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Throwback Thursday: The Big Sick Review

This is a movie that I missed in theaters although I really REALLY wanted to see it... and yeah. I'm kind of glad that I waited so long to see it and that I now own it...because this is just sort of amazing and one of the best movies I've ever seen maybe. I've been a fan of Kumail Nanjiani for a long time. He was on a show called Michael and Michael Have Issues with Michael Ian Black and Michael Showalter... and they used to answer questions on twitter during the show and I remember asking Michael Showalter who the one guy was because I thought he was so funny and he said "Oh that's Kumail, he's a writer" and since then he's gotten more and more famous and yeah. He also has an X Files podcast and I'm a massive fan of The X Files... so I listened to that for a while too. I knew a little bit about his story with his wife Emily Gordon. I knew that sometime when they were dating she was in a coma and I knew he was from Pakistan. While I was watching ...

Chart Chat 7.24.17

Alrighty! I'm a little surprised by this week's top movie... not even going to lie... I didn't know who the director was though... so that might have something to do with it also... I thought something else that opened would be number 1... and it's number 3... so that says something! Let's just get right to it! 10) Wish Upon- 2nd week on the charts... and the last week I'm guessing. This was lower than I thought it would be last week...but higher than the bottom of the charts. I feel like the name is confusing... and somewhat gramatically incorrect. You shouldn't end the title of a movie with a preposition, right? It's just weird. Also if you told me "Ohhh do you want to see 'Wish Upon' this weekend" I would think you meant a movie about Cinderella... not a horror movie... so I can see why this is doing so badly. Lol. 9) Wonder Woman- Ohhh wow! Number 9 for Wonder Woman... that has been in the top 5 for most of the summer... I'm...