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Review of “Sicario: Day of the Soldado”
* * C Benicio Del Toro is back as Alejandro, a lawyer turned sicario (hit man) after his family was killed by the Mexican drug cartels. This time around, his CIA handler, Matt Graver (Josh “Thanos” Brolin) has been given … Continue reading
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Tagged benicio del toro, day of the soldado, isabela moner, josh brolin, matt graver, sicario
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Review of “The Accountant” (mild spoilers)
* * * B The Accountant stars Ben Affleck as autistic accountant Christian Wolff. When he is hired by Lamar Blackburn (John “Trinity” Lithgow) to look into an anomaly in the books discovered by Dana Cummings (Anna “Jessica” Kendrick), people begin … Continue reading
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Tagged anna kendrick, ben affleck, christian wolff, dana cummings, john lithgow, jon bernthal, lamar blackburn, movie review, the accountant
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Is Marriage Doomed?
A new article from Bently University claims to tell us Why Millennials Refuse to Get Married, without actually doing any such thing. Millennials are saying no to traditional marriage in record numbers…and that’s not all. In Western culture in the … Continue reading
Posted in philosophy
Tagged birth control, divorce, family courts, gallup, marriage, millenials, pew research
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Review of “The November Man”
* * C Pierce “Bond” Brosnan is former CIA agent Peter Devereaux. He is reactivated to bring in an old flame who has learned a secret about Arkady Federov (Lazar Ristovski), a man destined to become the next Russian president. … Continue reading
Who’s Afraid of Twitter Trolls?
Salon has an article called The Intellectual Dark Web conservatives fear in which it claims that anonymous Twitter accounts calling out right-wing media are the real Intellectual Dark Web. Sounds like whistling in the wind to me. If you read the article, … Continue reading
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Tagged alternative media, feminism, identity politics, intellectual dark web
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Review of “Solo: A Star Wars Story” (mild spoilers)
* * * B Considering the fact that Solo: A Star Wars Story lost more than 85 million dollars, it was actually pretty good. I agree with critics that it got off to a shaky start, but the first act … Continue reading
Review of “Safe House”
* * * B Safe House is a spy thriller involving a bored CIA agent, Matt Westin (Ryan “Deadpool” Reynolds), in charge of a safe house in South Africa is suddenly plunged into danger when renegade agent Tobin Frost (Denzel … Continue reading
