By Guest on August 19, 2010
By Roshawn Watson
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, mansions, and a stolen Monet painting worth $100 million are the norm.
In watching this caper, we see a rare glimpse into the life of someone who literally had too much money. We see how he acquired it, how he kept it, and how he became bored by it.
Of course, no one ever promised vast wealth would bring happiness.
Indeed, Thomas Crown (played by Pierce Brosnan) is a Wall Street paragon so bored with his success and wealth he’s taken to stealing and other risky activities just to feel alive.
As implausible as that may seem, there are some pragmatic personal finance lessons
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By Len Penzo on August 18, 2010
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 actually happen I had to grease the skids. Er, so to speak.
Both the Honeybee and I are homebodies, so we decided to cook up some steaks at home and rent a movie.
I sauteed us some fresh mushrooms and then cooked us up a couple of nice rib eyes (cooked rare, and lightly marinated beforehand in Italian dressing). Our steaks were accompanied by baked potatoes loaded with butter, sour cream, chives and bacon bits.
Oh yeah, it was delicious.
Before I knew it the kitchen was cleaned up and it was movie time.
I popped us up some fresh hot popcorn and cracked open a frosty cold one. Meanwhile,
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By Len Penzo on June 2, 2010
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 for the money. To keep it, all they have to do is wait.
The Honeybee: I thought you swore off doing any more of these lame reviews. What’s the deal?
Me: Well, to be honest I kind of feel like Michael Corleone in Godfather III: “Just when I thought I was out… they pull me back in.”
The Honeybee: Is it just me, or does Pacino sound a lot like Kramer from Seinfeld there?
Me: The similarity is uncanny, Honeybee.
The Honeybee: So why did you pick this old movie to review, anyway? What’s the point?
Me: Well, a couple weeks ago I did a post on the ethics of
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By Len Penzo on March 8, 2010
The other night the Honeybee and I sat down and watched the 82nd Annual Academy Awards, and I have to say it was the most entertaining show I’ve seen since Billy Crystal was hosting.
Naturally, we recorded the event to avoid all the commercials.
Here’s my minute-by-minute take…
7:30 PM: The Honeybee and I send the kids upstairs and snuggle up to the fire before hitting the play button. I’ve also got with me my trusty bag of Hostess mini-donuts (chocolate) and a glass of milk. The Honeybee goes the other route: A big bag of peanut M&Ms which she has decided to wash down with a Jack and Diet Coke. I know.
7:33 PM: WTF is this? Is that Doogie Howser doing a song-and-dance number? Yep. But you know what? As I watch Neil Patrick Harris start belting out his number it is obvious that he is a capable singer. Who knew? I’m
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By Len Penzo on February 25, 2010
This is a review of the 2009 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 survive the zombie apocalypse.
The Honeybee: That smells good, what’s for dinner?
Me: It’s a little Asian/Mexican fusion dish I’m putting together.
The Honeybee: Yummy – that sounds like a fun combination.
Me: Part of the allure behind fusion cooking is the risk factor – when it’s done well, the results are tremendous.
The Honeybee: Yeah, but you’ve also tried a few combinations that failed miserably. Remember that lame Polynesian/French fusion idea of yours?
Me: You mean my baked onion stuffed with pineapple and coconut topped with a rich curry sauce? How can I forget? You’re always telling everybody about that little disaster.
The Honeybee: So? It’s my way of coping; that meal was a
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By Len Penzo on January 28, 2010
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 exposed to their biotechnology.
Me: District 9 is the debut science fiction film from South African writer-director Neill Blomkamp, and I’ve got to say he really hit a home run on his first trip to the plate, so to speak.
The Honeybee: Well, I never heard of him. But the story was really good.
Me: I bet you never heard of any of the actors either.
The Honeybee: Should I?
Me: Not unless you happen to be a fan of the South African movie scene – although as I understand it this was the big screen debut of Sharlto Copley, who played the film’s protagonist, Wikus Van Der Merwe.
The Honeybee: Gesundheit!
Me: Cute.
The Honeybee:
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By Len Penzo on January 14, 2010
This is a review of the 2009 movie 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 an ordinary day’s work for dispatcher Walter Garber into a face-off with the mastermind behind the crime.
Me: This movie was a remake of the 1974 classic of the same name starring Walter Matthau, Robert Shaw and Jerry Stiller.
The Honeybee: Not the same Jerry Stiller from Seinfeld and The King of Queens?
Me: The very same one, Honeybee.
The Honeybee: I never pegged him to be a serious actor, but I guess if guys like Adam Sandler and Bill Murray can take on a serious role or two, so can Stiller.
Me: I have to confess I never saw the original version, but if it is as good as the remake then
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By Len Penzo on December 29, 2009
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 them?
Me: Um, no.
The Honeybee: So don’t you think you should start being just a bit more, um, careful – you’re giving away free advertising to those guys and they’re the ones laughing all the way to the bank.
Me: This blog has advertising that we get paid for.
The Honeybee: Yeah, I see you’re selling a lot of ads. How many sponsors have you picked up?
Me: None yet, but…
The Honeybee: Of course not. What’s that saying, “why buy the cow when you’re gettin’ the milk for free?” How old is this blog again?
Me: Just over a year old.
The Honeybee: And how much have you pulled in from
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By Len Penzo on December 10, 2009
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 believe this is the 200th post here at Len Penzo dot Com!
The Honeybee: So?
Me: What do you mean, “So?”
The Honeybee: I hardly think your readers care. Is that really an important milestone? Come back and see me when you reach 1000 posts.
Me: But at the rate I’ve been writing, I won’t reach that number for four more years.
The Honeybee: Exactly! Now let’s get on with this review because we have a lot of stuff to do today, including picking up the Christmas tree.
Me: I’ll have to assume it’s the Christmas movie we watched last night, Four Christmases, that put you in such a, um, festive holiday spirit.
The Honeybee: That movie didn’t
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By Len Penzo on December 3, 2009
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 final frontier. These are the movie reviews of the off-beat personal finance blog Len Penzo dot Com. Its five-year mission: to explore the wacky world of personal finance, to seek out and educate new readers, to boldly go where no man has gone before!
The Honeybee: Cute. Now tell me this: if this blog is about personal finance, what does that have to do with reviewing movies?
Me: Well, not much. Then again, what part of “off-beat” are you having trouble comprehending today, Lt. Uhuru?
The Honeybee: Stop calling me Uhuru – and would you take off those stupid Spock ears, please, before I decide to beam myself to another room?
Me:
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By Len Penzo on November 27, 2009
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 deportation to Canada.
Me: You know how I hate chick flicks, Honeybee.
The Honeybee: No kidding. You were so reluctant to watch The Proposal that the DVD sat on our bookshelf for two whole weeks before you finally agreed to watch it.
Me: Did I have a choice? You were holding our Netflix queue hostage and so I finally gave in and watched it. By the way, would you remind me to get the Netflix password from you after we finish this review?
The Honeybee: Heh. That’ll be the day. If you had control of the queue, all I’d get is a steady diet of artsy-fartsy movies and action flicks.
Me:
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By Len Penzo on November 19, 2009
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 recovery is jeopardized thanks to her cruel stepmother, aloof father, and the presence of a ghost in their home.
Me: The Uninvited is a remake of a South Korean film entitled Janghwa, Hongryeon.
The Honeybee: Which means “The Hungry Killer” in Korean.
Me: No. It means “A Tale of Two Sisters.”
The Honeybee: I didn’t know you spoke Korean.
Me: I don’t.
The Honeybee: So how do you know that “Jangle Hungry One” means “A Tale of Two Sisters?”
Me: I read it somewhere so I’m taking it on faith.
The Honeybee: I see. You’ve made an assumption - therefore I could still be right.
Me: If you say so.
The Honeybee: At least this movie was scarier than The Last House
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By Len Penzo on November 12, 2009
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 Spain. Having no idea that this delivery to a super-suave playboy and ex-con will change his life forever, he soon becomes one of the gang, and finds himself drawn into a flamboyant and violent world of organized crime.
Me: I love the Brits. When it comes to entertainment, our cousins across the pond have given us some really good stuff over the years. Four Weddings and A Funeral, The Bridge on the River Kwai, Monty Python’s Life of Brian, and A Clockwork Orange immediately come to mind.
The Honeybee: How can you leave out the James Bond movies? I couldn’t imagine Bond being any nationality other than British, could
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By Len Penzo on November 5, 2009
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 investigation which involves his former mistress and his driver.
The Honeybee: I really hate old movies.
Me: You do, do ya? Define old.
The Honeybee: I don’t know – I never really thought about it.
Me: I guess it’s kind of like that infamous Supreme Court ruling on pornography – you can’t define it, but you know it when you see it?
The Honeybee: Exactly.
Me: Hmm. Do you consider American Pie to be an old movie?
The Honeybee: Of course not.
Me: How about Fatal Attraction?
The Honeybee: Please.
Me: Ghost Busters?
The Honeybee: Nope.
Me: Rocky?
The Honeybee: Which one?
Me: The best one; the original.
The Honeybee: No.
Me: Dr. Strangelove?
The Honeybee: Huh?
Me: Okay, I think I’ve got my answer. I take it you weren’t
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By Len Penzo on October 29, 2009
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 at a vacation home belonging to the parents of one of the victims — a mother and father who devise an increasingly gruesome series of revenge tactics.
The Honeybee: What the heck are you doing and why are you dressed up like a vampire when Halloween is still a few days away?
Me: I’m trying to use my vampire powers to put you under my spell and seduce you.
The Honeybee: So that’s supposed to explain why you’re waving your arms like you’re being pestered by an ornery hornet or something?
Me: Um. Yes.
The Honeybee: And that’s supposed to seduce me?
Me: Maybe?
The Honeybee: Hey Dracula, next time get a clue and try candy
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By Len Penzo on October 22, 2009
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 whom he has a tempestuous relationship, is about to re-enter the picture.
Me: Well, Honeybee, we’ve been off for two weeks from the business of reviewing movies. Did you enjoy your vacation?
The Honeybee: The “business of reviewing movies?” I think you need to get a grip – I didn’t realize we were getting paid for this.
Me: Oh brother, here we go again…
The Honeybee: But since you asked, I will say I did miss watching you pretending to be an A-list movie reviewer over the past two weeks.
Me: Thank you. I think.
The Honeybee: What about you, did you enjoy your time off, Roger Ebert?
Me: Well, I am definitely refreshed and ready to roll
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By Len Penzo on October 8, 2009
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 Barrett’s book, which illustrates a world where giant pancakes and pasta fall from the sky as a scientist tries to solve world hunger. However, things go terribly wrong when excess amounts of food overload cities and towns.
(The following review is courtesy of my 10-year-old daughter, Nina, and my 12-year-old-son Matthew)
Nina: Matthew, today Dad asked us to fill in for him and Mom for their movie review. Are you ready to review Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs?
Matthew: Let’s go, Nina. Are we supposed to say this movie was in 3D and we had to wear glasses?
Nina: Probably. Good idea. Anyway, this is the story of a boy
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By Len Penzo on October 1, 2009
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 practically disappearing. After a horrific accident at his shop, and finding a series of cryptic notes in his apartment, he begins to believe he’s the center of an evil plot, and races to unravel the mystery.
Me: There are quite a few actors out there who severely altered their normal body weight in order to portray a particular character. Robert DeNiro is probably the most famous instance of this, when he gained 60 pounds to portray boxer Jake La Motta in the 1980 Martin Scorsese classic Raging Bull.
The Honeybee: I heard Matt Damon gained 30 pounds and let his body go flabby for his upcoming movie
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By Len Penzo on September 24, 2009
This is a review of the 2007 movie Breach, starring Chris Cooper, Ryan Phillipe, Laura Linney and Denis Haysbert.
Plot Synopsis: Based on the true story, FBI upstart Eric O’Neill enters into a power game with his boss, Robert Hanssen, an agent who was ultimately convicted of selling secrets to the Soviet Union.
Me: Breach is based on the very real story of Robert Hanssen, a despicable man who was responsible for the worst breach of national security in the history of United States.
The Honeybee: The movie started out with real news footage of the big day when they finally caught him, probably to drive home the point that this was a true story. I never realized how big of a traitor Hanssen was.
Me: I’ll say. For more than two decades he delivered countless pages of classified documents to the Russians. He also compromised scores of individuals that had managed to infiltrate
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By Len Penzo on September 17, 2009
This is a review of the 2004 movie Suspect Zero, starring Aaron Eckhart and Ben Kingsley.
Plot Synopsis: An FBI agent gets called in to investigate a strange murder. When the trail leads him to the suspect, he realizes that he has been drawn into a psychological labyrinth that turns what is expected upside down.
Me: Nothing is more disappointing to me than when I watch a movie that raises my expectations by starting off really strong, only to watch it lose momentum and go off into the weeds.
The Honeybee: I know what you mean. It’s kind of similar to these two-bit amateur reviews we do every week.
Me: Yeah, right. Kind of. Can I finish making my point?
The Honeybee: Please do. Sorry if I already killed the momentum.
Me: I bet you are. For the first twenty-five minutes or so, with its chilling opening sequence and the follow-up scenes detailing the resulting crime scene
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By Len Penzo on September 10, 2009
This is a review of the 2009 movie The Soloist, starring Robert Downey Jr. and Jamie Foxx.
Plot Synopsis: The true-life story of Nathaniel Ayers, a former cello prodigy whose bouts with schizophrenia landed him on the streets after two years of schooling at Juilliard.
The Honeybee: I have to run some errands, so if you don’t mind I hope we can skip the witty banter today and just get right into a discussion of today’s movie.
Me: Sure, Honeybee. Where you going?
The Honeybee: I’m taking your daughter to her piano lesson, remember? I guess that’s appropriate because you said we are reviewing The Soloist today, right?
Me: Yep. In The Soloist, Jamie Foxx plays Nathaniel Ayers, who lives on the streets of downtown Los Angeles within spitting distance of the Los Angeles Times. There, Times columnist Steve Lopez, played by Robert Downey Jr., has a chance meeting with Ayers, who catches his attention when he hears
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By Len Penzo on September 3, 2009
This is a review of the 2009 movie Duplicity starring Clive Owen, Julia Roberts and Paul Giamatti…
Plot Synopsis: A pair of corporate spies who share a steamy past hook up to pull off the ultimate con job on their respective bosses.
The Honeybee: Before we get started let me just say I love Julia Roberts. My favorite movie of all time is…
Me: Pretty Woman, I know.
The Honeybee: You got it. So what did you think about Duplicity?
Me: Well, I don’t have to tell you, as an engineer, I often spend most of my day solving difficult and complex problems that require more than a fair amount of brain power, so when I sit down to watch a movie I prefer to give my brain a bit of a break, if you know what I mean.
The Honeybee: Okay, Einstein. So I take it this is going to be your angle for this
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By Len Penzo on August 27, 2009
This is a movie review of the 2009 movie Crossing Over starring Harrison Ford, Ray Liotta and Ashley Judd…
Plot Synopsis: Crossing Over is a multi-character canvas about immigrants of different nationalities struggling to achieve legal status in Los Angeles. Multiple character subplots are anchored by the story of an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent named Max Brogan (Harrison Ford), who suffers a crisis of conscience after separating a Mexican woman from her son during a sting.
Me: Honeybee, there is nothing more poetic than watching a movie of seemingly independent multi-stranded plot lines carefully develop until they all neatly converge at the end into one tidy little story.
The Honeybee: I think Crash did a great job in that regard!
Me: You know, both Traffic and Babel were also great movies with multiple interlocking story lines bound together by a common theme.
The Honeybee: I think I know where you are going with this, so
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By Len Penzo on August 20, 2009
Today’s Drive-By Movie Review is on the 2009 movie Taken, starring Liam Neeson and Maggie Grace…
Plot Summary: A former spy relies on his old skills to save his estranged daughter, who has been forced into the slave trade.
Me: I miss the days when you could regularly go to the theater and there would almost always be an action movie playing that starred tough guys like Charles Bronson, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sly Stallone or Steven Seagall – actors of dubious ability that made a living on the silver screen by kicking ass first and taking names later.
The Honeybee: Yeah, those guys weren’t real thespians, but how much acting ability does it really take to squeeze a machine gun trigger and turn a guy into Swiss cheese, or beat some thug to a bloody pulp?
Me: You’ve definitely got a point there, Honeybee. The action heroes of today are played by, shall we say, actors
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By Len Penzo on August 13, 2009
Today’s Drive-By Movie Review is on the 2008 movie Defiance, starring Daniel Craig and Liev Schreiber…
Plot Summary: Jewish brothers in Nazi-occupied Eastern Europe escape into the Belorussian forests, where they join Russian resistance fighters and endeavor to build a village in order to protect themselves and over a thousand Jewish non-combatants.
Me: Well, Honeybee, this is the fifth installment of the Drive-By Movie feature here at Len Penzo dot Com. What do you think of it so far?
The Honeybee: Eh. Passable, I guess, for a couple of amateurs.
Me: That’s not what I’d call a ringing endorsement.
The Honeybee: No kidding.
Me: Right. Anyway, this week’s feature is Defiance. It’s a movie that is set during the opening phases of World War II and stars Daniel Craig and Liev Schreiber. You know, when I found out during dinner that this was the movie you decided to get for us, I was less than thrilled.
The Honeybee:
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By Len Penzo on August 6, 2009
This is a review of the 2009 movie Killshot, starring Mickey Rourke, Diane Lane, and Rosario Dawson.
Plot Synopsys: Carmen Colson (played by Diane Lane) and her semi-estranged husband Wayne are placed in the Federal Witness Protection program after witnessing an “incident.” After relocating and changing their identities, the couple is rediscovered and targeted by an experienced hit man (Mickey Rourke) and his psychopathic young upstart killer (Joseph Gordon-Levitt). The ensuing struggle tests Carmen to the limit.
Me: Mickey Rourke is kind of like the acting equivalent of the late Michael Jackson – an undeniably gifted artiste who just can’t seem to get it together when it comes to life off-stage.
The Honeybee: Rourke has had a weird career, huh? Didn’t he quit making movies for a while at the height of his fame to become a professional boxer?
Me: That he did. And while he was undefeated during his time in the ring,
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By Len Penzo on July 30, 2009
This is a review of the 2009 movie Knowing, starring Nicholas Cage.
Plot Synopsis: Astrophysicist and grieving widower, Professor John Koestler, studies a sheet of paper from a time capsule that has been dug up at his son’s elementary school; on it are dozens of chilling predictions — most that have already occurred, along with three others that are about to — that lead him to believe his family plays a role in the events that are about to unfold.
Me: Welcome to another addition of the wildly popular feature, Drive-by Movie Review!
The Honeybee: Oh brother.
Me: What? This feature is wildly popular.
The Honeybee: I bet the guy from Opportunity Knocks who you said is blogging over at Get Rich Slowly wouldn’t consider this feature to be “wildly popular.”
Me: Oh yeah?
The Honeybee: Yeah!
Me: Looks like we’re at an impasse so let’s just agree to disagree for now because, Honeybee, we really have
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By Len Penzo on July 23, 2009
This is a review of the 2008 movie The Women, starring Meg Ryan, Annette Bening, and Eva Mendes.
Plot Synopsis: A group of close-knit women try to figure out how to help their friend when she finds out that her husband of 13 years is having an affair.
Me: Well, there are chick flicks and then there are CHICK FLICKS. But, Honeybee, I just saw the Mother of All Chick Flicks.
The Honeybee: So, how are you feeling?
Me: You know, I suddenly find myself with this insatiable urge to watch the Rambo movie marathon on TNT so I can begin reclaiming just a tiny bit of the manhood that slowly drained from my body over the previous two hours.
The Honeybee: That bad, huh? I think the cast was first rate: Meg Ryan, Annette Bening, Candice Bergen, Eva Mendes, Debra Messing, and Jada Pinkett Smith.
Me: That is a lot of female star
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By Len Penzo on July 16, 2009
There is nothing more irritating for me than eagerly settling down with the Honeybee to watch a movie we’ve rented that, ten minutes after the opening credits, makes me realize I should have chosen to do something a lot more entertaining with my evening – like bone up on the fundamental theorems of calculus.
I’m sure you’re no different.
That’s why I’m starting a new weekly feature here at Len Penzo dot Com that I hope you will find useful the next time you decide to go rent a movie from Blockbuster or Netflix. Each week the Honeybee and I will give a review of the movie(s) that we rented the previous week.
I’ll call this new feature… The Drive-By Movie Review.
Why “Drive-By” and not “Drive-In?” Because these reviews will be short and to the point – 500 words or less. Besides, most people under 35 have never been
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