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Review – The Theory of Everything

★★☆☆☆ Over the course of this weekend I tried to watch “The Theory of Everything.” I must stress that I tried to watch it. When it got to the part with Stephen Hawking sprawled out on the stairs looking up at his child behind the stair blocker I had to…

Roland HughesJuly 24, 2019January 29, 2021

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Review – The Extra Man

★★★☆☆ The Extra Man an incredibly odd movie. While it is enjoyable, if you have any issues with alternative lifestyles being discussed you should definitely skip it. I put it on the rental list because Kevin Kline was in it. It’s not to say that I was disappointed with the…

Roland HughesJuly 23, 2019January 29, 2021

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Review – The Big Kahuna

★★★☆☆ The Big Kahuna takes a while to get into. I like Kevin Spacey and Danny DeVito so I gave it the time it wanted. If you like Kevin Spacey roles where his character does a lot of talking from left field, then you will find this enjoyable. It’s a…

Roland HughesJuly 22, 2019January 26, 2021

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Review – Side Effects

★★★★★ While many may find faults in Side Effects, I’m going to give it 5 stars. Put Side Effects on when you want to actually pay attention to a movie, not just have something on while you gorge yourself on pizza and beer. Jude Law disappears so far into character…

Roland HughesJuly 21, 2019January 26, 2021

Experience Publishing Technology

Word Processors for Writers – Be Careful of Your Tools

Now that The Phallus of AGILE is off for technical editing, I’ve had a bit of time to poke around seeking what’s new in Word Processing for Linux based authors. (Nobody, and I mean nobody uses Microsoft products.) Many of my books have been written with various flavors of OpenOffice.…

Roland HughesJuly 20, 2019January 29, 2021

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Review – Edge of Tomorrow

★★★★☆ I call Edge of Tomorrow the ex-wife movie or the ex-wife fantasy movie. What ex-wife hasn’t wanted shoot and revive former hubby endlessly? How unbelievably clever giving the straight female audience something besides Tom Cruise to pull them into the theater. Don’t worry guys there is plenty for you.…

Roland HughesJuly 20, 2019February 12, 2021

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Review – Deliberate Intent

★★★★☆ Deliberate Intent is a really good movie about a topic that never goes away. When does freedom of the press go too far? That is the question at the root of this movie and it keeps coming up time and time again in our current lives. Even if this…

Roland HughesJuly 19, 2019January 29, 2021