Monthly update #0177 • January 2005
Monthly update 177 • January 2005 • 2005-01-01 - 2005-01-31
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The Sign of Four by Arthur Conan Doyle
Arthur Conan Doyle's 'The Sign of Four' sends Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson after the Agra treasure when mysterious pearls arrive for Mary Morstan, leading to murder, a one-legged convict, and a thrilling Thames boat chase.
Books
A Study in Scarlet by Arthur Conan Doyle
Arthur Conan Doyle's 'A Study in Scarlet' introduces Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson as they solve a baffling murder in Victorian London using revolutionary methods of observation and deduction, launching the world's most famous detective.
Books
The Matrix
The Matrix (1999), directed by the Wachowskis, follows Thomas Anderson, a hacker called Neo. Keanu Reeves plays Neo with calm doubt that turns to power.
Movies
Monthly update #0176 • December 2004
Monthly update 176 • December 2004 • 2004-12-01 - 2004-12-31
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Marcel Dalton by Bob de Groot
Marcel Dalton, the honest Swiss banker uncle of the Dalton brothers, buys a bank in the West and hires his outlaw nephews as guards, hoping to make honest men of them.
Books
Reflecting on the year 2004
Reflection on the year 2004, checking progress of the goals, and some numbers.
Journal
Merry Christmas
Christmas takes on more meaning as I become older. Jesus was born to fulfil Gods promise.
Christianity
Monthly update #0175 • November 2004
Monthly update 175 • November 2004 • 2004-11-01 - 2004-11-30
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Oklahoma Jim by Pearce
A young Lucky Luke, packed off to school in Mushroom City, finds his classmates roped into a bank robbery by the dashing outlaw Oklahoma Jim.
Books
Dances with Wolves
Dances with Wolves (1990), directed by Kevin Costner, follows Lieutenant John Dunbar. He joins the US Army on the frontier. Costner plays Dunbar with quiet resolve. He builds a post alone. Then he meets Sioux people.
Movies
Monthly update #0174 • October 2004
Monthly update 174 • October 2004 • 2004-10-01 - 2004-10-31
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O.K. Corral by Éric Adam
Lucky Luke is drawn into the famous quarrel between the Earp brothers and the Clanton gang in Tombstone, building towards the legendary gunfight at the O.K. Corral.
Books
A Beautiful Mind
A Beautiful Mind (2001), directed by Ron Howard, tells the life of John Nash, a gifted mathematician. Russell Crowe plays Nash with sharp mind and odd ways. He cracks codes and sees patterns.
Movies
Monthly update #0173 • September 2004
Monthly update 173 • September 2004 • 2004-09-01 - 2004-09-30
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The Klondike by Yann
The English aristocrat Waldo Badminton asks Lucky Luke to find his missing butler in the Klondike, drawing them into the lawless gold rush of Dawson City.
Books
Gladiator
Gladiator (2000), directed by Ridley Scott, follows Maximus, a Roman general betrayed and sold as a slave. Russell Crowe plays Maximus with fire and grief. He fights in the arena to seek justice.
Movies
Monthly update #0172 • August 2004
Monthly update 172 • August 2004 • 2004-08-01 - 2004-08-31
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Belle Starr by Xavier Fauche
In Fort Smith the rich and respected Belle Starr keeps bailing out every captured bandit, so Lucky Luke gets himself arrested to break her gang from within.
Books
Troy
Troy (2004), directed by Wolfgang Petersen, tells the story of the Trojan War. It draws from Homer's Iliad, with Brad Pitt as Achilles, Eric Bana as Hector, and Orlando Bloom as Paris.
Movies
The Pianist
The Pianist (2002), directed by Roman Polanski, tells the true story of Władysław Szpilman, a Jewish pianist in Warsaw during World War II. Adrien Brody plays Szpilman with thin hope and quiet skill.
Movies
Monthly update #0171 • July 2004
Monthly update 171 • July 2004 • 2004-07-01 - 2004-07-31
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Kid Lucky by Pearce
An origin tale of Lucky Luke as a small boy, found among a wrecked wagon train and raised in a frontier town where he already keeps order at school.
Books
The Green Mile
The Green Mile (1999), directed by Frank Darabont, is based on the novel by Stephen King. Tom Hanks plays Paul Edgecomb, a death row prison guard in Louisiana during the 1930s. His life changes when a new prisoner arrives with a strange and gentle gift.
Movies
Monthly update #0170 • June 2004
Monthly update 170 • June 2004 • 2004-06-01 - 2004-06-30
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