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Twenty years of reading, watching, writing, and asking questions. Explore my latest essays, book and movie reviews, and dispatches from the world of The Chronicles of Purgatory Station.
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The Wedding Crashers – A Movie Review
Loved Vince Vaughn in Swingers. Not so crazy about Vince Vaughn in The Lost World. Loved Vince Vaughn in Old School. Not so crazy…
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Sin City – A Movie Review
I don’t know if I’m getting older or what, but movies like Sin City just don’t do it for me anymore. I went into…
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The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou – A Movie Review
What can I say other than I loved this movie? It’s quirky, it’s understated, it’s inadvertently hilarious, and it’s the opposite of most every…
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Batman Begins – A Movie Review
I know this was a good movie because I went to see it with several friends and their wives, including mine, and the wives,…
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Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire – A Movie Review
Let me get this out in the open before I begin: I have never read a Harry Potter book. Therefore, the sum of my…
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The Legend of Zorro – A Movie Review
I greatly enjoyed the film The Mask of Zorro, so when I heard they were finally going to follow it up, I naturally became…
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The 40-Year-Old Virgin – A Movie Review
I’d heard a great deal of good things about this film starring former Daily Show star Steve Carell. I won’t lie to you, it…
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The Fantastic Four – A Movie Review
Let me begin by stating that while I am a self-admitted comic book fan, I am by no means a die-hard Fantastic Four fan. …
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