Mat Brewster is a periodic ex-pat wondering if he'll ever find a home. You can find him musing on pop culture, and obsessing over concert bootlegs at The Midnight Cafe.
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They say Jackie Chan films are like pornos. The stories are flimsy, the acting atrocious, and everybody is waiting around until the action starts. If this is the case then Around the World in 80 Days is more like bad softcore porn you might catch on Showtime late Saturday night
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How To Feel Culture Shock While Standing in Line at a French Grocer
All I could understand from her smiling lips was "vert," the French word for green. I quickly ran through a list of questions that could possibly contain the word green.
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Shadows and Fog Review
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American History X Review
This is a powerful, moving film. Reading the boards on IMDB will attest to lives being changed through watching it.
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Khartoum Review
I believe Olivier is a African Muslim like I believe Heston is a Mexican cop. But we suspend our disbelief and all that for the sake of the story.
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Phantom of the Opera (book review)
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Nick Hornby's How to Be Good
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Out of Sight Review
It's hard to claim indi cred when you are picking up Jaws and Animal House.
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Ride With The Devil Review
However, true these things are, my 21st century mind had difficulties believing them.
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Aviator Review
Though Scorcese is often fascinated with eccentric, crazed lives, it is rare for him to give any reason for the lives of his characters.
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