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Tuesday, January 8, 2019
The Amazing Spider-Man 2
If you don't think Garfield is the best cinematic Spidey, and/or fail to acknowledge this as the best Spiderman movie of them all, then you're really not worth knowing, are ya?
Monday, January 7, 2019
Bah
Hyperbole ahead:
Bohemian Rhapsody winning Best Picture - Drama at the Golden Globes makes the Globes wholly irrelevant. Whatever heft they once had is gone, replaced by all the respectability of the Kids Choice Awards. Pfui.
Goodbye Dear Tree
Yesterday we finally took down our 8ft Christmas tree, purchased for $20 on Black Friday. Oh, naysayers commented that very day, delivering anecdotes about how their tree lasted but a week or so, and that we should expect the same.
April 9th
My fourth movie of the New Year was "April 9th," a Danish film about the German invasion of Denmark in 1940. I found it powerful in its devotion to the small, vain resistance put up by a single bicycle platoon.
Wednesday, January 2, 2019
Anna and the Apolalypse
This was my first movie of the year, a musical set during a Christmastime zombie apocalypse. It wasn't horribly original, but it was entertaining enough for the cost of admission.
Friday, December 28, 2018
4 Flicks
MI-2 was ok, but I'm glad the John Woo stuff didn't stick around in the series. The Predator was average and watchable, but little more, and it was sad to see Thomas Jane in such a bit part. Smallfoot was cute. Skyscraper was GREAT, an action classic from the here and now.
Thursday, December 20, 2018
Monday, December 17, 2018
Sunday, December 16, 2018
A Star is Born
I saw this today with Lisa at Mayfair and loved everything about it. Lisa was less enthusiastic but still enjoyed it.
Friday, December 14, 2018
Smiley got into MHSA!
Smiley is now enrolled at Milwaukee H.S. of the Arts as a visual art major. Proud he's attending his first choice school, and my alma mater. - Lisa
Wednesday, December 12, 2018
Peppermint
This was a great action flick. And you know what? It was a woman out whupping a$$, and no one, not even the bad guys, gave her gender a second thought. I'd call that progress.
Tuesday, December 11, 2018
The Man Who Invented Christmas
Lisa and the kids saw this in the theater last year but I missed out - and boy do I regret it. This was a joyous, charming movie that made me smile from beginning to end. Well done!
Monday, December 10, 2018
Jigsaw
I'm no fan of the Saw movies, which I view as torture porn. Jigsaw was better than most in the series, in that it wasn't completely awful.
Operation Finale
A film about the hunt for Eichmann after the war. It was a good solid movie but lacked a real sense of urgency. Worth a watch all the same.
Saturday, December 8, 2018
Meat!
An accurate but perhaps not comprehensive list of land animals I've eaten in my lifetime.
Cow
Pig
Chicken
Duck
Turkey
Bison
Goat
Rattlesnake
Deer
Bear
Lamb
Rabbit
#NotAVegan
Friday, December 7, 2018
Wednesday, December 5, 2018
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