Category: movies
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Don’t Blow the Opportunity
I do not control the systems in my theater. I cannot magically get the built-in air-conditioning to work. I am not the person that arranges to get a temporary A/C…
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Revolutionary Plans
Thanks, local library. I appreciate the notification. It is nice to know that the DVD I reserved several months ago is finally ready for me. But I still need to…
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A Genius, but Not a Know-It-All
Charles Schulz was very skilled at what he did. Full credit to him for being such an influential cartoonist. But he had one thing wrong. “Superman was destroyed on several…
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Why Not Be Super, Girl?
Uff. Comic book movies frustrate once more. Here, a loud, rambunctious, action-filled trailer for Supergirl: A tad loud for my tastes, but okay. If they want to visit the Superman…
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The World War III That Wasn’t.
Time to take another break from talking about myself. Instead, let us talk about Stanislav Petrov. 1983 was not a great year for calm, peace-seeking individuals. This was the year…
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Stories of Hope
I cannot talk about myself all the time. I get tired of endless me. (And I am pretty sure the next entry will again be me-centric.) For now, let us…
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Mediatating on 2025
Oh, hi. Happy New Year. Many folks spend the end of the year trying to figure out where all the time went. Not me. I know exactly where it went.…
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The (Net)Fix is In
Okay, it has been a week. So let us talk about the Netflix buying WB deal. For $82.7 billion, Netflix would own all of Warner Bros. that matters. The movies,…
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Seeing No Evil
My media indulgence knows some bounds. No horror flicks for me. Nope. (Not even Nope.) When a particular horror movie tried to interject itself into my world, I took severe…
...Of Course, this Could All Go Horribly Awry 