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Man of Yesterday
http://manofyesterday.wordpress.com/
This blog is written by the author Robert D. Spake, mostly used for movie, book and board game reviews. It also contains links to his books and interviews he has participated in.
LATEST ARTICLES ( 634 )
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Movie Review – Flyboys (2006)
Director: Tony Bill Stars: James Franco, Jean Reno, Tyler Labine, Philip Winchester, David Ellison, Martin Henderson, Keith McErlean, Jennifer Decker,... Read more
Posted on 15 September 2015 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, HISTORY, MOVIES -
Movie Review – Palo Alto (2013)
Director: Gia Coppola Stars: Emma Robert, James Franco, Jack Kilmer, Nat Wolff, Zoe Levin Based on a book of short stories by James Franco, Palo Alto depicts... Read more
Posted on 14 September 2015 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, HISTORY, MOVIES -
Okay, So the Summer Was a Busy Time for Me. Most of My Cl...
Okay, so the summer was a busy time for me. Most of my close friends, including my flatmate, are teachers so I my social life was finally active! Read more
Posted on 13 September 2015 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, HISTORY, MOVIES -
Movie Review – The Best of Me (2014)
Director: Michael Hoffman Stars: James Marsden, Michelle Monaghan, Luke Bracey, Lana Liberato, Gerald McRaney Based on a Nicholas Sparks novel (some of you... Read more
Posted on 12 September 2015 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, HISTORY, MOVIES -
Latest Library Haul!
I decided to start catching up on reading and aside from a few books that caught my eye, I started a new system. I’m starting from the beginning of the... Read more
Posted on 12 September 2015 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, HISTORY, MOVIES -
Movie Review – Left Behind (2014)
Director: Vic Armstrong Stars: Nicolas Cage, Chad Michael Murray, Cassi Thomson, Lea Thompson, and a few other unfortunate people who have to have their names... Read more
Posted on 11 September 2015 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, HISTORY, MOVIES -
Movie Review – Legend (2015)
Director: Brian Helgeland Stars: Tom Hardy, Emily Browning, David Thewlis, Colin Morgan, Chazz Palminteri, Taron Egerton Legend is the latest film depicting... Read more
Posted on 10 September 2015 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, HISTORY, MOVIES -
Board Game Cafe – Board in the City
So I mentioned this briefly a few months ago, and I just thought I’d give a bit of an update because I’ve been neglecting this blog for the summer, and this is... Read more
Posted on 08 September 2015 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, HISTORY, MOVIES -
D&D5e Campaign Update – The Hoard of the Dragon Queen
After completing The Lost Mines of Phandelver we quickly started the next one, The Hoard of the Dragon queen. This one may involve a little more griping from me... Read more
Posted on 07 September 2015 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, HISTORY, MOVIES -
Movie Review – No Escape (2015)
Director: John Erick Dowdle Stars: Owen Wilson, Lake Bell, Claire Geare, Sterling Jerlins, Pierce Brosnan After getting a transfer to a company overseas, Jack... Read more
Posted on 06 September 2015 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, HISTORY, MOVIES -
D&D5E Campaign Update – Facing the Black Spider, and Goodbye to a Friend
We brought the Lost Mines of Phandelver campaign to a close just in time for my friend to move away. He actually put his moving day back so we could squeeze... Read more
Posted on 27 August 2015 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, HISTORY, MOVIES -
Movie Review – Paper Towns (2015)
Director: Jake Schreier Stars: Nat Wolff, Carla Delevingne, Austin Abrams, Justice Smith, Halston Sage Quentin (Wolff) used to be friends with Margo (Delevingne... Read more
Posted on 19 August 2015 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, HISTORY, MOVIES -
D&D5e Campaign Update – The Race to Level 5
Okay, so in this one some metagaming played a part. We’re coming to the end of the Lost Mines of Phandelver campaign but one of our group is moving away, so... Read more
Posted on 18 August 2015 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, HISTORY, MOVIES -
Movie Review – The Assassination (2008)
Director: Brett Simon Stars: Mischa Barton, Reece Thompson, Bruce Willis, Michael Rapaport, Kathryn Morris, Melonie Diaz, Josh Pais, Luke Grimes, Patrick... Read more
Posted on 31 July 2015 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, HISTORY, MOVIES -
Movie Review – When Worlds Collide (1951)
Director: Rudolph Maté Stars: Richard Derr, Barbara Rush, Peter Hanson, John Hoyt, Larry Keating, Rachel Ames, Stephen Chase, Frank Cady, Hayden Rorke, Sandro... Read more
Posted on 30 July 2015 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, HISTORY, MOVIES -
Movie Review – The Accidental Spy (2001)
Director: Teddy Chan Stars: Jackie Chan, Eric Tsang, Min Kim, Hsing-kuo Wu, Lillian Ho, Vivian Hsu An ordinary salesman dreams of big adventures, so when he... Read more
Posted on 30 July 2015 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, HISTORY, MOVIES -
Movie Review – Pixels (2015)
Director: Chris Columbus Stars: Adam Sandler, Kevin James,Josh Gad, Peter Dinklage, Michelle Monaghan, Brian Cox, Donkey Kong, Q-Bert, Pac-Man In 1982 the... Read more
Posted on 29 July 2015 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, HISTORY, MOVIES -
Movie Review – Coherence (2013)
Director: James Ward Byrkit Stars: Nicholas Brendon, Emily Foxler, Maury Sterling, Lorene Scafaria, Elizabeth Gracen, Hugo Armstrong, Alex Manugian, Lauren Mahe... Read more
Posted on 28 July 2015 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, HISTORY, MOVIES -
Movie Review – Inside Out (2015)
Directors: Pete Docter, Ronaldo del Carmen Stars: Amy Poehler, Phyllis Smith, Richard Kind, Bill Hader, Lewis Black, Mindy Kaling, Kaitlyn Dias, Diane Lane, Kyl... Read more
Posted on 27 July 2015 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, HISTORY, MOVIES -
Movie Review – Arena (1989)
Director: Peter Manoogian Stars: Paul Satterfield, Hamilton Camp, Marc Alaimo, Armin Shimerman, Claudia Christian, Shari Shattuck, Michael Deak, William Butler... Read more
Posted on 26 July 2015 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, HISTORY, MOVIES