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Return to the Wild
On November 25th 2014, PBS aired a documentary about Christopher McCandless titled “Return to the Wild”. It touches on more of the background and childhood of Chris and provides a great introduction to the book by his sister Carine McCandless “The Wild Truth”. Documentary “Return to the Wild“ Memoir “The Wild Truth“
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Movie – Oblivion
This is somewhat of a belated review of the movie “Oblivion” starring Tom Cruise, Morgan Freeman, Olga Kurylenko, and Andrea Riseborough that was released in 2013. I first watched this movie 3 or 4 months ago and while it was “good”, it did not make much of an impression or stick with me. I wrote…
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Movie Review – Edge of Tomorrow
I saw this movie over the weekend and overall thought it was good, 7 to 8 out of 10 stars. Definitely a mishmash of many movies, but the plot is somewhat unique. There is also an edge of humor, especially around the fact that Tom Cruises’ character keeps getting killed in different ways, and the…
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Event – The State of Illusion
I am posting this upcoming local (St. Paul, MN) event and information about the film from an email that I received. The film is titled “People v. The State of Illusion”. I have not seen this yet, but will post a review once I do. Continuum Center, United Communities and the Jewish Recovery Network invite…
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Today’s music and other thoughts
Today is brought to you by the electronic/dub-step band Nero and their album “Welcome Reality”. In effort to let my mind wander and escape for a couple of hours, I watched the movie “Expendables 2”. Definitely nothing that would win an Oscar in any shape or form, but mind numbing action. To much in my…