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Favorite films

  • Lawrence of Arabia
  • Cool Hand Luke
  • About Time
  • The Sting

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  • Grease

    ★★★½

  • How to Train Your Dragon

    ★★★★

  • The Sound of Music

    ★★★★★

  • Carry-On

    ★★★

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  • Grease

    Grease

    ★★★½

    Iconic film, no doubt, with great music, choreography, and casting. And what did we learn? Like fishing, if you want to catch a certain fish, you’ll need the right lure. At first, trying to love the fish and coax it into your caring grasp might seem like it’ll work, but actually, you might need to throw away your old rod—heck, just get a new boat—so that you can trick the fish into dating you so that… (yeahhhhh, might be losing…

  • How to Train Your Dragon

    How to Train Your Dragon

    ★★★★

    It’s a cat

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  • The Sound of Music

    The Sound of Music

    ★★★★★

    Moving and beautiful, this timeless classic reminds us of so many things: what it is to be a child, to be in love, to be afraid. It is a distinctly human film that captures the powers of compassion, faith, and perseverance over our personal, relational, and societal struggles. 

    Really, it’s just a great movie, hands down (or hands up if you feel like singing along).

  • The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2

    The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2

    ½

    Pensive glance at bed:
    “But vampires don’t sleep?”
    “It’s not intended for sleeping”
    Commence the least bed-breaking and most PG-13 (not complaining) vampire sex ever.

    Ladies, boy have I got a movie for you… (Sorry, but seriously, who is this for??)

    What if we all just stood in the snow and found ways to have all the fighting fun without breaking any rules? cough-MORMON-cough

    What if some cool indigenous people from the amazon came in their… uhh… traditional dress?

    What…

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