The Quick Brown Fox Jumps Over The Lazy Dog

A modern film classic. Quentin Tarantino 's Pulp Fiction saved or jump-started the movie careers of several actors. Most notably: Samuel L. Jackson John Travolta Uma Thurman Bruce Willis Ving Rhames

Communication issue! - QBF

Yes, Fast & Furious 6 is here, and it appears that #7 is coming fast behind it. The most diverse movie cast in Hollywood is back, and larger than ever! Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson , Gal Gadot , Gina Carano , Jordana Brewster , Ludacris , Michelle Rodriguez , Paul Walker , Sung Kang , Tyrese Gibson , and Vin Diesel . So should we be salivating or dreading the extension of this unlikely action movie franchise?

Show me your friend and I will show you your character . ~ African proverb

Dine with a stranger but save your love for your family . ~ Ethiopian proverb

If you want to go quickly, go alone. If you want to go far, go together. ~ African proverb

Economics lesson time! - QBF (Click to ENLARGE.)

A large chair does not make a king . ~ Sudanese proverb

Mom sure does have an interesting skincare regime! - QBF PS: This is a good woman, with poor Facebooking skills. (Click to ENLARGE.)

Do not forget what is to be a sailor because of being a captain yourself. ~ Tanzanian proverb

He who thinks he is leading and has no one following him is only taking a walk. ~ Malawian proverb

Wealth, if you use it, comes to an end; learning, if you use it, increases. ~ Swahili proverb

Hot for teacher! - QBF (Click to ENLARGE.)

If you close your eyes to facts, you will learn through accidents. ~ African proverb

The Star Trek reboot keeps going where no reboot has gone before! No other franchise reboot actually references the previously altered history (and that's because the previous Star Trek created a wholly new timeline -- you should check it out). Anyways, Star Trek Into Darkness is a much grimmer Trekker film, and stars the usual cast: Chris Pine as Captain James Tiberius Kirk Zachary Quinto as Commander Spock Zoe Saldana as Lieutenant Commander Nyota Uhura Karl Urban as Doctor Leonard "Bones" McCoy Simon Pegg as Chief Engineer Montgomery "Scotty" Scott John Cho as Lieutenant Commander Hikaru Sulu Anton Yelchin as Ensign Pavel Chekov With some new additions  Benedict Cumberbatch as John Harrison, and Peter Weller as Admiral Marcus.

So, what do you get when you mix a cowboys and indians western, with some aliens, energy blasters, and spaceships? Cowboys & Aliens ! Sounds awesome right? Wrong.

This man has been planning for this day... - QBF (Click to ENLARGE.)

Determination. - QBF (Click to ENLARGE.)

The third (and final?) movie of Shellhead's trilogy -- Iron Man 3 was a visual and special effects masterpiece. Starring once again the usual cast of characters, namely  Robert Downey Jr. as Tony Stark/Iron Man, Gwyneth Paltrow as Pepper Potts, and Don Cheadle as Col. James Rhodes/War Machine/Iron Patriot; they are joined by two interesting new antagonists. Ben Kingsley as The Mandarin, and Guy Pearce as Aldrich Killian.

So what happens when you try to mimic the epic comedy/fantasy film The Princess Bride in this day and age? You get (unfortunately) Your Highness . It stars Danny McBride as the idiot prince, James Franco as the uber-heroic prince, Natalie Portman as  a warrior-babe, and Zooey Deschanel as the damsel-in-distress.