what Dave thinks about movies, books and everything
{4.5/5} “There’s nothing wrong with nepotism as long as you keep it within the family.” The One Percent was released in 2006. It’s a documentary about the huge gap between the rich and the poor in the US. The title refers to the fact that one percent of the people in the US control roughly […]
{4.5/5} “If we’re going to Virginia why don’t we drop by Fort Knox? I could fly a helicopter through the lobby and set it down right inside the vault.” Ethan Hunt is part of a team of covert operatives who are members of a top-secret organization called the IMF. On a mission in Prague, his […]
{4.5/5} “Your mother and I believed Krypton lost something precious — the element of choice, of chance. What if a child dreamed of becoming something other than what society had intended? What if a child aspired to something greater? You were the embodiment of that belief, Kal.” Clark Kent is not an ordinary man. He […]
{5/5} “Somewhere out there is a lady who I think will never be a nun. Auf Wiedersehen, darling.” At the convent everyone likes Maria — except when she’s difficult. The Mother Superior decides to send Maria out into the world to be a governess, to see how she does at that. So Maria becomes a […]
{4.5/5} “They’re on the side of life — boring, old-fashioned, biological life; smelly, fallible and short-sighted, God knows, but real life. You’re ruled by your machines. You’re an evolutionary dead end. The trouble is that to take your mind off it you try to drag everybody else down there with you. The worst thing that […]
Here’s a good argument for outlawing tipping… Why tipping should be outlawed
{4.5/5} “Each and every one of these people are here because they serve a purpose. There’s no room here for non-essential personnel. If you want to help your family, let’s figure out how we stop this.” An outbreak of a new disease spreads around the world quickly — the disease basically turns people into zombies. […]
{4.5/5} “I hope you never have to know what it’s like to love someone and then find out you’re not enough.” Sam works for a company that facilitates barters between companies who have leftover stock. He’s a great salesman but he made a mistake on one of his deals and now he has to bribe […]
{4.5/5} “Did IQs just drop sharply while I was away?” Ripley’s escape pod drifted through space for 57 years until someone rescued her. When she told the Company about the aliens she encountered on LV-426 they didn’t believe her. But now contact with the colony on LV-426 has been lost. The marines are sent in to investigate, and […]
{4.5/5} “I really think your face is going to annoy me right now.” Jack’s brother has died and he’s having a tough time. His friend Iris invites him to stay at her family’s cottage for some alone time. When Jack arrives he’s surprised to find that Iris’s sister Hannah is there — she’s just broken […]