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Les Misérables 2012
Yes. It is worth the time.
Yes. It is worth the ticket price.
Yes. It is worth the tears I shed.
Yes. With the director in the end credits, I thank his parents for teaching him to love musicals.
Yes. Yes. Yes.
See it.
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Casa De Mi Padre 2012
This movie is entirely in Spanish with subtitles. That alone tells us it is not quite Will Ferrell's usual fare. It is like a cross between a Spanish telenovela and an old fashioned B-movie Western (definitely B-movie). Those elements made me somewhat interested in the movie and when a coworker said it was just funny without being broad, I gave it a try.
Armando (Will Ferrell) is the good hearted, somewhat simple, son of a Mexican rancher. His brother, Raul,…
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Firefly 2005
Heavens to Betsy, they've got tv series in here! I watched this from the beginning, mourned when it was canceled and rejoiced when Serenity was made. A unique show that introduced me to Joss Whedon's special kind of story-telling which is both old and new. If you haven't tried it then you're missing out.
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Howl's Moving Castle 2005
19-year-old Sophie has resigned herself to a drab life in her family's hat shop ... until she is cursed by an evil witch to have an 90-year-old body. She leaves home and goes searching for a way to break the spell. In the countryside she comes upon Howl's strange moving castle which walks about on large chicken legs.
Howl is the young wizard who owns the castle and Sophie soon becomes part of the household as the housekeeper. As she…
