what Dave thinks about movies, books and everything
{5/5} “A goal is a specific objective that you either achieve or don’t sometime in the future. A system is something you do on a regular basis that increases your odds of happiness in the long run.” How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big: Kind of the Story of My Life by […]
{4.5/5} “How could humans create so many right angles, when their behaviour was so convoluted and illogical?” The Young and Prodigious T.S. Spivet, released in 2013 T.S. Spivet is only a young boy but his design for a perpetual motion machine has won a contest at the Smithsonian. His father is a cowboy, his mother […]
{4.5/5} “Were those claw marks always there?” Jurassic World, released in 2015 Jurassic World is a successful theme park, but they keep having to come up with new things to keep the customers happy. The newest is Indominus rex, a genetically engineered dinosaur whose genes are top secret. Indominus is very smart and when it […]
{4.5/5} “Being a tax lawyer’s got nothing to do with the law. It’s a game. We teach the rich how to play it so they can stay rich. The IRS keeps, uh, changing the rules so we can keep getting rich teaching them.” The Firm, released in 1993 Mitch is graduating at the top of […]
Here’s an articulate article about guns in the US, with lots of charts. It’s really obvious what the problem is, what the solution is, and why they’re having trouble implementing the solution. The article is written by Matthew Speiser, and appears on the Business Insider website: DEAR AMERICA: Here’s why everyone thinks you have a […]
{5/5} “When embarking on a audacious crime, a duck needs a willing accomplice. A creature who is reliable, beyond suspicion, and above all extremely gullible.” Babe, released in 1995 Farmer Hoggett doesn’t usually keep pigs, but he guessed the weight of a pig at a fair and brought him home. When Farmer Hoggett gets the […]
{4.5/5} “Time for Daddy to go on a little vacation.” Tideland, released in 2005 Jeliza Rose has had a bit of a difficult childhood — both of her parents are drug addicts. When her mother dies, her father takes her to his childhood home out in the country. When he dies, Jeliza Rose must fend […]
{4/5} “Instinctively, the Captain knew not to ask her who she was to try, convict, and carry out a sentence for past crimes. The consciousnesses within Zhatan probably remembered the atrocities they suffered. To her — to all of them — this was not something from a school lesson. It was their personal history.” Star […]
{4.5/5} “Trying to teach Marilyn how to act is like teaching Urdu to a badger.” My Week with Marilyn, released in 2011 Colin’s family all have serious jobs but he wants to be in the movie business. He goes to London and gets a job as third assistant director on a movie with Lawrence Olivier […]
{4.5/5} “Do you want to tell me your story? I’ll listen.” Motive season 3, aired in 2015 Oscar has a serious health issue, but he doesn’t want to tell Angie about it. Oscar and Betty are getting friendlier. When Internal Affairs starts poking around, everyone is understandably tense. In one case the last person to […]