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the money pit

We kicked off Brian’s Birthday Month of Comedies with a Family Movie Night! How’s that for a bunch of made up events? This was another one of those movies that did not hold up over time. It wasn’t horrible, but just not that great. Unfortunately, there aren’t a whole lot …

gran torino

Brian and I caught part of this movie on television a few months ago and wanted to see the rest, despite it being a Clint Eastwood film (I had just about all of the depression I could take from him after watching Mystic River and Changeling). While this movie also …

primal fear

This was a pretty good drama from the 90s. Netflix thought I might like it and I did. As Brian mentioned while we were watching the movie, it’s nice to watch something that’s not purposely trying to confuse you (Inception–I’m talking about you). The movie had the requisite twist at …

horrible bosses

This was a pretty funny movie. Not hysterically so, but funny nonetheless. The plot was about three friends who have “horrible bosses” and decide to kill them. You wouldn’t necessarily think that storyline would lend itself to a comedy, but it did a pretty good job with it. Jennifer Aniston …

finding nemo

Jake and I watched this movie quite some time ago (I think he had it on a VCR tape back in the day). Despite multiple viewings by Jake, Brian never saw the movie in it’s entirety, so we watched it on Friday night. The movie was quite good–an animated classic …