This afternoon I went to see the movie 'Nebraska' starring Bruce Dern. I had seen a preview for it on TV and it intrigued me. It is in limited release so it meant seeing it at the Uptown Theater in Minneapolis. I liked it as it was a road movie. In addition I think of myself as a regionalist and liked how it had a Midwestern setting. I cheered when they stopped at Mount Rushmore on the way. I knew they likely would after the road sign for it was mentioned. It was called a dramatic comedy, which was definitely accurate. Much of the movie was a family reunion of sorts. The men didn't say much to each other, they spoke a lot about cars, or watched football together. It worked just fine being filmed in black and white, I know a few movies still are filmed this way. I would like to think it will get some Oscar nominations, a movie like this tends to. A karaoke scene reminded me of a favorite movie, 'Up In The Air'. This is a movie I would want to own on video, as I liked it that much. When I left the theater I picked up a poster. It isn't hung on the wall yet like some others are but it likely will be soon.
Before and after seeing the movie my day was about chores and errand running. I did dishes, then it was on to the library to print some coupons. This included ones for a Dairy Queen Blizzard, it was a 2 for 1 deal. Others were a discounted egg nog at the grocery store, and a discount at Barnes and Noble. Then I drove over to the Uptown neighborhood and ate at Arby's. I don't think I've been to this location much before, as I often would like to eat at Popeye's chicken nearby. But now that Popeye's has expanded in this area I don't have to go all the way over there for it. After the movie I drove home and got groceries. Then it was on to the Blockbuster Video liquidation sale. I got two more videos, along with two more bags of microwave popcorn and a 6-pack of 100 Grand candy bars. The first video was four 'Simpsons' Christmas episodes. I brought my list with me and checked- I did have five Simpsons videos already but not of Christmas episodes. The other was 'The Jackal', starring Bruce Willis and Richard Gere. I had it on VHS- again, bringing the list helped- so I liked being able to junk another VHS tape. Much like before, I looked at all that was available, so I still have more ideas for what I will get during my next visit.
I watched both of these videos tonight after getting back from Blockbuster- and from eating dinner at the Kentucky Fried Chicken across the street. With the subzero weather I didn't want to go to too much trouble with finding a place to eat. I had seen all of the four Simpsons episodes but it had been a while. I do recall seeing 'The Jackal' at the theater, back in 1997. It was during my year and a half of living in West Des Moines. When I went to junk the VHS copy of this movie I noticed the Hollywood Video sticker on it, a reminder of how I hadn't seen their stores in a while. So I looked up their Wikipedia article and it said they liquidated back in 2010. There was a website I found saying 'The new Hollywood Video' but it appears they may just be an online-only company now. I did take the Blockbuster stickers off of both of these videos already, these were previously viewed videos.
Before and after seeing the movie my day was about chores and errand running. I did dishes, then it was on to the library to print some coupons. This included ones for a Dairy Queen Blizzard, it was a 2 for 1 deal. Others were a discounted egg nog at the grocery store, and a discount at Barnes and Noble. Then I drove over to the Uptown neighborhood and ate at Arby's. I don't think I've been to this location much before, as I often would like to eat at Popeye's chicken nearby. But now that Popeye's has expanded in this area I don't have to go all the way over there for it. After the movie I drove home and got groceries. Then it was on to the Blockbuster Video liquidation sale. I got two more videos, along with two more bags of microwave popcorn and a 6-pack of 100 Grand candy bars. The first video was four 'Simpsons' Christmas episodes. I brought my list with me and checked- I did have five Simpsons videos already but not of Christmas episodes. The other was 'The Jackal', starring Bruce Willis and Richard Gere. I had it on VHS- again, bringing the list helped- so I liked being able to junk another VHS tape. Much like before, I looked at all that was available, so I still have more ideas for what I will get during my next visit.
I watched both of these videos tonight after getting back from Blockbuster- and from eating dinner at the Kentucky Fried Chicken across the street. With the subzero weather I didn't want to go to too much trouble with finding a place to eat. I had seen all of the four Simpsons episodes but it had been a while. I do recall seeing 'The Jackal' at the theater, back in 1997. It was during my year and a half of living in West Des Moines. When I went to junk the VHS copy of this movie I noticed the Hollywood Video sticker on it, a reminder of how I hadn't seen their stores in a while. So I looked up their Wikipedia article and it said they liquidated back in 2010. There was a website I found saying 'The new Hollywood Video' but it appears they may just be an online-only company now. I did take the Blockbuster stickers off of both of these videos already, these were previously viewed videos.
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