Time Traveler’s Wife

Posted on Sep 10, 2009 in Movies Romantic science fiction is a pretty scarce genre. Sure there are multiple science fiction movies that contain a romantic sub plot or two but few specifically made with romance as its main focus and the science fiction as a small addition. Given this scarcity The Time Traveler’s Wife is rather unique. The movie tells the tale of one Henry DeTamble and Clare Abshire. Henry is a young man who...
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The Soloist

Posted on Sep 8, 2009 in Movies There are a few actors that you can always count on to choose roles in films that turn out to be excellent. One of these actors is Robert Downey Jr. Now Jamie Foxx is not one of these sure hit actors but he does have a pretty high hit rating. Consequently it is a good bet that a movie starring these two actors is going to be a good watch and that is surely what The Soloist is. The Soloist stars...
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A Conversation About Payroll Data That You Never Saw On CNBC

Posted on Sep 8, 2009 in Finance Robert E. Bronson, III of Bronson Capital Markets Research put together this hilarious parody dialogue about the latest US payroll data and posted on The Big Picture: A Conversation About Payroll Data That You Never Saw On CNBC by Robert E. Bronson, III Bronson Capital Markets Research ~~~~ Joereal at CNBC: We’re very pleased today to introduce Constant Pangloss for his take on today’s...
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The Ugly Truth

Posted on Sep 7, 2009 in Movies Ahh romantic comedies the genre that the average 18-35 demographic can never get enough of. No wait they have had their fill of this stuff, well the guys anyway. However we keep getting dragged back into the embrace of these most evil of all movie genres by that which is dearest to us of all Gods creatures, women. The Ugly Truth is such a stereo-typical romantic comedy that you don’t have...
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G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra

Posted on Sep 6, 2009 in Movies When I was a kid my three favourite sets of toys were LEGOs, Transformers and then G.I. Joes. I’m not talking about the eleven and a half inch monstrosities which might as well have been Ken of Barbie fame dressed in an army uniform. I’m of course referring to the three and 3/4 inch foot soldiers based on the classic G.I. Joe cartoons and comics (A Real American Hero). Hasbro has...
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Män som hatar kvinnor (e. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo)

Posted on Sep 2, 2009 in Movies A few weeks back I went to see the first part of the Millennium series, Män som hatar kvinnor, based on the book with the same name (strangely named The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo in the English translation instead of the obvious Men who hate women). The film is in fact the first two parts of an upcoming TV series for the Millennium trilogy spanning all three books over six episodes, two for...
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