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Free Movie Theatre showing

20 10 2011

Across Canada, Cineplex theatres are having a free morning showing on Saturday, Oct 22nd for a variety of movies and snacks are just $2 each; proceeds go to the Starlight Children’s Foundation. Check out the promo listing page to find your nearest theatre and the movies that are going to be playing.



Movies I've watched recently:

  • Air Guitar Nation (2006) 7/10

    2012-02-19 11:37
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    Documentary about the rise of Air Guitar in the States and it's popularity worldwide. The first few minutes it seems to be really bizarre to be taken so seriously but by the end it begins to seem much more normal.

    0.3
  • Another Year (2010) 5/10

    2012-02-12 22:07
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    Far too slow with little plot at all. I understand that it was going for character development more so than plot but it seemed to just drop every character that it started a story with, the insomniac at the beginning, Ken, the drunkard and ultimately Mary who seemed to become the lead character by the end. No closure and way too little happening.

    0.3
  • Higher Ground (2011) 8/10

    2012-02-08 22:25
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    On Kevin's recommendation, Heidi and I watched this movie and we were glued to the screen throughout. It's the story of a woman's acceptance and struggle with her faith. I have no idea who I could recommend this to as it can be a bit crude for a Christian movie and a bit boring for those who like more' entertaining' movies. Nevertheless, her openness is powerful, "I gave my heart outright. I'm telling you today, I'm still waiting for Him to make Himself at home. I feel like I live in an empty place."

    0.3
  • Real Steel (2011) 7/10

    2012-01-30 22:13
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    YVR > SJC - kind of a zany concept but it works relatively well, not a great boxing movie but not too bad.

    0.3
  • The Guard (2011) 8/10

    2012-01-21 22:38
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    This movie came well recommended to me and it was a good, strange and profanity laced comedy. The main character was profound, confusing and yet remarkably consistent and believable. Some good lines in there and a nice change of pace from an action movie loaded with action to this one which seems to try to avoid it at every turn.

    0.3

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Is Dental Insurance worth it?

18 10 2011

I wanted to figure out at what point it’s better to have dental insurance for the family vs. just paying with cash as I don’t have any coverage with my work; so here goes.

I was basing it on Blue Cross’ posted rates for a family ($783 + $100 deductible). They pay out 60% of the cost in the first year (70% in second and 80% after that) up to a maximum of $500 per person per year in year 1; $750 in year 2 and $1000 in year 3.

For the four people in our family, we would need to pay the dentist an average of $368 per person in the first year to break even against paying cash (up to a total of $833 per person). On Year 2, we would need to average $315 to a max of $1071 and on year 3+ the average would need to be $276 with a per person maximum of $1250.

It seems like you’d need to spend a lot on dental in order to make this work but maybe having insurance would make your dental hygiene more of a priority and less of a problem down the road. Also, if you kept it around for a little while; in Year 3, your whole family insurance can be worth it for one person’s big bill.

Here’s the spreadsheet that I did my calculations on