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Frailty

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"Sometimes truth defies reason." Fenton is just your average young teenage boy living in a small town in Texas in 1979. He’s interested in girls, watches The Dukes of Hazzard , sneaks into R-rated movies at the local theater, and struggles to help his windowed father (Bill Paxton) raise his younger brother Adam. They’re as happy and complacent as three peas in a pod until one night dad wakes the two boys, claiming that he has been tasked by God to destroy demons here on earth. Frailty seamlessly blends a little bit of horror, a touch of thriller, some Southern Gothic, and religious fanaticism all into one movie practically creating its own genre. Told through Fenton’s (Matthew McConaughey) flashbacks as he confesses to the FBI Special Agent (Powers Boothe) that his brother, Adam is the notorious “God’s Hand” serial killer, who’s just claimed his fifth victim. Expertly directed by Bill Paxton; he helms the story with the tender care of a loving father. He explores del

Brewster’s Millions

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“I'm gonna teach you to hate spending money. I'm gonna make you so sick of spending money that the mere sight of it will make you wanna throw up!” Baseball season is fully underway, and I just can’t get enough. So I offer up this little gem of a movie, Brewster’s Millions, to watch with the guys. It successfully combines the dreams-come-true elements of a sports film along with great wacky and hilarious comedic 1-2 combo punch of Richard Pryor and John Candy. Monty (Richard Pryor) is an aging minor league ball player for the Hackensack Bulls who is just one pitch away from losing his only job. He suddenly inherits $30 million from his recently deceased great-uncle Rupert. Seems like a great story, until we reach the fine print: Monty has to spend all $30 million in 30 days in order to receive his true inheritance – $300 million! If he fails, he receives nothing and is left as penniless as the day he started. Oh how my mind wandered when re-watching this film just the o