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August 29, 2006
Laughing Planet Cafe, Portland, OR
This place is fantastic.
There is a nice variety, and you aren't shunned for asking questions. Something that happens a lot if you are vegan. In fact, the staff is friendly, and knowlegeable. I was trying to put together a 'Vegan Quesadilla', but didn't quite know how to go about it. I was given a better suggestion that was more what I wanted, and friendlier to my pocket.
The food is supreme. Their guacamole is better than Chipotle's, and they serve in generous portions. For desert, I had the peanutbutter/chocolate chip cookie bar... yum! all of the food is literally worth rolling your eyes into the back of your skull, in ecstacy.
Absolutely Heavenly.
Posted by hawkie at 09:26 PM | Comments (0)
August 21, 2006
Snakes On A Plane
Samuel L. Jackson .... Nelville Flynn
Nathan Phillips .... Sean Jones
Julianna Margulies .... Claire Miller
Lin Shaye .... Grace
Bruce James .... Ken
Sunny Mabrey .... Tiffany
Tom Butler .... Captain Sam McKeon
David Koechner .... Rick
Rachel Blanchard .... Mercedes
Flex Alexander .... Three G's
Kenan Thompson .... Troy
Keith Dallas .... Big Leroy (as Keith "Blackman" Dallas)
Casey Dubois .... Curtis
Daniel Hogarth .... Tommy
Terry Chen .... Chen Leong
Elsa Pataky .... Maria
Gerard Plunkett .... Paul
Bobby Cannavale .... Hank Harris
Todd Louiso .... Dr. Steven Price
Byron Lawson .... Eddie Kim
This is a fun and entertaining movie.
It's a pretty standard action/creature flick. It's got your creature (the snakes, duh), a pretty thin reason for the creatures being where they are (a gangster tries to kill the witness to a crime he committed by loading a plane full of poisonous snakes; who in the what now? seriously, that's your way of killing off a witness? you're a pretty weak gangster if that's your best idea), and an ensemble cast that includes the standard character clichés (the tough FBI agent, the plucky heroine who's off to bigger and better things so this was to be her last day on the job, the couple who has sex, the arrogant jerk who gets what's coming to him, the arrogant guy who has a change of heart in the face of adversity, the comic relief black guy, the woman with a baby, 2 cute kids, etc.). I mean, yeah, the acting's not superb, the plot's fairly thin, and the snakes are obviously CGI'd (some of them anyways). But this movie is what it is: end of summer popcorn fare.
So go to the movie theater next weekend (preferably a matinee) and see this movie (preferably with a theater full of people who have a good sense of humor). And trust me when I tell you that this is NOT a rental movie. I mean, it could be, but only after you've seen it in the theater.
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