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The Good Psychopath's Guide to Success
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What is a good psychopath? And how can thinking like one help you to be the best that you can be?...
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Connor Sheffield (293 KP) rated Clerks (1994) in Movies
Apr 22, 2017
Kevin Smith is an inspiration and this film is the start of it all. Clerks is a very simple film that manages to be entertaining and hilarious. The concept is this; Dante Hicks (Brian O'Halloran) is asked to work on his day off, and ends up spending his day working in his dead end job behind the counter at a convenience store in New Jersey.
I should mention that this film is shot on a Arriflex 16 SR2 which means the film is in black and white.
Working with Dante is his best friend, Randal Graves, who isn't exactly a big help around the store or with personal problems. If anything, he makes matters worse because he almost never takes anything seriously.
The humour in this film is found through discussions of films such as Star Wars, discussions about sex, and about the customers of course. Describing it in text doesn't do it justice so you'll just have to watch it if I have in anyway peaked your interest.
This film was the introduction to what is known as the 'View Askewniverse' which is a series of films by Kevin Smith which are all connected via characters and events. However, the most important introductions from this film are the characters of the now famous duo, Jay and Silent Bob played by Jason Mewes and Kevin Smith. Yes, the same Kevin Smith who wrote and Directed the Movie. These two are the only two characters to appear in every movie in the View Askewniverse and usually help move the film in the right direction.
Overall, Clerks has to be one of my favourite movies of all time and once you watch the Askewniverse, it's easy to understand why, because no only is it smart and hilarious, but you have to appreciate that this started a series of other great indie films that made Kevin Smith the funny man he is today.
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Wyatt Earp (1994)
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Kevin Costner plays the most famous lawman ever to stride the Wild West. In a gritty, complex...
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Rules We’re Meant to Break
Book
Amber lives by strict rules to survive her mother’s love life: Always keep your eyes on the...
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The Count of Monte Cristo (2002)
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The classic story of an innocent man wrongly, but deliberately imprisoned and his brilliant strategy...
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Dean Connelly (17 KP) rated Batman: Return to Arkham in Video Games
Jan 10, 2018
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Kaara (5 KP) rated A Plague of Giants in Books
Apr 14, 2018 (Updated Apr 14, 2018)
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UHF (1989)
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After losing yet another job, George (Weird Al Yankovic) wonders if there is any career that can...
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Design Your Life
Podcast
Are you tired of life slamming the door in your face? Did you get another rejection letter, pink...
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David McK (3222 KP) rated Hammered (The Iron Druid Chronicles, #3) in Books
Jan 28, 2019
As the third novel, however, this is one that you would need to read the earlier entries first, as it ties up loose plot points from the first two stories and, in particular, follows on from the previous ('Hexed'), in which Atticus agreed to help the vampire Leif as well as the werewolf Gunnar to kill Thor, the Norse God of Thunder (yes, that Thor).
Fast moving, laugh out loud funny in parts and with some solid action scenes, I was mightily impressed by this entry.