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Why no prison time for big pharma?
As I look at the settlement for Purdue Pharma and a few others, I have to ask the question, “Why no prison time for big pharma?” Has American politics and by extension the Justice Department gotten so corrupt that any…
Review – Sicario
★★☆☆☆ I hate to admit it, but I was really disappointed with Sicario. It had all of the right things behind it and it failed. I rented this movie because it had Emily Blunt and what ordinary guy doesn’t like…
Review – Stolen (2012)
★★★☆☆ Nicolas Cage action movies tend to not disappoint me. I will admit some of his more experimental stuff can be massive dis-interesting flops, but he tends to know how to do action well. Having said that, I understand that…
Review – Prisoners (2013)
★★☆☆☆ You might want to avoid having a few glasses of wine before watching Prisoners. Perhaps someone who is a parent could get into it more. I did eventually get into it, but, Prisoners doesn’t completely succeed when it comes…
Review – Styx (2001)
★★★☆☆ I have seen Styx a few times since it came out. Peter Weller generally gives a good performance and tends to choose roles he can do well in. Since the Millenials won’t have any idea who he is I…
Review – Rachel Getting Married
★★★☆☆ Rachel Getting Married is a weird yet decent movie. I liked much of it. One liners were good. Rachel Getting Married almost worked in a dysfunctional kind of way. Definitely worth watching a time or two. I cannot say…
Review – The Purge and The Purge Anarchy
★★★☆☆ The Purge and The Purge Anarchy are for when you feel like a video game, but don’t feel like actually playing the game yourself. The Purge even had some worthy writing, not so much in the lines, but the…