Author Archives: Rick Tran
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Lisbeth Salander
May I kill him? Continue reading
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A Better Life, Carlos Galindo
This country is a land of dreams. It can be a hard place, a cruel place. But it’s where I work, and I dream of a better place for my son. Continue reading
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Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, George Smiley
I want to talk about loyalty, Toby. Control recruited you, didn’t he? He found you starving in a museum in Vienna, a wanted man. He saved your life, I heard. And yet, when the time came… when it came to … Continue reading
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My Week with Marilyn , Marilyn Monroe
Little girls shouldn’t be told how pretty they are. They should grow up knowing how much their mother loves them. Continue reading
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Moneyball, Billy Beane
The problem we’re trying to solve is that there are rich teams and there are poor teams. Then there’s fifty of crap, and then there’s us. It’s an unfair game. And now we’ve been gutted. We’re like organ donors for … Continue reading
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The Artist, George Valentin
I won’t talk! I won’t say a word! Continue reading
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The Help, Aibileen Clark
God says we need to love our enemies. It hard to do. But it can start by telling the truth. No one had ever asked me what it feel like to be me. Once I told the truth about that, … Continue reading
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The Descendents, Matt King
Paradise? Paradise can go fuck itself. Continue reading
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Hamlet, Ophelia
O what a noble mind… Continue reading
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Transformers: Dark of the Moon, Sentinel Prime
The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few. Continue reading
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Shakespeare in Love, Ned Alleyn
Pay attention and you will see how genius creates a legend. Continue reading
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Daredevil, Daredevil
Violence doesn’t discriminate. It hits all of us. The rich, the poor, the healthy, the sick. It comes as cold and bracing as a winter breeze off the Hudson. Until it sinks into your bones, leaving you with a chill … Continue reading
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Juice, Bishop
I don’t give a fuck about myself. Continue reading
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Poetic Justice, Lucky
Well, frankly my dear, I don’t give a fuck. Continue reading
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For Colored Girls, Juanita Sims
I couldn’t stand being sorry and colored at the same time. It’s so redundant in the modern world. Continue reading
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Tagged 2 Minute Monologues, Adults 25-39
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Reds, John Reed
Why do we have an economy where the poor have to pay so the rich won’t lose money? Continue reading
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The Last Dragon, Sho’nuff
Kiss my Converse! Continue reading
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The Tree of Life, Mr. O’Brien
I wanted to be loved cause I was great, a big man. Now, I’m nothing. Look. The glory around. Trees, birds. I dishonored it all and didn’t notice the glory. A foolish man. They’re closing the plant. I was given … Continue reading
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Bridesmaids, Megan
Yeah, oh shit. Took a hard hard violent fall, kinda pin-balled down hit a lot of railings, broke a lot of shit. I’m not gonna say I survived. I’m gonna say I thrived. I met a dolphin down there and … Continue reading
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Drive, Driver
I drive. Continue reading
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West Side Story, Maria Nunez
Stay back!. How do you fire this gun, Chino? By pulling this little trigger? How many bullets are left, Chino? Enough for you? Or you? All of you! You all killed him! And my brother! And Riff! Not with bullets … Continue reading
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Bonnie and Clyde, Buck Barrow
‘Son, whatever you do, don’t sell that cow!’ Continue reading
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Leon, Stansfield
EEEEEEVERYONE!!!!!!!! Continue reading
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The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, Legolas
One that is cursed. Long ago the men of the mountain swore an oath to the last king of Gondor, to come to his aid, to fight. But when the time came, when Gondor’s need was dire, they fled, vanishing … Continue reading
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The Ice Storm, Paul Hood
To find yourself in the negative zone, as the Fantastic Four often do, means all every day assumptions are inverted. Even the invisible girl herself becomes visible and so she loses the last semblance of her power. It seems to … Continue reading
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The Ice Storm, Wendy Hood
Dear Lord, thank you for this Thanksgiving holiday. And for all the material possessions we have and enjoy. And for letting us white people kill all the Indians and steal their tribal lands. And stuff ourselves like pigs, even though … Continue reading
Mulholland Drive, Betty Elms
Of course, I’d rather be known as a great actress than a movie star. But, you know, sometimes people end up being both. Continue reading
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Capote, Truman Capote
On the night of November 14th, two men broke into a quiet farmhouse in Kansas and murdered an entire family. Why did they do that? Two worlds exist in this country: the quiet conservative life and the life of those … Continue reading
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Traffic, Seth Abrahams
We act like we have all the answers and we’re totally invincible, like our parents seem and their parents before them, and I’m sorry, that I have to be the one to say this, but it’s fucking bullshit. For instance … Continue reading
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Boogie Nights, Amber Waves
Let’s just go and go and go, because it’s over. There’s just too many things, too many things, too many things. Too many things. Continue reading
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Do the Right Thing, Radio Raheem
Left-Hand Hate KOed by Love. Continue reading
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Elf, Buddy Hobbs
First we’ll make snow angels for a two hours, then we’ll go ice skating, then we’ll eat a whole roll of Tollhouse Cookiedough as fast as we can, and then we’ll snuggle. Continue reading
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