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Consistency
The importance of consistency in both bourbon production and software development. It emphasizes that, like distillers who maintain quality through careful processes, software developers must ensure strong quality control at every stage. By taking individual responsibility for output quality, producers can enhance consistency and overall effectiveness in their work.
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Burn After Reading (2008)
The Coen brothers unite for another clever character driven comedy. The setup is fairly simple but quickly turns into a farce. A gym trainer who works at the local gym where many of the government agencies come to train, finds a disk of sensitive information. He then attempts to sell it both to the USA government and the Russian embassy. The cast of this movie is outstanding with no real…
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Filth (2013)
How do you describe a movie that is quintessential Scottish to an international audience? Based on the Irwin Walsh book of the same title, we chart the journey of a corrupt, drugged fueled detective, who is manipulating his situation to gain promotion in order to win back his wife. If you are wondering the style here, then think back to the 1996 when Trainspotting hit the silver screen (complete with…
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Bottle Shock (2008)
I stumbled upon this little gem of a comedy a number of years ago, and every so often, I will throw it on in the background. The dialogue is top notch, the pace is just right and the soundtrack is extremely catchy. The movie retells the story of when Californian wine broke through to the international scene in the mid 1970′s when it won against a blind tasting contest…
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True Story (2015)
As the title suggests, this movie is based on a true story, in fact, the book of the same name True Story. Michael Finkel was a New York Times journalist who was fired after fabricating a story on African child slavery. Disgraced and excommunicated from the writing community he is struggling to find a writing gig. While he struggles, he discovers there is a mass-family murderer, Christian Longo, has taken his…
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Grosse Pointe Blank (1997)
John Cusack in one of his finest and career defining roles. Martin Blank is a professional killer, a fact he never actually hides from anyone, yet people think it is so outlandish they don’t believe him. Martin is getting tired of the hitman business, particularly after one botched kill that was meant to look like natural causes ended up with multiple bullets in the chest, he is forced to do one…
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Local Hero (1983)
It was a Friday, and a Friday demands a classic for the evening and this evenings classic never fails to deliver. Local Hero, tells the story of an American coming over to Scotland to buy basically a whole town for subsequent oil exploration. Peter Riegert plays Mac, the American, more use to the hustle’n’bustle of oil dealing Houston than some highland community where everyone knows everyone and they have all multiple…
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Hot Pursuit (2015)
This movie travels the well trodden script path of a by-the-book-cop who isn’t allowed out on real cases due to a previous over zealous incident, suddenly finds herself in the midst of a high profile case where she has to go against everything she believes to get the job done. Reese Witherspoon takes on the role of Cooper, the by the book cop. The start sets up her character through a…
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Life of Brian (1979)
What more can be written about the Monty Python classic, Life of Brian? A firm favourite in any movie aficionado’s collection that just keeps giving and as it comes up for 40 years old, shows no more sign of aging than the day it was released. I refuse to believe there are people who do not know the story line, but just in case you have been in prison (or…
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Moon (2009)
Think more 2001 less Star Wars, as this one-man thriller will take you through the longevity of loneliness while challenging what you perceive as real and fiction and what it means to hold onto hope. Sam Bell, played excellently by Sam Rockwell, is an engineer that has been stationed on the Moon for a 3 year engagement to mine minerals to send back to Earth so it may be powered. His…
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