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The Spruce Goose
Not all that long ago I found myself out in the ghetto known as Portland, Oregon. Quite honestly the entire stay abysmal, offering little of redeeming value other than meeting a fellow author and my one day visit to the…
Review – Jason Bourne
★★☆☆☆ I’m a straight guy and this is an action movie. It pains me beyond belief to give Jason Bourne franchise such a low rating. The writers just plain got tired. They tried to save a bad script by bringing…
Review – Heist (2001)
★★★★☆ Heist is a well done movie. What it lacks in special effects it makes up for with story line and quality acting. Rather than relying on one big name to carry the story they gathered an ensemble cast and…
Review – Blood Diamond (2006)
★★★★☆ Ordinarily movies intent on invoking some social change focus so much on the change they end up being sucky movies. On rare occasions we get a true gem, no pun intended. The three main actors, Leonardo DiCaprio, Jennifer Connelly…
Review – Shakes the Clown
★☆☆☆☆ Shakes the Clown happened to be on a list somewhere. Some men’s magazine posted a list of 100 or so movies they thought every guy should have seen in their life already. Guess I’m not doing bad because I…
Review – Two Weeks Notice
★★★★☆ I know, Two Weeks Notice has been out forever. Movies in the romance category have to be out there for a long time before I get around to watching them. Surprisingly Two Weeks Notice was a lot less chick-flick…
Review – The Giver
★★★★☆ How can anyone not like a movie which has both Meryl Streep and The Dude (Jeff Bridges) in it? If you are a writer of dystopian fiction or social experimentation this is an all you can eat buffet of…