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Casino Royale

December 10, 2006 B. John 378 Views 1 Comment Mads Mikkelsen, Martin Campbell, Poker, Action, Adventure, 007, James Bond, Thriller, Daniel Craig, Eva Green, Judi Dench

James Bond’s first mission, where he must stop a banker from winning a casino tournament and using the prize money to fund terrorist activities.

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Lucky Number Slevin

December 10, 2006 B. John 400 Views 0 Comments Paul McGuigan, Thriller, Crime, Drama, Ben Kingsley, Bruce Willis, Josh Hartnett, Lucy Liu, Morgan Freeman

A case of mistaken identity lands Slevin (Josh Hartnett) into the middle of a war being plotted by two of the city’s most rival crime bosses: The Rabbi (Ben Kingsley) and The Boss (Morgan Freeman). Slevin is under constant surveillance by relentless Detective Brikowski (Stanley Tucci) as well as the infamous assassin Goodkat (Bruce Willis) and finds himself having to hatch his own ingenious plot to get them before they get him.

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Santa Claus is Coming To Town

December 8, 2006September 29, 2018 B. John 360 Views 2 Comments Christmas, Santa Claus

OK, this is so everyone has a good Friday afternoon laugh. Click on the title and you leave your wise-a%% comments. I’m sure most of friends have one.

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First Weekend of December 2006

December 4, 2006September 29, 2018 B. John 321 Views 0 Comments Christmas, River View

This was not the most fun weekend. I got really sick with a cold Thursday night, and it’s stuck with me the whole weekend. I did get a few chores taken care of.

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Bobby

November 29, 2006 B. John 312 Views 0 Comments Assassination, Bobby Kennedy, Emilio Estevez, Harry Belafonte, Kennedy, Anthony Hopkins, Ambassador Hotel

The story of the assassination of U.S. Senator Robert F. Kennedy, on June 6th, 1968, which centers around 22 people who were at the Ambassador Hotel where he was killed.

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Wrapping up Thanksgiving 2006

November 27, 2006September 29, 2018 B. John 409 Views 0 Comments Family, Atlanta, North Carolina, Blowing Rock, thanksgiving

We had a pretty typical Thanksgiving. As I’ve already reported, I drove to North Carolina last Monday, and then met friends up in Boone/Blowing Rock on Tuesday. Wednesday I stuck close to home and spent the day with Mom, and had dinner with her and some of her friends. It was overcast and rainy most of the day Wednesday.

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Time In North Carolina

November 22, 2006September 29, 2018 B. John 463 Views 1 Comment Blowing Rock, Blue Ridge Parkway, Cone Mansion, Boone, North Carolina

I drove up to North Carolina Monday to spend time with the folks over Thanksgiving. Lay is flying in Thursday morning, and we’ll drive back together either Friday or Saturday (definitely not Sunday).

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The Prestige

November 19, 2006 B. John 352 Views 0 Comments

Robert and Alfred are rival magicians. When Alfred performs the ultimate magic trick, Robert tries desperately to find out the secret to the trick.

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Annapolis

November 19, 2006 B. John 325 Views 0 Comments Donnie Wahlbert, Jake Huard, James Franco, Jordana Brewster, Justin Lin, Drama, Annapolis

Set against the backdrop of boxing at the Naval Academy, centers on a young man from the wrong side of the tracks whose dream of attending Annapolis becomes a reality.

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