Adam N. posted an article on Snarky professionals telling you about the world you live in. - Feb 6, 2012, 11:08 am
I despise the New England Patriots – always have – basically for a few reasons really: I hate Bill Belichick. He is a confirmed cheater.I despise Tom Brady – I believe he is one of the most overrated Quarterbacks of all time.I cannot stand being told whom I am supposed to believe in – on any...
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Adam N. posted an article on Snarky professionals telling you about the world you live in. - Feb 4, 2012, 2:29 am
CHRONICLE: 3 of 5 Horns I went to see Chronicle with the highest of hopes.  Having such high expectations is a bit dangerous for me, and I feel in this instance, like so many times before, I was let down. I didn’t hate this movie…I liked it, but didn’t love it. What I did like a great deal is...
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Adam N. posted an article on Snarky professionals telling you about the world you live in. - Feb 1, 2012, 12:31 am
Yeah, I’ve been slacking.  Sorry… Kimbaliano has been hobnobbing with the glitterati in Sundance and I am sure she is working up quite a wrap up post.  For now, I thought I would touch base on my last few flicks…and yes, I love the dot, dot, dot…I’m working on that as well…(dammit!) I ...
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Adam N. posted an article on Snarky professionals telling you about the world you live in. - Jan 30, 2012, 1:33 pm
Today I attended a funeral. I can’t say that I enjoy funerals, frankly I don’t know anyone who truly does – given the subject matter is deeply saddening. I have been to funerals in the past and it is that subject that is the topic of discussion here. My own mother passed away in 2001 – havin...
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Adam N. posted an article on Snarky professionals telling you about the world you live in. - Jan 24, 2012, 10:52 am
Apparently this question was asked: “Which one of you is the bigger douche bag?” This pic was the was the answer given. Hey, at the least they were being honest for once. How do the Republicans really think they can beat Obama with the mud slinging they are doing to each other now? Not one l...
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Adam N. posted an article on Snarky professionals telling you about the world you live in. - Jan 24, 2012, 12:50 am
I am just returning from a great week in DC, I must say I am most envious of my favorite Indie Girl, Kimbaliano, who is currently rubbing elbows with film glitterati in Park City.  There has been a great deal of buzz about this year’s Sundance Film Festival and I am excited to get a report here a...
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Adam N. posted an article on Snarky professionals telling you about the world you live in. - Jan 18, 2012, 10:01 am
I am a guy. I know, sad right? Why is this important? Men are simple creatures, simple to the point of being ridiculous. I remember seeing this list of how to impress a woman – it has like 50 things on it, such as give her flowers, write her a card, blah blah. The male version says “Show up nake...
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Adam N. posted an article on Snarky professionals telling you about the world you live in. - Jan 16, 2012, 3:03 pm
So here it is folks…I know you all have been waiting with baited breath.  Feel free to exhale for the wait is over. I have be honored to be a part of the Blinkin Blogs team, and I thank the site management for allowing me to continue to post.  I relish my relationship with movies and I appreciat...
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Adam N. posted an article on Snarky professionals telling you about the world you live in. - Jan 14, 2012, 4:39 pm
My junior year in high school I found myself lucky enough to have me a steady.  She was an interesting gal…some of my cronies came to refer to us as Beauty and the Beast.  They enjoyed using that name for us quite much, and it stuck until the end of the year when we broke up. In this little equa...
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Adam N. posted an article on Snarky professionals telling you about the world you live in. - Jan 13, 2012, 12:00 am
In the interim between the honorable mention picks and my top 15, let me take a break for a couple of reviews. This weekend has a couple of interesting movies on the horizon, but really nothing that grabs my full attention.  Contraband, the Mark Wahlberg flick, is sitting at 59% on RT and some of t...
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Adam N. posted an article on Snarky professionals telling you about the world you live in. - Jan 12, 2012, 10:52 pm
Ok, the sporting world is going nuts over Tim Tebow. People either hate him or love him. There doesn’t appear to be a middle ground with him. I think he is proving a point that I have long advocated about the NFL. The point being that the option can’t work in the NFL. I truly believe that t...
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Adam N. posted an article on Snarky professionals telling you about the world you live in. - Jan 11, 2012, 10:52 am
Mitt Romney has won two primaries in as many states – Iowa and New Hampshire. Apparently this has never been done before by a non-incumbent – woot for him I suppose, frankly I don’t actually care. What I did think would be interesting to discuss is what those running for the Republican seat fo...
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Adam N. posted an article on Snarky professionals telling you about the world you live in. - Jan 10, 2012, 1:21 pm
There is so much that I love about the movies.  While I regret putting together the “worst of” list, it seems to be a necessary evil of this critique racket.  I’m very happy to wash the stink of the bad off of me and get into the great…the things I loved this past year, and of that there w...
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Adam N. posted an article on Snarky professionals telling you about the world you live in. - Jan 5, 2012, 11:50 pm
I hate this list with a passion.  Not the movies on the list, but making the list.  I truly believe that for every movie that is made, there are hundreds of people that care about it so deeply, that its failure is not only upsetting, but also heartbreaking (to them, that is).  Some of these films...
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Adam N. posted an article on Snarky professionals telling you about the world you live in. - Jan 1, 2012, 9:20 pm
Happy New Year’s, Reel Rhino fans! I am pleased to see we have all made it to 2012, which according to the Mayans (and to Roland Emmerich) this may be it for us, so thank God we will at least be getting 2012 releases of The Avengers and of course the final flick in the Twi-Hard series…we can al...
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Adam N. posted an article on Snarky professionals telling you about the world you live in. - Dec 29, 2011, 11:10 am
I made a discovery last night, purely due to a friend sending me a link to a youtube video, that really took me for a ride into the surreal. While watching this video I found myself to be totally enthralled by not only the subject matter being discussed but also by the person delivering the message:...
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Adam N. posted an article on Snarky professionals telling you about the world you live in. - Nov 1, 2011, 10:23 pm
What did you do for Halloween? I watched a zombie fest on a movie chanel out of Macau but couldn’t stay up to finish it inspite of drinking coffee all evening. I still haven’t moved, haven’t even seen the place yet. I may let Som move there and I’ll move over a little at a time over this nex...
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Adam N. posted an article on Snarky professionals telling you about the world you live in. - Oct 29, 2011, 10:12 pm
I had a friend drinkin’ n drivin’ in his convertible, cruising through Arizona one night. He passed a large truck and waved his bottle at the driver and after several waves of the bottle the driver pulled over and had a couple of shots. He offered John some lemons which was his load and John acc...
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Adam N. posted an article on Snarky professionals telling you about the world you live in. - Oct 29, 2011, 1:48 am
I may be light on the filmgoing this weekend…if any of the Reel Rhino faithful get a chance to see Puss in Boots, Anonymous, or The Rum Diary…please drop your opinion in the comments section below.  And now on to the show… IN TIME I was extremely excited to see IN TIME.  I say that, know...
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Adam N. posted an article on Snarky professionals telling you about the world you live in. - Oct 28, 2011, 10:05 am
Mit Romney is, at present, the leading presidential candidate for the Republican Party – granted it really depends on who is counting the “votes” and when. Mit has a rather lengthy professional career and has also been the Governor of Massachusetts from 2003-2007. Mit ran for the presidential...
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Adam N. posted an article on Snarky professionals telling you about the world you live in. - Oct 28, 2011, 1:27 am
FOOTLOOSE (2011) I am a slacker. What I should have done is to have watched the original Kevin Bacon classic, a childhood favorite of mine, before having watched this film. The truth…well the truth is I never planned on watching this remake, mostly because the trailer gave me more a vibe of Ste...
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Adam N. posted an article on Snarky professionals telling you about the world you live in. - Oct 26, 2011, 12:39 am
(NOTE: So I am about to weave a yarn, like my grandma used to tell about a spectral-locomotive that would rocket by her farmhouse as a little girl…but let me be clear…my point here is to let you know that this Thursday, October 27th, 2011, GHOSTBUSTERS is back.  It has played the last two Thurs...
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Adam N. posted an article on Snarky professionals telling you about the world you live in. - Oct 25, 2011, 10:01 pm
What is the name of the village that you are moving to? What is the nearest big city? How long have you known Som? It looks like your scar is healing up okay. I’m glad that the new medicine that you are taking is working well. Let’s hope it continues. It’s looking like the sale of the 4 lots...
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Adam N. posted an article on Snarky professionals telling you about the world you live in. - Oct 21, 2011, 12:06 pm
Here’s a mini-cavalcade of film for your reading pleasure.  Reviewed this post: THE THING (3.5 of 5 Horns) THE BIG YEAR (4 of 5 Horns) ABDUCTION (3.5 of 5 Horns) WHAT’S YOUR NUMBER (2 of 5 Horns) THE THING: 3.5 of 5 Horns I prepared for The Thing, by watching The Thing.  When I say “Th...
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Adam N. posted an article on Snarky professionals telling you about the world you live in. - Oct 21, 2011, 12:44 am
Applause for Butch Rigby, Screenland Theaters (KCMO) While this post gets into the opinion of a single theater operator, and this particular theater is close to my locale (KCMO), I think his take on entertainment rings true for Anytown, USA.  As such, I thought the Blinkin community would enjoy re...
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Adam N. posted an article on Snarky professionals telling you about the world you live in. - Oct 19, 2011, 11:09 pm
Yes, that Emilio Estevez…Our Kirby is all grown up, and he has officially developed some chops behind the camera.  He has previously directed a variety of high-end primetime TV shows and more notably, Bobby, the story of the assassination of Bobby Kennedy.  I haven’t seen it, but I intend to. ...
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Adam N. posted an article on Snarky professionals telling you about the world you live in. - Oct 17, 2011, 11:51 am
If you have not heard, this weekend, during an Indy Car race in Las Vegas, there was a major accident that involved 15 of the cars. Dan Wheldon, a well known driver, was killed in this accident. Of course youtube is thriving with videos of the accident – macabre to be sure. The accident is tremend...
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Adam N. posted an article on Snarky professionals telling you about the world you live in. - Oct 10, 2011, 1:22 am
This was a weekend that jammed about 20 hours of stuff into each 15 hour waking day, up to and including one nature walk, one visit to the pumpkin farm, and one helluva garage sale. I am a tired Rhino, but I did manage to catch both flicks. REAL STEEL – 3.5 of 5 Horns From IMDB.com: “Set i...
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Adam N. posted an article on Snarky professionals telling you about the world you live in. - Oct 9, 2011, 2:26 am
Monday the 10th I’ll be 64 and my cute li’l Lao roommate is throwing me a party at SEXY BAR next to our apartment(you’re all invited) In other news the two sword wielding muggers have been caught, confessed, reinacted the crime for the police and were on several news broadcasts two days ago. M...
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Adam N. posted an article on Snarky professionals telling you about the world you live in. - Oct 9, 2011, 1:28 am
On Wednesday, October 5th, 2011, Universal Pictures made a monumental announcement that would have a serious impact on the future of film and film going. Tower Heist, a film by Brett Ratner, starring Ben Stiller and Eddie Murphy, hits theaters on the 4th of November.  A very short 3 weeks later...
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Adam N. posted an article on Snarky professionals telling you about the world you live in. - Oct 5, 2011, 10:14 am
It seems like it was just yesterday that people were talking about the NFL and how they would never get past their labor disagreement, talks, etc to such a degree that the season would be lost forever! Of course it wasn’t, in fact very little was lost – except for the fervor of the fans. Yes t...
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Adam N. posted an article on Snarky professionals telling you about the world you live in. - Oct 4, 2011, 12:22 am
My writings have been light as of late…when I sit in my chair at night, I can barely keep my eyes open.  I am a tired, tired man… But life is for living, so tired I shall be, but I am having loads of fun along the way.  Within that loads of fun is one of my favorite pastimes, catching flic...
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Adam N. posted an article on Snarky professionals telling you about the world you live in. - Sep 29, 2011, 9:51 am
Andy Rooney, age 92, is leaving 60 Minutes. Why is that important? That starts with my history – I am 38 years old. Andy Rooney has been on 60 minutes for 23 years. I remember watching 60 minutes with my parents and enjoying his little bits at the end of the show. My mother adored those little bit...
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Adam N. posted an article on Snarky professionals telling you about the world you live in. - Sep 26, 2011, 2:42 am
I have made arrangements with the local hospital, my residence for half of the month, to pay $100 a month until my bill is paid off, I can do without coffee I guess, about $35 a month. 35 baht a day is $35 a month, only eat one meal out each day, $30, and stop using the internet, about $30 a month. ...
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Adam N. posted an article on Snarky professionals telling you about the world you live in. - Sep 26, 2011, 12:32 am
So I have been a busy little Rhino…sorry for the long respite between posts, but writing doesn’t pay the bills, and papa had to earn some real cheese.  Just because I didn’t write, doesn’t mean I didn’t keep watching. While I am short on time, I will offer a mini-review for each of th...
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Adam N. posted an article on Snarky professionals telling you about the world you live in. - Sep 20, 2011, 11:29 pm
I was released early from the hospital because of no funds to pay my bill, within an hour I had passed out, fallen, hit my head on the floor and went in for more xrays and three days more hospital, crap! Well, when I was in the first time for the first two days I lay on a gurney/bed with no sheet, t...
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Adam N. posted an article on Snarky professionals telling you about the world you live in. - Sep 19, 2011, 12:31 pm
ARGGGG. I am playing Fantasy Football again. GlazednConfused and I have a team that we manage together. Last year we won the Superbowl, made loads of money, and are at it again this year. The problem with winning the Superbowl is that the next year you get hosed on picks – meaning you go dead las...
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Adam N. posted an article on Snarky professionals telling you about the world you live in. - Sep 13, 2011, 12:44 am
While the tag team is more commonly associated with the WWE than MMA, the Catfish is working the corner with the Reel Rhino and the outcome is victory.  I love having the Cat swing by, he is the poet laureate of the Reel Rhino site and I appreciate it, no matter how much I bust his balls outsid...
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Adam N. posted an article on Snarky professionals telling you about the world you live in. - Sep 12, 2011, 2:07 am
I was heading home on my bicycle Sunday night when two men rushed out of the darkness and split my skull open with a sword. They hit me twice more in the torso and were aiming another blow to my head when I lunged out of the way and was hit below my right kidney. About this time two people came up o...
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Adam N. posted an article on Snarky professionals telling you about the world you live in. - Sep 11, 2011, 12:10 am
Thursday night, I decided that to generate some momentum for Steven Soderbergh’s Contagion, I would check out Carriers.  Ever since I dropped the DVD portion of my Netflix, I have been watching flicks I may have otherwise missed (and some that I would have rather missed!).  I think this wh...
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Adam N. posted an article on Snarky professionals telling you about the world you live in. - Sep 9, 2011, 12:23 am
(Kenfu, I didn’t do a full review for Conan, but let me lead by saying it is better than they say.) Lots to talk about folks, we have much to discuss. We ran a three day garage sale over the weekend and I feel like I didn’t have any days off.  I have a silver tongue when it comes to makin’...
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Adam N. posted an article on Snarky professionals telling you about the world you live in. - Sep 7, 2011, 9:51 am
We live in a rather troubled world. In fact in four days we will recognize those who died in the Twin Towers in New York on September the 11th, 2001. I will write a post about that, on that day, but not today. Today I wanted to touch on something else, something that humans throughout our history ha...
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Adam N. posted an article on Snarky professionals telling you about the world you live in. - Aug 31, 2011, 12:52 am
Columbiana: 3 of 5 HornsI am extremely tired and was very devoid of flicks this weekend.  I worked late on Friday, worked on Saturday, lady  then went straight to my boy Jackson’s 2nd birthday party at “Fun Run.”  Come Sunday, I had time for one flickaroo, and I went with Columbiana.I t...
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Adam N. posted an article on Snarky professionals telling you about the world you live in. - Aug 30, 2011, 1:46 pm
I am president of a stock club – in effect that means that I make sure that the flow of conversation doesn’t stay too long on a single topic in our club meetings. Beyond that I really don’t possess any powers to speak of, sort of like the President of the United States. Once per month our stoc...
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Adam N. posted an article on Snarky professionals telling you about the world you live in. - Aug 26, 2011, 9:42 am
I am a big proponent of reality television, and I don’t mean that crap genre that idiots refer to when pointing a camera at just any inbred hill billy. I am referring to anything that is either a documentary or is at the least based on reality – as in something important that really occurred. ...
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Adam N. posted an article on Snarky professionals telling you about the world you live in. - Aug 23, 2011, 12:52 am
My power is back and so am I!  I didn’t have a chance to see Conan this weekend, but I fear that the critics and the audiences have spoken.  What a bizarre weekend at the box office… 1 The Help $20,018,659 2 Rise of the Planet of the Apes $16,119,502 3 Spy Kids: All the Time in the World...
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Adam N. posted an article on Snarky professionals telling you about the world you live in. - Aug 19, 2011, 9:36 am
It has been mentioned before on Blinkinblogs some of the odd fascinations of the Japanese culture – a culture I actually admire for many aspects. The weirdest fascination for me is how women are viewed in Japanese media – creepy school girls. (I expect Kenfu to say something about this article a...
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Adam N. posted an article on Snarky professionals telling you about the world you live in. - Aug 17, 2011, 11:54 pm
I ended up sending roving reporter, Dani California, into the fray to see The Help. While my intentions were to get her review posted over the weekend, well, you know what they say about the best intentions being fraught with disappointment. The Reel Rhiness herself is planning a post as well, discu...
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Adam N. posted an article on Snarky professionals telling you about the world you live in. - Aug 13, 2011, 12:26 am
Friday fun day was in effect and when the work bell rang, I slid down my dino’s tail, and headed for the movies.  Although I enjoyed Chipotle, rather than a Brontosaurus burger, my tummy was happy none the less. I was invited by The Kid in the Helmet to catch the midnight screening of 30 Minutes ...
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Adam N. posted an article on Snarky professionals telling you about the world you live in. - Aug 11, 2011, 11:16 pm
Here in Thailand it’s the Queen’s birthday, no liquor sales, no bars open, probably a parade, they’re big on parades here and go all out. The bar next door to my apartment is getting three brand new girls today and can’t open, getting a new pool table too. The Mama san has offered me my choi...
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