Category: Movies

Movie Review: Total Recall

IMDB, Total Recall“Total Recall” on IMDB

Sci-fi, 118 Minutes, 2012:

Whenever a new property based on Philip K Dick’s work comes along there’s a few minutes where I’m unabashedly hopeful that this time – just this once – maybe they’ll actually do the story in the book.  I’m always disappointed on that score.  Even when we end up with an excellent movie it’s always, essentially, an original story.  This is always a bad thing – these movies still tend to be pretty good – but it’s still disappointing.

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Hanukkah Movie Marathon: A Christmas Story

IMDB, A Christmas Story“A Christmas Story” on IMDB

Comedy, 95 Minutes, 1983

[My daughter recently discovered that all her Jewish friends go the movies on Christmas day.  She came up with the idea of watching a movie for  each night of Hanukkah.  This is number seven!  Apparently we’re perfectly fine celebrating Hanukkah by watching a Christmas classic.]

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