Let me tell you, sometimes this working-for-a-living thing isn't all it's cracked up to be. For the past couple of weeks I've been in one of those high-pressure do-or-die phases that requires me to be at the office from six in the morning to six at ...
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Drive-By Movie Review: Zombieland
This is a review of the movie Zombieland starring Woody Harrelson, Jesse Eisenberg, Emma Stone, and Bill Murray.
Plot Summary: A cowardly shut-in named Columbus is forced to join up with a seasoned zombie slayer named Tallahassee in order to ...
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Drive-By Movie Review: The Good German
This is a review of the 2006 movie The Good German starring George Clooney, Tobey Maguire, and Cate Blanchette
Plot Summary: While in post-war Berlin to cover the Potsdam Conference, an American military journalist is drawn into a murder ...
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DVDs From Hell: How to Skip DVD Trailers & Ads
One recent weekend not too long ago I came home to find out that both my kids happened to be spending the night at neighbors' homes. Heh.
Of course, I'm sure all of you who are married with children know what that means.
But before that could ...
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Drive-By Movie Review: The Taking of Pelham 123
This is a movie review of the 2009 remake of The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3 starring Denzel Washington and John Travolta.
Plot Summary: Armed men hijack a New York City subway train, holding the passengers hostage in return for a ransom, and turning ...
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5 Nuggets of Financial Wisdom from The Thomas Crown Affair
The Thomas Crown Affair is a fun movie that grants the viewer permission to imagine a world where money is not a concern. It transports viewers to a world where private planes, yachts, European luxury cars, tropical excursions, fine art, and mansions ...
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The Top 9 Wall Street Movies of All Time
People's attention and obsession with money are never ending; whether we like it or not, we humans eat, sleep, and dream money. And why not? Money makes the world go round.
So, how do financial moneymakers do it, and how do they keep their ...
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Drive-By Movie Review: Four Christmases
This is a review of the 2008 movie Four Christmases starring Reese Witherspoon, Vince Vaughn, Robert Duvall, Jon Voight, and Sissy Spacek
Plot Summary: A couple struggles to visit all four of their divorced parents on Christmas Day.
Me: Can you ...
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The Trouble with Buying Movie Tickets Over the Internet
We all come across things in life that are wildly popular, even though it makes little sense to us.
Take "Duck Dynasty" -- going into its fourth season, it's one of the hottest shows on cable television.
I recently watched a couple of episodes ...
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Drive-By Movie Review: A Simple Plan (A Movie on the Ethics of Found Money)
This is a review of the 1998 movie A Simple Plan starring Billy Bob Thornton, Bill Paxton, Bridget Fonda, and Gary Cole
Plot Summary: Two brothers and a friend find $4 million in the cockpit of a downed plane. The pilot is dead. No one is looking ...
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Drive-By Movie Review: District 9
This is a review of the 2009 movie District 9 starring Sharlto Copley, Jason Cope, and Luis Minnaar
Plot Summary: An extraterrestrial race forced to live in slum-like conditions on Earth suddenly finds a kindred spirit in a government agent who is ...
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2009 Drive-By Movie Retrospective: Or How I Earn $4/Month Blogging (And You Can Too!)
Me: Well, Honeybee, thanks to Netflix you and I have watched a lot of movies from the comfort of our living room.
The Honeybee: I've got a question for you, Mr.Financial Genius: Is Netflix paying us for yet another one of your blatant plugs for ...
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Drive-By Movie Review: Star Trek
This is a review of the 2009 movie Star Trek starring Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, Leonard Nimoy, and Bruce Greenwood
Plot Summary: A chronicle of the early days of James T. Kirk and his fellow USS Enterprise crew members.
Me: The Internet - the ...
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Drive-By Movie Review: The Proposal
This is a review of the 2009 movie The Proposal starring Sandra Bullock, Ryan Reynolds, Craig T. Nelson, and Mary Steenburgen
Plot Summary: A pushy boss forces her young assistant to marry her in order to retain her visa status in the U.S. and avoid ...
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Drive-By Movie Review: The Uninvited
This is a review of the 2009 movie The Uninvited starring David Strathairn, Elizabeth Banks, Arielle Kebbel, and Emily Browning
Plot Summary: Anna returns home to her sister (and best friend) Alex after a stint in a mental hospital, though her ...
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Drive-By Movie Review: The Business
This is a review of the 2005 movie The Business starring Danny Dyer, Tamer Hassan, Georgina Chapman, and Geoff Bell
Plot Summary: A restless young man from South London is recruited to deliver a tin stuffed full of cash to a contact in southern ...
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Drive-By Movie Review (Halloween Edition): The Last House on the Left
This is a review of the 2009 movie The Last House on the Left starring Garret Dillahunt, Tony Goldwyn, and Monica Potter
Plot Summary: After kidnapping and brutally assaulting two young women, a gang led by a prison escapee unknowingly finds refuge ...
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Drive-By Movie Review: Vicky Cristina Barcelona
This is a review of the 2008 movie Vicky Cristina Barcelona starring Scarlett Johansson, Javier Bardem and Penelope Cruz
Plot Summary: Two girlfriends on a summer holiday in Spain become enamored with the same painter, unaware that his ex-wife, with ...
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Drive-By Movie Review: Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs
This is a review of the 2009 animated feature Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs starring the voices of James Caan, Neil Patrick Harris, Benjamin Bratt, Mr. T, Bill Hader, and Anna Faris.
Plot Summary: A timeless tale adapted from Ron and Judi ...
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Drive-By Movie Review: The Machinist
This is a review of the 2004 movie The Machinist starring Christian Bale and Jennifer Jason Leigh
Plot Summary: Trevor Reznik is a factory lathe worker who can barely tell whether he exists anymore. He hasn't slept for a year and he is so thin he is ...
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