How To Make Money Selling Drugs

Yet another film about the failure of the US Drug War and how it has promoted the sell and use of drugs while increasing the corruption of law enforcement.  A win-win, eh? How to Make Money Selling Drugs is formatted like an infomercial, or one of those get rich blogging products that tells you all you need to do is get a list and sell to it.  There are several levels of success in the drug world, from the lowly corner dealer making a measly few hundred dollars a day to the pan global drug cartel making millions a day.…

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Now You See Me

An all star cast weaves together a magical mystery tour.  We start off watching four struggling magicians as they are chosen by an unknown benefactor to become the greatest magic act of all time. The story is fun to watch and it might have been a great movie if they had played it straight.  The Prestige is an example of playing it straight, even though it had a decidedly crooked McGuffin.  Now You See Me wants to debunk magic, but then insists on using CGI to perform many of the Four Horseman’s ‘illusions.’  You can’t explain the mechanics of a…

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