Movies
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Movie thoughts: Assault on Precinct 13 (1976)
Last week was the 5 year anniversary of the violence in Minneapolis and the assault on Minneapolis Precinct 3, so for people who like re-watching old action movies, John Carpenter’s classic 1976 movie is a good movie to re-watch. The events of Minneapolis in 2020 should be discussed by store owners and their staff, law Continue reading
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Movie Recommendation: 18 Again! (1988)
One of my nephews recently turned 18 years old, so he gave me a good excuse to rewatch the fun 1988 movie 18 Again!, starring George Burns as 81 year old Jack Watson and Charlie Schlatter as his grandson David Watson, but Jack inhabits David’s 18 year old body after an accident switches their souls. Continue reading
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Movie recommendation: Rocky (1976)
I recently rewatched the original Rocky movie after having last seen it over 15 years ago, and was reminded of what a masterpiece it is. The dialog is great and all of the actors gave excellent performances, they must have known they were working on something very special. In my opinion the characters are completely Continue reading
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movie of the week: Hoosiers (1986)
I grew up in a small town like John Mellencamp did, and the Hoosiers movie from 1986 is one of the best movies about small town basketball in the mid 20th century. Hoosiers takes place in the 1950s, and 10 years later all throughout the 1960s, my dad and his 3 brothers played basketball in Continue reading
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movie of the week: Nomadland (2020)
I saw the movie Nomadland for the first time this weekend and can recommend it. I understand why it won the Academy Award for Best Picture. It is so realistic it could be a documentary. It is a great tribute to all hard working blue collar workers around America. I think it would be a Continue reading
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movie of the week: Brian Banks (2018)
Tomorrow is Brian Banks birthday, and I can highly recommend the movie that was made about the first 27 years of his life. It is a must see for anyone interested in the workings of the American court system and bad lawyers, and how someone’s freedom can be taken away by someone not telling the Continue reading
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movie of the week: US Marshals (1998)
U.S. Marshals was released in 1998. It is kind of a sequel to Harrison Ford’s The Fugitive (1993), only because it has the same The Fugitive actors playing their original jobs with the same names. It can be viewed independently from The Fugitive. What makes this a great movie is the acting and the dialogue, Continue reading
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movie of the week: The Devil’s Own (1997)
Harrison Ford is in the news this week with his latest Indiana Jones movie this coming weekend in theaters. In advance of that I watched the 1997 movie The Devil’s Own starring Harrison and Brad Pitt. Over 20 years after the release of this movie, Harrison said he was still proud of it, and in Continue reading
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movie of the week: No Retreat, No Surrender (1986)
I enjoyed rewatching an early Jean-Claude Van Damme movie called No Retreat, No Surrender. It was released in 1986. Thanks to my parents driving me to lessons, I signed up doing Tae Kwon Do in 1988, so it brings back a lot of memories from the late 1980s and early 1990s. The Karate Kid movie Continue reading
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movie of the week: 1993’s The Sandlot
Some friends at work are attending a baseball game this week, so I used it as a good reason to re-watch a good baseball movie. Hard to believe the movie is now 30 years old! The movie has a nice summertime feel, and it features Ray Charles’ great version of America the Beautiful during the Continue reading
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