Tag: movies

Quotable: J. B. Morton

“Not only must Justice be done; it must also be seen to be done.” from Rex v. Sussex, though I first heard it in the 1985 movie The Black Arrow, based on the Robert Louis Stevenson novel of the same name.

Weepy

n., A romantic and sentimental film or book. “Who’s Nicholas Sparks?” “Oh, you know, that guy that writes all those weepies.”

Overheard while watching Ghostbusters: 15 yr old female

Girl: Even the Amish people are jumping! Guy: Those are Orthodox Jews.

VBS 2013 Development Diary: #1

Every year since 2004* I either write or co-write the script for the skits that we use in our church’s vacation Bible school, as well as acting, directing / co-directing, designing the logo, and creating and/or supervising the production of the sets, props, and costumes. It can be massively rewarding, and a ton of fun. …

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Quotable: Kenneth Branagh on the Thor DVD Commentary

“If I’d’ve had this opportunity on previous films they’d all have cost squinty billion dollars.”

Review: Brave

We saw Pixar’s Brave last weekend. It was OK. I didn’t love or hate the movie; it was just fine. Really, it just seemed like pretty much every other Disney princess movie: I’m a young princess, I don’t want to do any thing I don’t feel like doing, I am willing to do bad things …

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Review: Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves

Nostalgia You know how you have fond memories of a TV show or movie from when you were young, and when you finally get to see it again as an adult (or in this case, older adult), it isn’t quite how you remembered it? Sometimes it’s good, sometimes it’s amazing, but some other times, well, …

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Quotable: Jenny from Big Fish

“No, it’s logical if you think like your father. See, to him, there’s only two women: your mother and everyone else.”

Movie Review: The Hunger Games

I haven’t read The Hunger Games, and haven’t really paid attention to the book series. I had the barest concept of the story from The Baby, who liked the first book, was cool to the second, and hated the third. So I had pretty much no expectations going in. I only went because the girls …

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Sgt. Kabukiman N.Y.P.D

So I was doing some research for another post and I stumbled across this:                       You can read about it here.