what Dave thinks about movies, books and everything
{5/5} “It’s true. The whole world does have paid maternity leave, except for the 2 countries too poor to afford it — Papua New Guinea and this place [the US].” Where to Invade Next, released in 2015 Michael Moore visits countries around the world that have some ideas he believes Americans should consider adopting. He […]
For many years I boycotted the movies of Sylvester Stallone and Arnold Schwartzenegger. I believed — and I still believe — that their movies, on the whole, were detrimental to society. The extreme violence is not good for anyone to watch, and I wanted to make some sort of protest of its existence. To watch […]
{4.5/5} “Life isn’t some cartoon musical where you sing a little song and all your insipid dreams magically come true. So let it go.” Zootopia, released in 2016 Judy Hopps is a determined bunny — she’s the first bunny to graduate from the police academy. Assigned to parking in Zootopia, she inserts herself into a […]
This list continues from part 6. Here are some actors who starred in movies and later in a TV show, and I started watching that TV show because of them. Geena Davis I haven’t seen Davis in that many movies, but she particularly wowed me in A League of Their Own. It was because of […]
{5/5} “All families were a composite of stories, and yet her own, it seemed, comprised more layers of tellings and retellings than most. There were so many of them, for one thing, and they all liked to talk and write and wonder. Living as they had at Loeanneth, a house rich with its own history, […]
This list continues from part 5. Drew Barrymore Barrymore first wowed audiences as a kid in E.T. but has done much more interesting work as an adult. She also directed Whip It. Masterpiece 50 First Dates Great movies Charlie’s Angels Confessions of a Dangerous Mind Ever After Everybody’s Fine The Wedding Singer Whip It Good […]
{5/5} “You see, Detective Murdoch focuses on the physical evidence. I prefer to explore the inner workings of the human mind. That’s why he and I make such a good team.” Murdoch Mysteries season 5, aired in 2012 Julia married Darcy, and Murdoch freed a woman who had murdered a man who had assaulted her. […]
{4.5/5} “Socrates was, at first glance, a man of mundane appearance. He was of average height, for the time, and clean-shaven. He wore a dull-red robe and, considering the circumstances, he maintained a remarkably equanimity. And his eyes were extraordinary, conveying the impression that they were lit from within. When they fell on Dave, as […]
{4.5/5} “Those with the greatest power… protect those without. That’s my message to the world.” X-Men: Apocalypse, released in 2016 Charles is happily running his school for mutants. Erik is happily married and has a daughter in Poland, living a normal life. When Erik reveals his power to save a coworker, things go badly. When […]
{4.5/5} “Heterochromia is in reference to your eyes, which I have to say are stunning. One green, one blue. It’s a mutation. It’s a very groovy mutation. I’ve got news for you, Amy. You are a mutant.” X-Men: First Class, released in 2011 Charles Xavier and Erik Lensherr had very different childhoods. Charles lived in […]