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• Review: Inception
  on Aug 3, 2010 in Cillian Murphy reviews Ellen Page Tom Hardy Movies Leonardo DiCaprio Christopher Nolan Joseph Gordon-Levitt Non je ne regrette rien Ken Watanabe Inception Marion Cotillard
  Grab a Snickers ... we're gonna be here a while ...First of all, can we just take a moment and let Christopher Nolan's young film resume sink in a little? Since breaking out with the memorable "Memento," he's directed "Insomnia," "Batman Begins," "Th...
• Rocky Balboa and Ivan Drago reunite!
  on Jul 31, 2010 in The Expendables Movies Dolph Lundgren Rocky IV Sylvester Stallone
  So Sylvester Stallone has this movie coming out called "The Expendables," which includes Mr. Dolph Lundgren among a dream-cast crew of tough guys traveling around the world and kicking ass, basically.Found this little gem on YouTube:Not a lot there,...
• Why we love Bruce
  on Jul 29, 2010 in Music Asbury Park Alejandro Escovedo The Promised Land Backstreets Gaslight Anthem Eric Meola Rolling Stones Bruce Springsteen Beast of Burden Stone Pony
  In the spirit of Bruce Springsteen performing "No Surrender" with Gaslight Anthem's Brian Fallon at the London Calling: Live in Hyde Park concert (I have still yet to see this concert in its entirety somehow), Springsteen made a surprise appearance a...
• Review: The Eclipse
  on Jul 22, 2010 in reviews The Deer Hunter soundtracks The Mornington Singers Robert De Niro The Eclipse Conor McPherson Cobh Ciaran Hinds Ireland Movies Iben Hjejle Aidan Quinn
  For the majority of this movie, I wasn't sure where "The Eclipse" was going. And even after watching it, I'm not sure what it was supposed to be. Was it a ghost story? A love story? A character drama? A thriller?But as the movie progressed, I found t...
• Past meets present: Chris Sabo returns
  on Jul 21, 2010 in Chris Sabo Paul O'Neill Chicago Cubs Norm Charlton Pedro Borbon bobblehead Baseball Cincinnati Reds Great American Ball Park Randy Myers Aaron
  Weekend photo galleryLet me make one thing crystal clear here before we go any further. I am a Cubs fan -- for better or for worse, mostly worse -- lest you get the wrong idea from all the Reds data that has been posted as this blog has started out.M...
• Review: Hombre
  on Jul 14, 2010 in reviews Movies Paul Newman Diane Cilento western Hombre Richard Boone Barbara Rush
  Man, I got a big kick out of this one."Hombre" centers around John Russell (Paul Newman), a white man raised by Apaches. Through inheritance of a boarding house, he's drawn out of the mountains, where he was living among the Indians -- who are suffer...
• Review: The White Ribbon
  on Jul 13, 2010 in reviews Susanne Lothar A Mighty Fortress is our God soundtracks Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott Movies hymn The White Ribbon Michael Haneke
  I wanted to tell a story of a group of children who took the ideals practiced by their parents' generation and obeyed them blindly. But once you start to obey an ideal blindly, it becomes inhuman. That is at the root of every form of terrorism. -- Di...
• Wood you believe it?!
  on Jul 11, 2010 in Philadelphia Phillies Ryan Hanigan perfect game Miguel Cairo Dusty Baker Baseball Cincinnati Reds Jimmy Rollins Carlos Ruiz Travis Wood Roy Halladay
  Astonishing game in Philadelphia tonight.The Cincinnati Reds' Travis Wood, making his third Major League start, carried a perfect game into the ninth inning before it was broken up by a double by the Phillies' Carlos Ruiz -- who was just activated fr...
• Review: Facing Ali
  on Jul 10, 2010 in reviews Muhammad Ali Ron Lyle Joe Frazier boxing Movies Larry Holmes Ken Norton Earnie Shavers Facing Ali George Foreman
  There was a lot to like about this recent documentary I came across. "Facing Ali" weaves the reflections of several boxers who got into the ring against Muhammad Ali, and their stories are accompanied by archived footage of their fights.I liked how t...
• Review: Invictus
  on Jul 7, 2010 in reviews soundtracks Morgan Freeman Movies Invictus rugby poem Nelson Mandela Matt Damon South Africa poetry Clint Eastwood
  I popped in "Invictus" before work yesterday, and I was surprised to find myself still thinking about parts of it today.It's a great story. Nelson Mandela (Morgan Freeman) -- in his first term as the South African president after having been imprison...

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