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Sunday’s Wisdom #366: Cherish it All
“There’s not a thing I don’t cherish.” – Cloud Strife, Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children Hailing from one of the most popular installments of one of the most famous and long-running video game franchises, Cloud Strife is absolutely one of … Continue reading
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Tagged Final Fantasy VII, Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children
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The First Lupin the Third Movie
Having seen the original anime on Adult Swim, I was surprised by just how kid-friendly this movie is. I do not complain, though I do worry a bit about the kids who walk unknowingly into the anime expecting something more … Continue reading
13 Movies for Halloween: A Countdown!
I am really not a fan of horror. That is, most of it just doesn’t manage to appeal to me (usually). I hate tragedies and love happy endings. I dislike stories about everyone dying, and the more horrific those deaths … Continue reading
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Tagged Casper, Fantasia, Ghost, Ghostbusters, Hocus Pocus, Ichabod Crane, Night on Bald Mountain, Scooby-Doo, The Brothers Grimm, The Canterville Ghost, The Haunted Mansion, The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, The Nightmare Before Christmas, Van Helsing, Young Frankenstein
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Sunday’s Wisdom #356: What Predators Fear
“It’s not what you did, son, that angers me so. It’s who you did it to.” “Who? The f****** nobody?” “That ‘f****** nobody’… is John Wick.” – Viggo Tarasov & Iosef Tarasov, John Wick I have not actually seen this … Continue reading
Sunday’s Wisdom #355: What Life Is
“Life is pain, Highness. Anyone who says differently is selling something.” – Westley/The Dread Pirate Roberts, The Princess Bride The exact circumstances surrounding this quote are slightly complicated and, I think, actually a little distracting from the point it makes. … Continue reading
Sunday’s Wisdom #350: Better Than Right
“You need to know, Willard, we’re good folks around here… With all the bother we’ve given you, it’s just the way we’ve been brought up. It’s us trying to do what we think is right.” – Waterman, The Fighting Preacher … Continue reading
Sunday’s Wisdom #349: Death and Judgment
“Many that live deserve death. Some that die deserve life. Can you give it to them, Frodo? Do not be too eager to deal out death and judgment. Even the very wise cannot see all ends.” – Gandalf, The Lord … Continue reading
Sunday’s Wisdom #347: What to Not Care About
“Don’t matter what you look like Don’t matter what you wear How many rings you got on your finger We don’t care, no, we don’t care!” – from “Dig a Little Deeper,” from The Princess and the Frog The story … Continue reading
Sunday’s Wisdom #346: Hang Together
“There’s no backing out now, for if we do not hang together, we shall most assuredly hang separately.” – Benjamin Frankling, 1776 Coming towards the end of this classic musical, Franklin is offering a darkly humorous remark on how they … Continue reading
Sunday’s Wisdom #338: I Will Always Need My Mom
“I need her to make me some cocoa and tell me that everything that is going badly in my life will sort itself.” – Kathleen Kelley, You’ve Got Mail It’s been awhile, but I seem to recall that Kathleen says … Continue reading
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