Good Stuff! Mitty, Non-Stop, and The Winter Soldier

By John Brown | October 13, 2014 - 10:11 am |April 20, 2015 John's Reviews - books, movies, whatever

The previews for The Secret Life of Walter Mitty didn’t look interesting at all. Furthermore, I’m not the biggest Ben Stiller fan. He’s a fine actor; I just haven’t been in the audience for a lot of his movies. Then someone I know recommended the film, and I decided to give it a go with →

Good Stuff! Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand

By John Brown | October 5, 2014 - 9:32 pm |April 20, 2015 John's Reviews - books, movies, whatever

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Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand is the finest book I’ve read in some time. It’s tells an engrossing and true World War 2 story about Louis Zamperini, who started out in life as a steal-and-run trouble-maker. He was a kid who’d try the patience of Job. His mother tried to reform him to no avail. His father →

Good Stuff! Saving Mr. Banks, Elementary, Captain Phillips, & Lone Survivor

By John Brown | June 23, 2014 - 2:10 pm |April 20, 2015 John's Reviews - books, movies, whatever

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Over the last two months I’ve been able to squeeze in a couple of hours to watch a few shows and some episodes of a TV series. I was plesantly surprised to have actually had a wonderfully good run. If you haven’t watched any of these, you’re in for some awesome entertainment. Saving Mr. Banks I didn’t →