Knives Out (2019)

It's a story of privilege and class when a family must come to grips with their wealthy patriarch's death by suicide and what that means for their pampered lifestyle. Daniel Craig plays the Sherlock Holmes private investigator Benoit Blanc, who doesn't even know who hired him (part of the mystery). While all the family members seem innocent enough, each has some level of motive…

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Tech Review: Skype

It has come a long way, and I will admit that it is getting better. That being said, I absolutely hate Skype and will only use it when there are no other options. I really like that there are join links now, so you don't have to mess around with trying to Skype-friend anyone you want to Skype chat or video call with. The…

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Tech Review: Discord

People swear by Discord. It's better than everything, or so they seem to think. Maybe I'm just getting old, but I really don't like Discord. I respect the audio quality and I think if it were a bit more simplified, it would be really good. Where it breaks down is how frightfully unintuitive it is. First, you have to create your own server. Fine.…

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John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum (2019)

He's back and marked for death. Due to the events of the second chapter, Johnny got himself into serious trouble. When he killed a prominent bigwig on neutral ground, he broke the rules and now he has to pay WITH HIS LIFE. The movie opens with John Wick frantically trying to prepare for his imminent excommunicado status. I guess that means he's out of…

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John Wick: Chapter 2 (2017)

He thought it would be easy to come out of retirement for a brief period to exact his revenge. Boy, was he wrong. In order for John Wick to retire in the first place, he had to swear a blood oath. Seems that the blood oath requires John Wick to do one last job for Santino D'Antonio, a mobster who wants his sister dead…

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John Wick (2014)

They stole his car and killed his dog. This means war. Keanu Reeves stars as the title character, John Wick, a retired hitman-for-hire who just wants to live his life in peace after losing his wife to a terminal illness. After some Russian thugs break into his house and beat him up, we wakes up to find his fancy Mustang stolen and his little…

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Killing Cars (1986)

Ralph (Jurgen Prochnow) is just an innocent engineer who wants to better the world with his car that runs on energy cells instead of gasoline. Car companies want his technology and oil companies want him dead in this German film from the mid-80s. For being an action thriller, it sure takes a long time to get going. The pumping 80s soundtrack was great when…

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Sufjan Stevens & Lowell Brams – Aporia (2020)

This album, Aporia, came out a couple days ago as an early release for all the poor folks who are stuck at home trying not to get virused. For that, I thank you, Mr. Stevens, because I am one of those unfortunate folks. There is something magical about the mostly instrumental electronic that evokes the sentiment of a Blade Runner/cyberpunk dystopia. Put it on…

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Terminator: Dark Fate

They tried so hard and got so far, but in the end it didn't even matter. When I first heard about this new Terminator sequel, I remained skeptical. The previous sequel Genisys was a complete train wreck on almost every level. The exciting part this time was that original series creator, James Cameron, was back to produce with Tim Miller (director of Deadpool) in…

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