Posts tagged “movies”

Thinking about introducing my 12-yo son to an Amazon Women on the Moon and Attack of the Killer Tomatoes double feature.

Life is pain, highness. Anyone who says differently is selling something.
Dread Pirate Roberts,

I would rather watch three straight hours of Progressive commercials than another Avatar movie.

Dave (Warner Bros., 1993, Kevin Kline, Sigourney Weaver) is a perfect movie made even better by Charles Grodin and Ving Rhames. And it even has a cameo by the brilliant Nina Totenberg.

Okay. Doing a Godfather tribute in 2022 and being careful enough with the editing to avoid any spoilers is epic commitment.

We Aren’t Just Watching the Decline of the Oscars. We’re Watching the End of the Movies.

Great New York Times Opinion article by Ross Douthat but it misses 2 biggest reasons:

  1. fear of always-armed, gun-toting public and
  2. tix + dinner + babysitter + $12 popcorn = car payment

I’m legit still annoyed by all the midi-chlorian nonsense.

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bartender.live

A few years ago I was trying to determine what cocktails I could make with the alcohol I had at home. I searched the App Store but couldn't find an app that would let me do that, so I built one.

Hemingway

You can read dozens of essays and articles and find hundreds of links to other sites with stories and information about Ernest Hemingway in The Hemingway Collection.