I realize the term feel good movie acts as a total red flag for most people who have a brain in their head. Amelie, however, stands among The Straight Story and Millions as one of the few feel-good movies that actually makes you feel good and not want to shoot your brains out.
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2SR: The Boyfriend List by E Lockhart (Ruby Oliver Series)
E. Lockhart probably wrote The Boyfriend List: 15 Guys, 11 Shrink Appointments, 4 Ceramic Frogs, and me, Ruby Oliver for teenage girls. However, with all of Ruby’s quirks, her real-life troubles with popularity and dropped friendships, girls of all ages – even almost 30-year olds! – will want to read more.
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2SR: Kill Bill Vol. 1
As someone who’s never given a shit about kung fu movies, I can’t claim to recognize any of the specific references Tarantino put in Kill Bill Volume 1 but I know enough to know after watching it that whatever he sampled from his repertoire of kung fu movies were most likely not nearly as...
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2SR: The Lincoln Lawyer
But perhaps it is the shades of Wooderson (and a Fargo-ishly funny William H. Macy) that make this film ultimately enjoyable...
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2SR: Sucker Punch
With scantily clad pretty young women; robots; monsters; dragons; swords; guns; explosions; and covers of The Pixies, Iggy & the Stooges, Roxy Music, and Eurythmics; what is there not to love? Oh yeah, how about exploitation of scantily clad young women; second-rate CGI; and covers of The Pixies, Iggy & the Stooges, Roxy Music,...
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Rules of the Game (Girl Version): Day 5
Wherein girl counts upwards of 15 brain farts and decides that the cast members of the Jersey Shore may be onto something with their GTL'ing.
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Rules of the Game (Girl Version): Day 4
Wherein the girl posts videos of herself online and learns that a clothing store in Philadelphia also sells alcoholic root beer.
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Rules of the Game: Day 1
Wherein the girl learns that being herself is an excuse not to improve because "his works only if you know exactly who you are, what your strengths are, and how to convey them successfully."
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Rules of the Game: Day 0
Wherein girl casts away the onus of online dating in order to follow pick-up artist guru, Neil Strauss.
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facebook ads / wedding rings
As a single female, I’ve come to expect these sorts of ads from Facebook. But, what?!?! As if, I don’t have enough pressure from my parents to give them grandkids. (See: previous post.) My own little revenge? I click on all of the ads just to run up the pay-per-click prices.
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