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In the beginning there was chaos. And God said, “How can I spice this up?” And then out came the damn monkeys.

I’m a hopeless movie addict. Home to the #MovieReviewHaiku and #FourFrameFriday.

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Knight and Day (2010)

Starring Cruise and Diaz.
James Bond hijnks meets romcom.
Silly, but worthwhile.

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Tom Cruise and Cameron Diaz, guns in hand, ride on a motorcycle. The poster for the movie “Knight and Day”.
January 19, 2025 at 8:39 PM
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I was there, 3,000 years ago…
January 17, 2025 at 1:20 AM
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Now Playing:

Night Shift (1982)

The movie that asks, “What if The Fonz and Batman got together to pimp girls out of the city morgue?”

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Poster for the movie “Night Shift”. Features the cast spilling out of a City Morgue vehicle.
January 11, 2025 at 11:45 PM
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Hellboy (2004)

Pearlman owns this roll.
Demon fights evil. Bet RED!
A fun popcorn flick.

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Ron Pearlman as a red demon called Hellboy.
January 11, 2025 at 8:46 PM
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#Caturday two-for-one special.
Two black and white cats lay sleeping back to back.
January 11, 2025 at 8:20 PM
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Tombstone (1993)

“I’m your huckleberry.”
— Doc Holiday

#MovieQuotes
#FourFrameFriday
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Scene from the movie Tombstone. A group of men talk in the background. Kurt Russel sits, listening, in the foreground. Scene from the movie Tombstone. Four men walk down a city street, flames behind them. Scene from the movie Tombstone. Three men in profile. Scene from the movie Tombstone. Val Kilmer, his arms spread wide, challenges another man.
January 10, 2025 at 11:19 PM
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You probably think an oversized couch that can comfortably sit four people would be big enough for more than just a dog.

Clyde is, frankly, baffled by your thinking. He assures you it is barely big enough for him. He’s practically cramped.

#GreatDane
#lLazyDog
#CouchHog
A black and white Great Dane stretches out, hogging an entire couch.
January 9, 2025 at 12:22 AM
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All the President’s Men (1976)

Back when the news worked.
Nixon’s crimes exposed, he falls.
Competency porn.

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Dustin Hoffman and Robert Redford stand in front of a newspaper. Poster for the movie “All the President’s Men”
January 8, 2025 at 11:00 PM
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Happy New Year you crazy cats and kittens! 🐈‍⬛
A dapper cat wears shades and holds a flute of champagne.
January 1, 2025 at 5:17 AM
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Now Playing:

Breakheart Pass (1975)

A train is on a classified mission. One by one the passengers are being murdered, and their only hope is a mysterious man who's being transported to face trial for murder.

Starring: Charles Bronson, Richard Crenna

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The poster for the movie "Breakheart Pass". Charles Bronson hangs off the side of a train as it goes over a tall trestle.
December 29, 2024 at 1:36 PM
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We know you’re in there. You can’t hide from us! It’s #Caturday!
Two cat sit in front of a closed door. One reaches up trying to reach the door handle.
December 28, 2024 at 2:26 PM
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Without downloading any new pics what’s your energy going into 2025
December 28, 2024 at 2:56 AM
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The Equalizer (2014)

“When you pray for rain, you gotta deal with the mud too.”
— Robert McCall

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A man sits at a diner table. A man stands in an office, with an armed man behind him. Two men sit across from each o the in a restaurant. A man stands in a rain of falling water inside a building.
December 28, 2024 at 12:04 AM
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The Highwaymen (2019)

Hunting Bonnie, Clyde.
A slow-burn period piece.
Gritty, grim, worthy.

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Kevin Costner and Woody Harrelson in a poster for the movie “The Highwaymen”.
December 27, 2024 at 9:12 PM
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Now Playing:

Casablanca (1942)

A cynical expatriate American cafe owner struggles to decide whether or not to help his former lover and her fugitive husband escape the Nazis in French Morocco.

Starring: Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman

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The poster for Casablanca.
December 27, 2024 at 8:38 PM
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Now Playing:

Duel at Diablo (1966)

In Apache territory, an Army column heads for the next fort, an ex-scout searches for the killer of his Native wife, and a housewife abandons her husband to reclaim her Apache child.

Starring: James Garner, Sidney Poitier

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The poster for “Duel at Diablo” showing a drawing of the stars fighting off attackers from every direction.
December 27, 2024 at 7:20 PM
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Now Playing:

Five Card Stud (1968)

A card shark is caught cheating and lynched by the other players. Soon, the men who were in the lynch mob start being murdered, one after another; all by hanging.

Starring: Dean Martin, Robert Mitchum, Roddy McDowall

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Portraits of Dean Martin and Robert Mitchum in western wear displayed over three men playing poker.
December 27, 2024 at 4:48 PM
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Now Playing:

The Fastest Gun Alive (1956)

In a western frontier town storekeeper George Temple has a secret past. When three bank robbers stop in town, George’s past comes back to haunt him.

Starring: Glenn Ford, Jeanne Crain, Broderick Crawford

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The poster for “The Fastest Gun Alive”. Features Glenn Ford facing down a gunman against a yellow background.
December 27, 2024 at 1:15 AM
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Now Playing:

Dune: Part Two (2024)

Paul Atreides unites with Chani and the Fremen while seeking revenge against the conspirators who destroyed his family.

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The poster for “Dune: Part Two”. Features the ensemble cast over an expanse of desert with sand worm surfacing.
December 26, 2024 at 7:33 PM
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We have reached peak ‘Day After Christmas’ at Casa Monkey.

#LazyDog
Clyde the Great Dane lies snoozing in front of our Christmas tree.
December 26, 2024 at 6:29 PM
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Now Playing:

Dune: Part One (2021)

Paul Atreides, a brilliant and gifted young man born into a great destiny beyond his understanding, must travel to a dangerous planet in the universe to ensure the future of his family and his people.

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Poster for the movie “Dune: Part One”. An ensemble cast of characters over a landscape of desert dunes.
December 26, 2024 at 4:59 PM
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Now Playing:

The Tall T (1957)

An independent former ranch foreman is kidnapped along with an heiress, who is being held for ransom by trio of ruthless outlaws.

Starring: Randolph Scott, Richard Boone, Maureen O'Sullivan

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#Movies #MovieSky
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Vintage movie poster for "The Tall T" starring Randolph Scott. Scott stands tall in the foreground, a rifle head over his head as he shouts. A desert landscape behind him has a single rider.
December 26, 2024 at 4:09 PM
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Now Playing:

7 Men From Now (1956)

A former sheriff blames himself for his wife's death during a Wells Fargo robbery and vows to track down and kill the seven men responsible.

Starring: Randolph Scott, Gail Russell, Lee Marvin

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#Movies #MovieSky
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Poster for the movie "7 Men From Now". Portraits of Randolph Scott and Lee Marvin along with other characters from the movie. All is western wear.
December 26, 2024 at 12:18 PM
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Happy #Caturday Friends!

Ripley laughs at your feeble pleas to use the sink.
A black and white cat lays in the bathroom sink, looking cute while being completely in the way.
December 22, 2024 at 12:58 AM
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Blade Runner (1982)

“All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain.

Time… to die.”
— Roy Batty

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#FourFrameFriday
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#Movies #MovieSky
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December 20, 2024 at 11:11 PM