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Wednesday, April 26, 2017

Passengers (Movie, 2016)

On a spacecraft carrying 5,000 settlers and 250 crewmen - all cryogenically suspended - to a distant planet 120 earth-years away, something terrible happens. This is a very good character study movie of how people would react when placed in a situation of being completely alone. Jennifer Lawrence and Chris Pratt deliver fine performances and manage to steam up the spaceship with their chemistry. 

As for Avalon itself, why bother with luxury space when everyone is asleep for 120 years, and why wake everyone up four months prior to arrival when it only takes two days to "recover" from suspended animation? 

Saturday, April 22, 2017

The Hateful Eight (Movie, 2015)

It's a Quentin Tarantino film which means it's loaded with violence, profanity, and ridiculous touches. I couldn't stay awake to watch the whole thing at once. Drags on too long. It started off on a good foot, with nice scenic shots, then it quickly lost its balance, got very violent, too much N word, abusiveness of women, blood, gore, death.

Finally, this is a beautifully shot in 70mm, dramatic, Western movie. 

Friday, April 21, 2017

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Monday, April 17, 2017

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Thursday, April 6, 2017

Arcadia Silver Circle dinner

This is an appreciation event for all volunteers. Fortunately, I won the first prize, iPad Mini 2!








Monday, April 3, 2017

Saturday, April 1, 2017

Jason Bourne (Movie, 2016)

This was non-stop action strung together by an almost non-existent plot. Could the director of the CIA really dispatch a former and obviously French asset to blithely kill ten or more of his own people just to get Bourne? And why is this French guy calling Bourne a “traitor?” 

It was OK but certainly not a great movie.