Thanksgiving, 2016
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The Lazarus Effect, movie review
Another accidental (and freebie) discovery on Netflix. It reminded me of Flatliners, an older film that was also pretty scary. A medical team has developed a serum that can bring dead animals back to life. During one of these experiments, an electrical accident kills one of the workers. They can’t resuscitate her, but her husband, one of the developers, has the brilliant idea to use the…
50th KHS Reunion, 2015
Kingfisher High Reunion 2015 May 20, and our grandson John’s first trip to Oklahoma, and his first Frito Pie.
Skeptical of Skeptic Magazine
Ever hear of Skeptic Magazine? I browse it once in a while, and most of the articles have good logic. But a couple of times I have found articles that made fun of global warming skeptics. I thought, how odd, that a mag that specializes in being skeptical of popular dogma would NOT be skeptical. Then I read this article and felt better. It also…
Scenic Route, movie review
Wow, this one caught me by surprise. Two friends take a drive through the desert and their lives will never be the same again–literally. They get into an argument from hell, and just when you think you’ve got things figured out… Freebie on Netflix.
Inhale, movie review
Another Netflix surprise. There are no big names in this movie (Rosanna Arquette does appear), but the plot makes up for it. It’s about a father who is desperate to save his little girl, who needs a lung transplant. Knowing that she doesn’t have much time, he frantically chases down a lead that takes him to Mexico. Then to some bad guys. Then to the…
The Perfect Host, movie review
This is a real sleeper that caught me totally by surprise. It starts off slow, with a guy who has just committed a robbery, and is looking for a place to hide out (he’s on foot). He searches a house’s mailbox and finds a postcard from “Julia.” He uses that bit of information to fool the occupant of the house (David Hyde Pierce, from Frasier)…
Looking for a Dynamite B&B?
I’ve been looking for years. A B&B in the Blue Ridge or Appalachian Mountains that had a view looking down into a valley. I’ve found B&B’s in the mountains, but with no view. I’ve found them in a valley looking up at the mountains. But nothing like I wanted. But finally, I’ve found it–The Inn at River Bend. There are two levels, and each level opens to…
Divergent–movie review
The movie is based on the first book of a trilogy, written by Veronica Roth. It follows the book very closely, and that’s a good thing. Shailene Woodley plays Tris, the heroine,to a tee. Just like I imagined her. The story reminded me a lot of The Hunger Games. A young, naive girl, is put into a life challenging situation, and has to use her skill and…
Oblivion, movie review
Oblivion is a great movie—don’t let the syfy genre fool you. That is what attracted me to the movie, plus I like Tom Cruise, but I was very surprised at how good it was. The special effects are stupendous—this is one of those movies that has to be seen on the big screen. Cruise shows what a good actor he can be, given the proper…
The Awakening, movie review
Have you seen The Others? Want to see another one like it? This one has the same creep factor, and also good acting. It’ll keep you on the edge of your seat, for sure. Alert–the scene where the girl is looking into the doll house and sees… well, scary, is much too mild a word.