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Never, ever, send a one-armed one-eyed man or Tom Cruise to do something that needs to be done right.
December 29, 2008
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Pierre Villeneuve shares those sentiments, but not quite in the way that you intended, I suspect.
Comment by Vicus Scurra — December 29, 2008 @ 1:09 am
Touche’
Comment by Frontier Former Editor — December 29, 2008 @ 6:52 am
Didn’t I read something about that in Nelson’s column?
Comment by sledpress — December 29, 2008 @ 9:48 am
you make a fine film critic 🙂
Comment by nursemyra — December 29, 2008 @ 3:24 pm
Quote from the movie: “This is a military operation; nothing ever goes right.”
Nobody was supposed to move the briefcase or move the meeting. No, I’m not going to quote Clausewitz – you all know what he said.
Comment by Donna Barr — February 13, 2010 @ 1:25 pm
Was ist “Movie making is Scientology by other means,” Alex?
Comment by Frontier Former Editor — February 13, 2010 @ 10:10 pm