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Category Archives: Movies
“These guys don’t want your pity, they want your girlfriend.”
What happens when you get some of the most testosterone fueled men (who are quadriplegic by the way), put them in a wheelchair (which is more like a battering ram), and give them a ball? Quad-rugby. Quad-rugby is a sport … Continue reading
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Elephant
Having just finished watching the controversial film, Elephant, I’ll have to say that it was a very good, and also a rather haunting movie in which people will either love or hate. Some say this movie was Gus Van Sant … Continue reading
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How not to handle Hollywood success
I just finished watching the documentary Overnight, featuring Troy Duffy’s overnight rise and fall in Hollywood. If you don’t recognize the name, he was writer and director of the cult hit The Boondock Saints. TBS really was an entertaining movie … Continue reading
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A look into two cultures rarely seen
Over the past week, I had the pleasure of seeing two documentaries exposing two cultures in American society rarely seen up close, Born Rich and Devil’s Playground. Produced by 21 year old Jamie Johnson of the Johnson & Johnson family, … Continue reading