, thanksgiving
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Thank You from the Deja Reviewer
To all of my readers, thank you for helping to make my website such a huge success. I got my 1 millionth view and my 1,000th follower last month, and everything just keeps booming. I am amazed by what has … Continue reading
Predator Is Surprisingly Deep for an Action Movie
Happy April Fools’ Day. I’m only half-joking when I say that the 1987 classic Predator is surprisingly deep for an action movie. It’s not exactly the kind of movie you watch hoping for a lot of subtext to analyze. Predator … Continue reading
Posted in Random Stuff
Tagged 1980s, action movies, arnold schwarzenegger, films, funny, holiday, humor, movie review, movies, predator, puns, science fiction, terminator
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Movie Matchups: Santa Claus: The Movie vs. Superman: The Movie
Oh, those crazy Salkinds. If you’re not a Superman fan you probably don’t have a clue who Ilya and Alexander Salkind are. Back in the ‘70s and early ‘80s they had huge aspirations for the U.S. film industry. They wanted … Continue reading
Posted in Movie Matchups
Tagged 1980s, action movies, christmas, comic books, films, holiday, movie review, movies, santa claus, science fiction, superman
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