Man of the House (2005)

This was a funny, enjoyable movie.

Tommy Lee Jones stars opposite five very self aware, cute college cheerleaders who witness a murder. As a result, he is charged with guarding them and keeping them hidden until he and the rest of his police unit can figure out who the killers are.

The movie is such a trip because Tommy Lee is a no-nonsense, lonely man who has forgotten how to interact with society, women, and

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Lemony Snicket’s – Series Unfortunate Events (2004)

I was pleasantly surprised by this movie. Turned off by how incredibly childish the Harry Potter Movies are, I watched this movie largely in part to see Jim Carrey. But soon I was taken in by the imagination and the life the story possessed.

The three Baudelaire children are orphaned in the beginning of the movie, and sent away to live with their peculiar and very evil uncle Count Olaf. They then exchange the hands

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Constantine (2005)

This being a comic book movie, I had to see it. I wasn’t too nervous about it being stupid, because I had not basis to judge it on. But, I was nervous about Keanu Reeves. But this movie was really cool.

Keanu Reeves is Constantine, a man who can see demons, and basically uses that to banish them to hell. Then, by fate he runs into Rachel Weisz who is looking for answers into

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Captain Corelli’s Mandolin (2001)

We got this free from the library, and man am I glad.

Starring Nicolas Cage, Christian Bale, and Penelope Cruz, this movie is set in Greece in World War II. A love story across two very different cultures, Cage comes with his fellow Italian brigade to peacefully occupy Greece. Cage and Cruz fall in love, and then all hell breaks loose.

Cage is a man of peace, happiness, and singing. He sings with his

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On the Road – Pittsburg Comicon

Well thank goodness for procrastination! I was in the middle of writing about Superman Red Son for my April posting when I was whisked away to the Pittsburgh Comicon. The old boy scout is going to have to wait until May, because we’ve got con to dish!

It all came together SO fast. My good buddy David Wray only brought it up on Wednesday. He said if I was free this weekend he would be kidnapping me & taking me to Pittsburgh.

I initially declined because it was my daughter’s birthday that …

Anne’s wedding in Little Rock Arkansas

Gosh, it’s been almost a month since Anne’s wedding in Little Rock. That was a fun trip.

It was about 8 hours of straight expressway driving, so that made things a little less stressful, until we got a touch lost on the

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Thomas and Andrea visit

The Lutheran convention for teachers was here in Indy this year, so everyone kind of converged on our awesome city. That included a visit from Thomas and Andrea Czinder. We had a ton of fun, one drinking night with video games, and then a trip on Saturday to Long’s Donuts. I did put Thomas to work helping me take apart our swingset, so that wasn’t hardly fun for him, but he was really great about it.

But, it was a

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