Clint Eastwood is a really good director and this is a really good film. Riveting performance by Angelina Jolie and supporting cast makes it even better. I’m so glad oscar season is starting because the late summer/early fall is a train wreck. This film kept me interested the whole time, always wanting to see more.…
DetailsI like the idea of showing a darker Bond. A Bond who doesn’t have gadgets and catch phrases. Just brooding rage and deadly precision. But this film is a little slow at points. Daniel Craig is a great 007, but Quantum was just ok. The film picks up right after were “Casino Royale” ended which…
DetailsWhen I see a biopic I always ask, “Is this how it really went down?” In “Frost/Nixon” I vowed to renew my membership to the Museum of TV and Radio so I can watch the actual interviews. Also want to listen to as many of the Nixon Whitehouse tapes as possible. I want to do…
DetailsI first want to thank my parents for never putting my brother and sisters in Catholic school. We went to a “hippie” church in the 70’s that had guitar mass with weirdo modern dancers, patchouli oil and insane amounts of plaid and hair. It wasn’t until I was in my 20’s that I learned that…
DetailsI lived in Germany for a year when I was kid. My dad had a research grant so we left Madison, WI and moved to Munich. Germans by and large are a bunch of humorless bureaucrats. Living up to all the stereotypes. Some of them were nice loving people. None of them had English accents.…
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