I love it when I watch a movie or TV show and hear a mention of a place that I’m familiar with. Of course, I’m not talking about major cities like New York, L.A., or Chicago, since they get mentioned often enough. I’m talking about lesser-known places like Slippery’s Tavern in Wabasha, MN, which hosted a few scenes from the comedy Grumpy Old Men. I used to eat at Slippery’s every now and then when I was in college, so it was cool to hear the mention in the film.
I also recently watched Mindhunters, which was supposed to take place near the Outer Banks of North Carolina (even though the movie was actually filmed in the Netherlands). I’ve never been to the Outer Banks, but have been considering taking a family vacation there at some point, so it was still neat to get the reference there.
And I don’t know why, but I do tend to like movies a bit more when they have that touch of familiarity about them. Heck, I even like Home Alone because the main house is in Winnetka, which is not too far away from here. What can I say, I’m easy to please!
The Indiana Jones series is one of my favorite movie franchises ever, so I was pretty excited to see this little
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So I was out to dinner with a friend last night when the conversation turned to our least favorite directors. My friend can’t stand Oliver Stone and basically refuses to watch anything that he does. Mine has got to be Anthony Minghella. His three major motion picture releases to date —
After watching football all day, I decided to cap off the evening by watching a movie. I rented the 2005 Tony Scott flick
Domino teams up with a couple of veteran bounty hunters and the three of them basically walk around kicking ass and taking names. Then the plot gets pretty convoluted as they get caught up in a fake heist that goes terribly wrong. It would be an exercise in futility to try to recap the plot here, so I won’t bother.
At first, Akeelah is reluctant because she doesn’t want to endure even more bullying from her classmates. But the principal basically forces her to do it, and of course she wins easily. Another man, Dr. Larrabee (
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I’ve gotta say that I absolutely hate movies like this. Look, I’m not saying that I need every plot detail to be spoon-fed to me, but what’s the freaking point of making everything so obscure and complicated? I mean, what kind of audience was this movie supposed to appeal to? I watch a wide variety of films and am able to enjoy everything from slapstick comedy to more cerebral fare. But seriously, I just don’t get what the hell everyone is raving about with