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January 6, film 5: Jarhead
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IDqH3fILDqI What? A brainy, booky kid enlists at the marines. This movie follows him as he gets trained up and participates i...
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January 7, film 6: Whip it
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RQGPdXnb2Gg What? Bliss is a misfit. She likes punk rock, but her mother takes her to pageants. She lives in a sleepy town ca...
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January 3, film 3: Zombieland
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=071KqJu7WVo What? It's a zombie comedie, so the story is pretty straightforward. The main character is at home, minding his o...
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January 5, film 4: The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gbPUiaRnQkU What? I will try to write synopses that are a bit lighter on spoilers from now on. Steve Zissou, a world famous o...
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Introducing: 365flicks
Earlier this week a friend of mine introduced me to an interesting project that a friend of his was doing: for a year he is writing a blog post for every mov...
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January 2, film 1: Trouble the Water
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cq426VjZD1E What? A documentary about the hurricane Katrina that hit New Orleans and it's aftermath. The movie starts with am...
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January 2, film 2: Avatar (3D)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aVdO-cx-McA What? After his scientist twin dies, a marine in a wheelchair called Jake Sulley gets shipped to another planet c...
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The End of a Dream
Working with Joost has been great for me. When I came in I had few marketable skills, little experience, and, not much wisdom about how people work. Now that...
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De bank die dood moest
(Apologies for a post in Dutch, but I want to comment on this affair and this is a) only interesting for Dutch people and b) my vocabulary for financial term...
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A long quiet
I'm going to post a lame-ass excuse for now. I have noticed that writing wise I have gone out of practice, so I'm brushing my writing skills before returning...
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