Year: 2008
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3:10 to Yuma – A Movie Review
While the premise of this western is fairly straightforward, it is anything but simple thanks to two actors who give us their absolute best. Russell Crowe, playing a role he was born for, is Ben Wade, a charming, debonair, magnetic thief and murderer. Christian Bale plays Dan Evans, a dismembered Civil War veteran and small-time…
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Did I Write About This Already … Like Twenty Years Ago?
I know I just turned 31, but it’s a little too soon to be losing my mind, isn’t it? I mean, time travel is pure theory at this point, yeah? Because some weird things are going on which make me wonder if I’ve been thrown back into the eighties and nineties. I flip on…
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Timbuktu by Paul Auster – A Book Review
I absolutely admire Paul Auster because whenever I pick up one of his books, I totally have no idea what to expect. You’ve surely noticed how some authors basically tell the same story over and over again? Not Auster. I’ve read quite a few of his works by now, and while he has similar themes…
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2001: A Space Odyssey – A Movie Review
Recently I’ve been on an old-school science fiction kick. Unbelievably, I’d never seen what some critics have called one of the greatest movies of all time—2001: A Space Odyssey. I can honestly tell you it was with great enthusiasm I put it into the DVD player. To say I was unimpressed would be a…
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