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12.09.2019 by Greg Kemble // Leave a Comment

Julie Andrews sings My Favorite Things to the children in Sound of Music

I’ve recently become suspicious of my favorite things.

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10dmc #day11: Honorable mentions

12.02.2019 by Greg Kemble // Leave a Comment

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Photo by Jeremy Yap on Unsplash

Two things killed me about the 10-Day Movie Challenge, which I got sucked into on Facebook: presenting the films without explanation, and selecting only ten movies. 

But, as I said way back when, I have a blog, which means I can ignore those rules. So I explained each of the ten films — and now, since ten films was just too hard, here are my 10DMC Honorable Mentions.

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10DMC #day9: Midnight Run

11.18.2019 by Greg Kemble // Leave a Comment

De Niro and Groden in the desert

I’ve seen Midnight Run all the way through only three or four times. But—way back when—I had a roommate who subscribed to HBO, and, for the month or so that it was showing, I watched it from whatever point I stumbled up on it—ten minutes here, an hour there… in terms of accumulated minutes, I’ve sat in front of that film more than any other except, perhaps, The Matrix.

I couldn’t get enough of it.

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