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We floor it through Keanu Reeves’ “Speed” and discuss:

“If you spend enough time with yourself in silence, you’ll be surprised what goes through your head.“ – Sandra Bullock

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We keep it real with Tim Burton’s “Beetlejuice Beetlejuice” and discuss:

“With movies, you are always in search of a good story, one that everyone will relate to and love.“ – Don Bluth

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The Devil Wears Prada screenplay (PDF from JohnAugust.com)

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We jump in the line of Tim Burton’s “Beetlejuice” and discuss:

“You don’t know whether chimps are going to kill you or kiss you. They’re very open on some levels and much more evil in a certain way.“ – Tim Burton

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We burst into Fede Alvarez’s “Alien: Romulus” and discuss:

“Science fiction writers, I am sorry to say, really do not know anything. We can’t talk about science, because our knowledge of it is limited and unofficial, and usually our fiction is dreadful.“ – Philip K. Dick

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The Vanishing (1988) iMDB

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We anoint Shia LaBeouf’s “A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints” and discuss:

“It is not death that a man should fear, but he should fear never beginning to live.“ – Marcus Aurelius

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We stride through Jim Henson’s “The Dark Crystal” and discuss:

“When I was young, my ambition was to be one of the people who made a difference in this world. My hope is to leave the world a little better for having been there.“ – Jim Henson

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Elissa Marie’s Dark Crystal Notes

Elissa Marie is art. Click picture for more detail.

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We pop into Ryan Reynolds’s “Deadpool & Wolverine” and discuss:

“Just one supernova can temporarily outshine an entire galaxy of 100 billion stars.“ – Michio Kaku

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We make a res with Christian Bale’s “American Psycho” and discuss:

“Well first of all you have to make the character strong so that people can follow that. And then hopefully that character can integrate with the background of the social situation that people can recognize.“ – Oliver Stone

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Antony Starr (iMDB)

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We sincerely reminisce about Stephen King’s “Stand By Me” and discuss:

“That’s the worst, I think. When the secret stays locked within not for want of a teller but for want of an understanding ear.“ – from Stephen King’s novella “The Body”

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We tiptoe through Lupita Nyong’o’s “A Quiet Place: Day One” and discuss:

“I’ll tell you what freedom is to me: no fear. I mean really, no fear!“ – Nina Simone

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