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Tag: Bill Murray

Every Rose Has Its Thorn

Posted on Aug 1, 2008Feb 1, 2022 by Ken Gagne

Remember Father's Day? I didn't think so. It was a 1997 comedy with Billy Crystal and Robin Williams in which the perfect strangers hit the road to find the son one of them never knew they had — and to find out which one is the father. Cross this film's plot with Mamma Mia!, subtract…

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Occam's Journey

Posted on May 12, 2007Feb 1, 2022 by Ken Gagne

Inspiration can come from the most unlikely of sources, as demonstrated by the film The Razor's Edge, based on W. Somerset Maugham's book of the same name. I had never heard of this 1984 movie starring Bill Murray (or the 1946 original with Tyrone Power) until a random conversation with my chiropractor brought it to…

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That's right, woodchuck-chuckers…

Posted on Feb 2, 2007Feb 1, 2022 by Ken Gagne

… IT'S GROUNDHOG DAY! In a message on the online service GEnie, my friend Gary Utter once posted: Category 3, Topic 23 Message 17 Wed Jul 24, 1996 GARY.UTTER at 05:42 EDT GROUNDHOG DAY is more than a comedy, more than a love story. It is, among other things, a deep look at society, the…

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