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Category: Movie Recommendations

Book/Movie Recommendations

04/05/2017

Book Recommendations, Movie Recommendations

The first book is Sleepers. It tells the story of four boys from semi different backgrounds from Hell’s Kitchen in Manhattan. They were forced to rely on each other during a dark time in their childhoods, and as they grew into adults, they found themselves unwilling and unable to let the events of the past…
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Movie Recommendation: City of God

04/02/2017

Movie Recommendations

City of God or its Portuguese name Cidade de Deus was released worldwide in 2003. It’s about gang life in Rio de Janeiro. It involves a kid, Rocket, who grows up with a camera in hand. He doesn’t want any participation in this illegal lifestyle. He remains in proximity to the gang members as he…
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Movie Recommendation: The Fly

03/26/2017

Movie Recommendations, Random Posts

A movie I haven’t seen in a while is The Fly. I’m talking about the David Cronenberg movie where I never looked at Jeff Goldblum the same way. The metamorphosis of his character was one of greatness. Yes, I prefer character driven movies vs. action based movies although I have no issue watching any Fast…
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Some Make It While Others Don’t in Hollywood

03/13/2017

Movie Recommendations

Child Actors, Hollywood

I’ve been thinking about the 80s. I was all about Punky Brewster, Different Strokes, Facts of Life, and the occasional morning cartoons. Scooby Doo and Smurfs come to mind. As a child yourself, you don’t think about what child actors and actresses experience as they are catapulted into stardom. As you grow older and learn…
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Top 100 by Rotten Tomatoes

03/08/2017

Movie Recommendations

Best 100 Movies, Rotten Tomatoes

Along with never finding enough time to read 100+ books, whittle down 160 Netflix queue picks, watch my growing Blu-Ray and DVD collection, write my short stories and novels, I find making lists are not only beneficial but calming. Some Hollywood fans will have seen all of these films and for that I am a…
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Top Ten Lists from AFI and RT

03/08/2017

Movie Recommendations

AFI, Movies, Rotten Tomatoes, Top Ten

Because it is much more time consuming and fun to compile lists of already decided upon top films, which I only included the first ten in the categories.
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