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Dec05

Movies You Missed: Mother

by tonyd on December 5, 2016 at 12:01 am

I’ve always been a huge Albert Brooks fan, but I somehow missed this movie. I heard it was great and I never got around to renting it back when renting a tape or a DVD was still a thing. Finally, this movie reached the point where it just happened to be on Netflix, so I watched it. It was pretty good.

Brooks plays John, a twice divorced writer whose life has gone into a spiral. Determined to find out where his life went wrong, he moves back in with his mother, played by Debbie Reynolds. Rob Morrow plays his younger, more successful brother. Brooks doesn’t go for the huge laughs, as you might expect from a more recent comedy. It hovers in the realm of reality which makes the movie realistic, but maybe not as funny as it could be.

I related to the movie somewhat because Brooks plays a writer. Ultimately, his character discovers more about his mom than himself and that revelation “cures” his writer’s block. The movie is solid, but not hilarious. It moves steadily, but seems almost slow in comparison to more recent comedies. I would say the movie will be liked by older movie fans because it’s more amusing than hilarious.

I give Mother a thumbs up. It’s now playing on Netflix. Worth a watch.

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Dec04

Your Fratoscope: December 4, 2016

by tonyd on December 4, 2016 at 1:17 am

If your birthday is this week: Your birthday will be awesome and everyone will read the webcomic you make with your uncle.

Aries: You’ll lose $5000 to your opponent playing solitaire.

Taurus: The stars say, take a jacket, it’ll be cold.

Gemini: The cops will return that Walkman that was stolen from you and the investigation that retrieved it cost your town over two million dollars.

Lemini: You’ll get your Christmas shopping done early, because you have no friends.

Cancer: Your online scam works, but unfortunately everyone pays you in coupons for Trump University.

Leo: You’ll get sick of your flip phone as it has flipped you off one too many times.

Virgo: You’ll get the blues, but some Claritan clears it right up.

Libra: Your proposed Masturbation Tax is shot down in committee, as it would be expected to raise too much money.

Scorpio: You’ll get a back rub from a stranger on the bus, but he’ll refuse to give you a happy ending.

Sagittarius: You’ll spend the rest of this year planning and holding a Christmas party at work because no one does shit this month.

Capricorn: This week, you’ll increase your normal six packs of sugar in your coffee to eight.

Aquarius: Your online political argument you started before the election finally ends.

Pisces: You’ll eat your weight in steak

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Dec03

Ten Things I Expect in a Viking Tool Kit

by tonyd on December 3, 2016 at 12:01 am

I minored in anthropology in college because they didn’t have an archaeology minor and a whip studies minor, so I could be Indiana Jones if need be. Recently, they found a Viking tool kit and here’s ten things I’d expect.