Weekend Roundup and The Whistleblower Review

Happy Tuesday, folks! Well, Minnesota weather is all but predictable and this weekend alone we seem to have gone through two seasons within a matter of 48 hours! On Saturday it was a balmy 69 degrees — people out driving their convertibles and walking in shorts 'n sandals. There's even a tornado touch down in …

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A Rant and a Question: Where do you get your movies?

This is what the Random Thoughts category is for. I haven't actually posted anything under that in a while but what happened today prompted me to this rant I rarely do on my blog. Before I get to my rant and question, let me give you a quick background. Well, yesterday I found out that …

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Music Break: The American President (1995)

Welcome to another edition of the Music Break series! Apparently I skipped one in October with the TCFF festivities. Well for this week, I was raking my brain to see what soundtrack I would highlight. Well, given today is post-election Wednesday, I figure it'd be fitting to highlight this Oscar-nominated score as Barrack Obama has …

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Weekend Roundup: Iron Sky, Good Will Hunting, Top Gear Vietnam Special

Happy Election Tuesday folks! For my fellow Americans who are going to the polls today, good for you for exercising your rights to vote! I'm not a US citizen yet or I would definitely be doing the same thing today! But whichever way you voted, I'm just glad that tomorrow there'll be NO MORE political …

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Five for the Fifth: November 2012 Edition

Hello folks, welcome to another 2012 edition of Five of the Fifth! As is customary for this monthly feature, I get to post five random news item/observation/poster, etc. and then turn it over to you to share your take on that given topic. You can see the previous five-for-the-fifth posts here. So let's get started, …

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Rental Picks: A Separation and The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel

Happy Friday! What will you be watching today, folks? Are you going to the cinema to see the latest of the Disney animated feature Wreck-It Ralph (check out my pal Terrence's review), the Kung-fu movie The Man with the Iron Fists or Denzel Washington's Flight? Well, if you decide to rent something, here are a …

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007 Chatter: Musings on Bond Villains and Top 7 Picks

It's the last day of the Bond month, the 50 year anniversary of the first Bond film, Dr. No, which opened in the UK on on October 5, 1962. These 007 posts are also part of the Skyfall countdown which will open on November 9 here in the US! As I don't cover the horror …

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