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My Media Library for Recovery From Surgery

Movies | Posted by Dean
Mar 18 2012

Putting together my media library to watch whilst I recover from my surgery next Friday. I am looking to put together a bit of variety so I can choose something that I feel like. So far I have the following and am keen for additional suggestions.

Assassins

Assassins

Bad Teacher

Bad Teacher

Title
Assassins

Year
1995

Description
Robert Rath is a seasoned hitman who just wants out of the business with no back talk. But, as things go, it ain’t so easy. A younger, peppier assassin named Bain is having a field day trying to kill said older assassin. Rath teams up with a computer hacker named Electra to defeat the obsessed Bain.

Stars
Sylvester Stallone, Antonio Banderas and Julianne Moore

Title
Bad Teacher

Year
2011

Description
A comedy centered around a foul-mouthed, junior high teacher who, after being dumped by her sugar daddy, begins to woo a colleague — a move that pits her against a well-loved teacher.

Stars
Cameron Diaz, Jason Segel and Justin Timberlake

Battle In Seattle

Battle In Seattle

Bra Boys

Bra Boys

Title
Battle In Seattle

Year
2007

Description
Activists arrive in Seattle, Washington en masse to protest a meeting of the World Trade Organization. Riots and chaos ensue as demonstrators successfully stop the WTO meetings.

Stars
André Benjamin, Jennifer Carpenter and Isaach De Bankolé

Title
Bra Boys

Year
2007

Description
A film about the cultural evolution of the Sydney beach side suburb of Maroubra and the social struggle faced by it’s youth – the notorious surf gang known as the Bra Boys.

Stars
Russell Crowe, Kelly Slater and Cheyne Horan

Captain America: The First Avenger

Captain America: The First Avenger

Ghost Rider

Ghost Rider

Title
Captain America: The First Avenger

Year
2011

Description
After being deemed unfit for military service, Steve Rogers volunteers for a top secret research project that turns him into Captain America, a superhero dedicated to defending the USA’s ideals.

Stars
Chris Evans, Hugo Weaving and Samuel L. Jackson

Title
Ghost Rider

Year
2007

Description
Stunt motorcyclist Johnny Blaze gives up his soul to become a hellblazing vigilante, to fight against power hungry Blackheart, the son of the devil himself.

Stars
Nicolas Cage, Eva Mendes and Sam Elliott

The Karate Kid

The Karate Kid

Lara Croft: Tomb Raider

Lara Croft: Tomb Raider

Title
The Karate Kid

Year
1984

Description
A handyman/martial arts master agrees to teach a bullied boy karate and shows him that there is more to the martial art than fighting.

Stars
Ralph Macchio, Pat Morita and Elisabeth Shue

Title
Lara Croft: Tomb Raider

Year
2001

Description
Video game adventurer Lara Croft comes to life in a movie where she races against time and villains to recover powerful ancient artifacts.

Stars
Angelina Jolie, Jon Voight and Iain Glen

Lara Croft: Tomb Raider: The Cradle Of Life

Lara Croft: Tomb Raider: The Cradle Of Life

The Last Boyscout

The Last Boyscout

Title
Lara Croft: Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life

Year
2003

Description
Lara Croft is on a quest to save Pandoras box.

Stars
Angelina Jolie, Gerard Butler and Chris Barrie

Title
The Last Boy Scout

Year
1991

Description
A down and out cynical detective teams up with a down and out ex-quarterback to try and solve a murder case involving a pro football team and a politician.

Stars
Bruce Willis, Damon Wayans and Chelsea Field

Next

Next

Return To Snowy River (The Man From Snowy River II)

Return To Snowy River (The Man From Snowy River II)

Title
Next

Year
2007

Description
A Las Vegas magician who can see into the future is pursued by FBI agents seeking to use his abilities to prevent a nuclear terrorist attack.

Stars
Nicolas Cage, Julianne Moore and Jessica Biel

Title
Return To Snowy River (The Man From Snowy River II)

Year
1988

Description
Young Jim Craig returns to his home in the Australian high country. He finds that things are not as he left them – his girlfriend is being pursued by another man, and her father doesn’t want Jim back into her life.

Stars
Tom Burlinson, Sigrid Thornton and Brian Dennehy

Red Riding Hood

Red Riding Hood

Romper Stomper

Romper Stomper

Title
Red Riding Hood

Year
2011

Description
Set in a medieval village that is haunted by a werewolf, a young girl falls for an orphaned woodcutter, much to her family’s displeasure.

Stars
Amanda Seyfried, Lukas Haas and Gary Oldman

Title
Romper Stomper

Year
1992

Description
A group of skinheads become alarmed at the way their neighbourhood is changing.

Stars
Russell Crowe, Daniel Pollock and Jacqueline McKenzie

Salt

Salt

Thor

Thor

Title
Salt

Year
2010

Description
A CIA agent goes on the run after a defector accuses her of being a Russian spy.

Stars
Angelina Jolie, Liev Schreiber and Chiwetel Ejiofor

Title
Thor

Year
2011

Description
The powerful but arrogant warrior Thor is cast out of the fantastic realm of Asgard and sent to live amongst humans on Earth, where he soon becomes one of their finest defenders.

Stars
Chris Hemsworth, Anthony Hopkins and Natalie Portman

Tron

Tron

Tron: Legacy

Tron: Legacy

Title
Tron

Year
1982

Description
A hacker is literally abducted into the world of a computer and forced to participate in gladiatorial games where his only chance of escape is with the help of a heroic security program.

Stars
Jeff Bridges, Bruce Boxleitner and David Warner

Title
Tron: Legacy

Year
2010

Description
The son of a virtual world designer goes looking for his father and ends up inside the digital world that his father designed. He meets his father’s creation turned bad and a unique ally who was born inside the digital domain of The Grid.

Stars
Jeff Bridges, Garrett Hedlund and Olivia Wilde


7 Reasons to Embrace Baldness in 7 Days – Reason 4 – Hair Hygiene Win!

General | Posted by Dean
Mar 13 2012

No worries about hair hygiene! Head lice will definitely not be a problem.

Don’t forget to sponsor me in losing this hair by a donation to my Personal World’s Greatest Shave 2012 support page. Donations are tax deductible!


7 Reasons to Embrace Baldness in 7 Days – Reason 3 – Save on Hair Product

General | Posted by Dean
Mar 12 2012

With no hair there are no product costs … savings are to be had!

Don’t forget to sponsor me in losing this hair by a donation to my Personal World’s Greatest Shave 2012 support page. Donations are tax deductible!


7 Reasons to Embrace Baldness in 7 Days – Reason 2 – Lighter On The Scales

General | Posted by Dean
Mar 11 2012
Personal support poster for the World's Greatest Shave 2012

Please support me

By shedding my facial, head and body hair I will have instant weight loss! This is a fantastic reason to shave and I often wonder why contestants on the The Biggest Loser fail to embrace the shave. After all, in that game a few grams is often the difference between staying and leaving.

Don’t forget to sponsor me in losing this hair by a donation to my Personal World’s Greatest Shave 2012 support page. Donations are tax deductible!


7 Reasons to Embrace Baldness in 7 Days – Reason 1 – No Bad Hat Hair

General | Posted by Dean
Mar 10 2012

In 7 days time I will be subjecting myself to the razor and going bald in support of the Leukaemia Foundations’ World’s Greatest Shave 2012 event (support me). The next 7 posts will therefore be taking an irreverent look at reasons to embrace baldness beginning with reason number 1 – no bad hat hair.

As a wearer of hats I often wonder how my hair looks when the cap is removed. Especially true of my early morning commutes to the office where the cap would go on a damp head of hair. During the commute I will go to sleep again and then random hat movements end up with my hair in a rather diabolical state. This would then lead copious amounts of time re-combing my hair ready for the work day.

When there is no hair to worry about that will not be problem and is a definite efficiency gain. WIN!