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johnny depp’s secret inspiration for captain jack sparrow is out of the closet!

THE TRUTH IS OUT! It has been common “knowl­edge” for years that actor Johnny Depp based his idio­syn­cratic and af­fec­ta­tious phys­ical and con­ver­sa­tional man­ner­isms and quirks for his Cap­tain Jack Sparrow char­acter from the Pi­rates Of The Caribbean movies on those of the Rolling Stones’ partially-living legend Keith Richards. [Read more] “johnny depp’s secret inspiration for captain jack sparrow is out of the closet!”

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why would anyone design movie subtitles that ruin movie watching?

IN MY HOME, we do not watch tele­vi­sion as an on­going, up-to-the-minute medium. We do watch tele­vi­sion se­ries that come highly rec­om­mended to us. We do not have cable or any other modern doohickey for pulling sig­nals out of the air. Nor do we sub­scribe to Net­flix or any other renting organization. [Read more] “why would anyone design movie subtitles that ruin movie watching?”

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tuesdays with morrie schwartz and the little wave

AT OUR HOUSE, we watch a lot of movies, but never any ac­tual tele­vi­sion shows—at least as they are being broad­cast. We don’t have cable and our set isn’t set up to pick up local sta­tions. We do pick up highly rec­om­mended tv se­ries on DVD and then we binge-watch! [Read more] “tuesdays with morrie schwartz and the little wave”

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chick flicks versus buddy flicks

WHEN A MOVIE IS MADE about an in­cred­ibly tal­ented fe­male ath­lete (skater, gym­nast, dancer come to mind) who somehow hurts her­self in a manner so tragic that it ends her promising/active ca­reer, but through per­se­ver­ance, hard work, and the love and sup­port of family and friends, she makes a re­mark­able come­back and is even more amazing as a dam­aged ath­lete than she was as a psy­chi­cally per­fect ath­lete, etcetera, it’s called a chick-flick. [Read more] “chick flicks versus buddy flicks”

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john ford and woody allen and stanley kubrick (and clint eastwood)

TWO OF MY FA­VORITE DI­REC­TORS are John Ford and Woody Allen. For the former, think Harry Carey and Henry Fonda and John Wayne. Men’s and wom­en’s men. For the latter, think Diane Keaton and Mia Farrow and Diane Wiest and Mira Sorvino and Scar­lett Jo­hansson and Pene­lope Cruz. Men’s [Read more] “john ford and woody allen and stanley kubrick (and clint eastwood)”