Posts Tagged ‘reviews’

Trader Joe’s French Market Reserve Merlot (2007) – Wine Review

10/30/2010

 Some people might think there’s a problem sipping Merlot at 7:30 am.  No way.

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Volpi Genova Salame – Food Review

10/23/2010

I actually thought I was buying something else.  But it turned out to be a good mistake.

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Salt (2010) – Movie Review

10/23/2010

She’s not Bourne again.  But she’s a fair Elvis.

 

 

 

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Yojimbo (1961) – Movie Review

10/02/2010

Westerns don’t get any better than this Eastern.

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The American (2010) – Movie Review

09/19/2010

Plenty of eye candy here, both nature and human.  However save this one for the DVD rental.

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Trader Joe’s Avocado Salsa Verde – Food Review

09/08/2010

Trader Joe’s Avocado Salsa Verde bites.  But bites in the good way.

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Trader Joe’s President’s Reserve Extra Virgin Olive Oil – Food Review

08/22/2010

Trader Joe’s President’s Reserve Extra Virgin Olive Oil is:  Italian, cold pressed, good looking, good tasting, the right price and is surprisingly difficult to photograph.  The only thing that could make it more perfect would be a picture of Sophia Loren.

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Inception (2010) – Movie Review

08/05/2010

Mission Impossible meets The Matrix.

Leonardo DiCaprio (playing Dom Cobb) finds himself in almost the same haunting memory he was in, in Shutter Island.  That is, searching for the truth about his wife and two children.  I’m sure this was purely coincidental, but it is an interesting aside.

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Splice (2010) – Movie Review

07/19/2010

I don’t know how this one got past the Syfy (Sci-Fi) Channel and actually got to the movies.  The guy behind me was wondering out loud if he could get his money back.  And, we only paid a dollar for the admission.  Well, I suppose there are worse movies that, fortunately, I never get to see.  However this one was pretty bad based on almost any criteria. 

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Clerks II (2006) – Movie Review

07/18/2010

Let us cultivate our garden.

For those of you who like the two philosophical stoners, Jay and Silent Bob, you’ll like Clerks II.  For those of you who might be offended by a hilarious parody of the Tijuana donkey show, or, first test, for those of you who don’t have a clue what the Tijuana donkey show is, better leave this one on the video rental shelf or take it off your Netflix queue.

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