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MUSIC --
once again: "see" Machine Gun / Band of Gypsies! - - -
the video has the overlays of the war in Viet Nam... bombs, machines guns...
i made a note of that track/video at redemption-song-movies-music-050704.html
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TOOL & A PERFECT CIRCLE
thank you Maynard!
- listen to every track by both bands !!!

Eminem
The Eminem Show | Track 19 {i think my dads gone crazy}

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MOVIES -

tonight --

John Q
- have kids? medical situation? have insurance? have HMO ??? have $$$ MONEY $$$ ???
netflix.com/MovieDisplay?movieid=60020825&trkid=181026
John Q (2001)
Denzel Washington plays John Q, a luckless blue-collar workingman without the insurance needed to cover his son's emergency heart transplant. Driven to desperation, he holds a hospital's emergency room hostage until doctors agree to perform the operation. Robert Duvall and Anne Heche are a couple of stubborn hospital staffers, and Ray Liotta is a gung ho police chief in this gripping story about the possible consequences of real social ills.
Starring: Denzel Washington, Robert Duvall, More
Director: Nick Cassavetes

Conspiracy Theory [all time favorite] | see also: Enemy of the State
[see above - "050718"]


last night --
Friday Night Lights
ok - i am a Billy Bob fan... some of the movies he has made are the just best; but this one? he was good, but i liked "Remember the Titans" a whole load more; not that i am a huge football fan [nothing like it], but some pretty good drama
netflix.com/MovieDisplay?movieid=70002003&trkid=181026
Friday Night Lights (2004)
Peter Berg directs this gritty but heartwarming tale, based on a book by H.G. Bissinger, that chronicles the efforts of Gary Gaines (Billy Bob Thornton), the coach of a local football team in small-town Odessa, Texas, to propel his squad to the state championships. But the path to glory is paved with racial and economic strife, and the coach must help his players navigate through the maze so they can play like winners.
Starring: Derek Luke, Billy Bob Thornton, More
Director: Peter Berg

- see also: Remember the Titans <<<< that and Drumline remind me so much of my son... [hey Nik!]... GIVE BLOOD: PLAY RUGBY!
netflix.com/MovieDisplay?movieid=60002256&trkid=181026
Remember the Titans (2000)
It looks like fourth down and long yardage when Denzel Washington replaces a well-respected -- and white -- football coach (Will Patton) in a Virginia high school rampant with prejudice, circa 1970. Not to be discouraged, Washington welds the young players, the Titans, into a force to be reckoned with on the gridiron and off. Based on real-life events.
Starring: Gregory Allen Howard, Denzel Washington, More
Director: Boaz Yakin
..... and yes, I am a huge fan of Denzel Washington - he is one of the best. more on him later.

-- see also: Drumline
netflix.com/MovieDisplay?movieid=60023628&trkid=181026
Drumline (2002)
Set against the high-energy, high-stakes world of show-style marching bands, Drumline is a fish-out-of-water dramedy about a talented street drummer (Nick Cannon) from Harlem who enrolls in a Southern university, expecting to lead its marching band's drumline to victory. He initially flounders in his new world before realizing that it takes more than talent to reach the top.
Starring: Nick Cannon, Orlando Jones, More
Director: Charles Stone III


more MOVIES -

All time favorites - FANTASY -

Tie! Willow, The Never Ending Story, The Princess Bride
>>Lord of the Rings disclimer goes here<<

yep, its good against evil, right?

Willow
netflix.com/MovieDisplay?movieid=60011580&trkid=181026
Willow (1988)
A dwarfish "Nelwyn" named Willow finds a baby adrift in a river and must protect it from an evil queen (Jean Marsh) bent on its destruction. Along with studly Madmartigan (Val Kilmer), Willow battles dragons and vanquishes evildoers, all the while shielding the infant from harm. Taken for what it is, the movie's a tribute of sorts to another film starring a diminutive hero, Lord of the Rings.
<<<<< i don't know who wrote that, but Willow was around long before LOR [and "taken for what its is" is just really lame], unless you are talking about the books... [maybe books are something i should add to RS? / i that case it would be best books/movies = Shogun = more on that later!]
Starring: Val Kilmer, Joanne Whalley, More
Director: Ron Howard

The Never Ending Story
netflix.com/MovieDisplay?movieid=60020917&trkid=181026
The NeverEnding Story (1984)
Die Unendliche Geschichte
A young boy, harassed by schoolyard bullies, holes up in the school's attic with an extraordinary book about an amazing universe filled with rock-eating creatures, racing snails and flying dragons. Director Wolfgang Petersen's (Das Boot) first English-language film is a wonderful fantasy with a timeless and fundamental message. The movie was so successful that it spawned a couple of live-action sequels and an animated TV series.
Starring: Noah Hathaway, Barret Oliver, More
Director: Wolfgang Petersen

The Princess Bride
netflix.com/MovieDisplay?movieid=60000361&trkid=181026
The Princess Bride (1987)
In this enchantingly cracked fairy tale, the beautiful Princess Buttercup (Robin Wright) and the dashing Wesley (Cary Elwes) must overcome staggering odds to find happiness. Giants, swordsmen, six-fingered counts, murderous princes, Sicilians, pirates, rodents of unusual size and even death cannot stop true love from triumphing. Mandy Patinkin and Andre the Giant costar in this modern classic.
Starring: Robin Wright Penn, Cary Elwes, More
Director: Rob Reiner

[yes - i *am* using Netfilx and BMG links just because they are my bookmarked ways to get a quick synopsis, but support your local INDEPENDENT video & music shops! - please tell me if you have better links for quick and accurate "bytes"]


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