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Top Gun @ 30 Years Old…Time Has Flown By

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Fly Me To The Danger Zone and Take My Breath Away this iconic movie of the 1980’s is 30 years old. Ouch, that makes me old too. Top Gun still holds up well and is packed full of stars. If you have never seen it, check it out. This is one of two movies I can deal with Tom Cruise in. Time has definitely flown by and I wonder what Maverick is doing now?

“Twister” 20 Years On

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Twenty years today this movie was released and it became one of the best weather disaster movies of the era. It still has relevance today. Academy Award winner Helen Hunt and Bill Paxton are excellent in this movie about a estranged couple who go out and to chase the big tornado. The late Philip Seymour Hoffman plays a great supporting role.

This is one of my favorite movies because of the action, the story, the effects and the actors.

Friday Night Flick: Minions

 

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This is funny and stupid. Perfect for a dude. Great entertainment.

Zootopia, A Great Modern Disney Flick

Ninety percent of the world is prey and 10 percent is predator at least that is what the movie Zootopia says about the world it exists in. I tend to say that is about what it is in the real world. Some of us are prey, some of us are predators. Can we live with each other? I don’t know but what I do know is that predators can make life hard for the weak and defenseless.

Zootopia is a delightful movie with a lot of social messages. It’s about opportunity, equality, cooperation, family, love and peace. The core of this movie is the dream of a female rabbit wanting to make the world a better place. I can dig that. Animals coexisting with one another in a place where the balance of life is a part of its utopia. This movie has a great cast and is very well done. I find it better than “Frozen” and “UP”.

On a personal note: After spending a few days in the Universal Studios ecosphere I felt like I betrayed them somehow.

Mr. Peabody and Sherman

This movie is just great, it’s cute and a reminder of the cartoon series in the 1950’s and 1960’s. Ty Burrell of TV’s “Modern Family” does a great job as the voice of Mr. Peabody. There is action, adventure and very quick humor.

#TBT Throwback Thursday – The Breakfast Club

Thirty-two years ago The Breakfast Club assembled for the first time and a movie classic built on timeless teen angst and coming of age was born. This movie came out when I was a teenager back in the 1980’s and it is a movie for all generations. The video above features the last scenes of the movie to the music of Simple Minds “Don’t You Forget About Me”.

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