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not january

Have I ever mentioned how much I hate January? There’s just nothing good going on this month. It gets dark before 5:00. The weather is always horrible. I could go on, but I won’t. But, I’m trying to make the most of the winter and I’ve been doing stuff around …

tropic thunder

This movie was a spoof on war movies. Specifically, it was a movie about making war movies. There were some funny moments in it and I thought Robert Downey Jr.’s role was hysterical (once they actually pointed out the fact that it was Robert Downey Jr. playing the role). Tom …

the hangover

This movie was quite funny–the scene the day after the bachelor party was priceless and the photos shown during the closing credits were hilarious. But, I think the movie would be better appreciated if you have actually been to a bachelor party before. Brian was laughing his ass off the …

away we go

This was a good date-type movie. It had the comedy/drama/romance thing going on. We both enjoyed it. Considering the good reviews it got, that was not surprising. What I did find surprising, however, was just how good of an actor Maya Rudolph is. Having only seen her on SNL and …

prayers for the dead

This was a pretty good crime novel. At times, I felt like I was reading Ed McBain, which is a compliment to the author, Faye Kellerman. The only negative, really, was that some of the dialog was forced. Really forced. The less annoying of the two examples was the main …