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How Hard Can It Be?

Last Friday, the Missus and I went with Jesse and his crew to go see the movie Twilight.  (The Missus is a fan of the book.)  Yeah, you already know.  It was that bad.
The best line of the evening – approximately, “if dogs are man’s best friend, why can’t vampires and werewolves get along?” – [...]

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Nick and Nora’s Postcard of NYC

The Missus and I went to go see Nick and Nora’s Infinite Playlist tonight, and the Missus had the best take on it, which is that it was really a movie about NYC — like it was a postcard.  For us, it was seeing all the places we go.  (“Look!  There’s our exit on the [...]

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“I’m not even supposed to be here today.”

I went to go see the new romantic comedy that’s uses filming a porn movie as a device with Jesse and his crew this evening.
I forgot that it was a Kevin Smith movie and, as such, came with a lot of the Kevin Smith crew, including Jason Mewes and the guy who played Randal.
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Obnoxious thirtysomething blather

I watched the Big Chill this weekend because it was on TMC’s Oscar presentation.

My God! What a horrid, awful movie. What’s even more frightening is that people like it.
I kept hoping that serial killer Jason was going to invade the house and kill them all.

The better option is with the 30-second version [...]

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“She is Mrs. Kevin Bannister. She lives in Australia.”

The quote comes from High Fidelity, from the very first call to an all-time breakup ex-girlfriend that Rob investigates. Alison is Rob’s first girlfriend, and he calls the girl’s mom who says, “I hate to quibble with you, Rob, but Alison married her first boyfriend.”
That scene came to mind after my latest Googling adventure, [...]

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