I can't believe we're in December already because 2025 has seemed really long and really short at the same time. Who knows how that happens, but I'm not complaining. Movie-wise, November turned out to be another theme month. I don't think anyone planned it as such, but anyway, it was all about history and memory. … Continue reading Where Have We Been?
August Was Hot. The Movies Were Not.
In Placer County, we have lonnnng summers. We'll get summerlike weather from June all the way up until around Halloween, albeit punctuated with some rain and thunder and lightning in the last couple of months. Right now we keep getting rain and lightning in the morning, and muggy and hot in the afternoon. At least … Continue reading August Was Hot. The Movies Were Not.
Songs, Schtick and Not Much Else
Remember the 1941 Abbott and Costello movie, Buck Privates? Maybe. Remember 1942's Private Buckaroo? No? There's a good reason for that. Two, actually. One, it stinks. Two, it has no plot, but we'll do our best. It all opens at a club, where Henry James is giving out with Helen Forrest and his orchestra on "You Made Me … Continue reading Songs, Schtick and Not Much Else
If Movies Were Clickbait
We all know there are a lot of lame movies floating around out there, and the best ones are laughably bad. 2014's Treehouse, not so much. This monstrosity, which is set in the Ozarks, only garnered two critics' reviews and an abysmal thirteen percent audience score on Rotten Tomatoes, plus a whopping 3.8 rating on IMDb. … Continue reading If Movies Were Clickbait
Taking Up Room 