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  • “Hoppers” Movie Review

    “Hoppers” Movie Review

    Mabel (Piper Curda) grew up sitting next to her Grandma (Karen Huie) at the local pond. After Grandma died, Mabel, who is enrolled at the local college, lost track of the pond and it’s inhabitants. But she still LOVES animals. Unfortunately, the most important animal for life in the pond, the beavers, have left (of…

  • “Sonic the Hedgehog 3” Movie Review

    “Sonic the Hedgehog 3” Movie Review

    Since we know very little about Sonic the Hedgehog, I enlisted the help of Google Gemini for a short summary of this somewhat confusing movie. I edited the summary for completeness…… “Team Sonic—Sonic (Ben Schwartz), Tails (Colleen O’Shaughnessy), and Knuckles (Idris Elba)—faces a formidable new adversary when Shadow (Keanu Reeves) the Hedgehog escapes from a…

  • “Greyhound” Movie Review

    “Greyhound” Movie Review

    It’s World War 2 and Captain Krause (Tom Hanks) has just gotten his first command. A Fletcher Class destroyer in charge of guarding cargo and troop transports across the Atlantic Ocean from roving Nazi submarines known as “Wolves”. The tactics of the Wolves is simple: Attack as a pack and sink as many ships and…

  • “The Best You Can” Movie Review

    “The Best You Can” Movie Review

    Urologist Cynthia Rand (Kyra Sedwick) is noticing the decline of her long time, and much older, husband, Warren (Judd Hirsch). Night Security Patrolman, Stan Olszewski (Kevin Bacon), is noticing advancing age as he has to pee every few minutes. One night Stan is called to a possible break-in at a clients house. Rushing there…. Urologist…

  • “Remarkably Bright Creatures” Movie Review

    “Remarkably Bright Creatures” Movie Review

    80 year old Tova (Sally Field) works the night shift at the local aquarium where she befriends the Octopus they named Marcellus (voiced by Alfred Molina). Tova is alone as she lost her husband and son many years ago. Living in the house her husband built, she is now “ready” to move to an old…

  • “Anaconda” Movie Review

    “Anaconda” Movie Review

    Four lifelong friends ((Doug McCallister (Jack Black), Ronald Griffin Jr. (Paul Rudd), Claire Simons (Thandiew Newton), and Kenny Trent (Steve Zahn)) decide to relive their carefree youth by remaking the 1997 movie, Anaconda. With financial backing from Claire, the four head off to the Amazon River in Brazil to film their version of the movie…

  • STEM / STEAM: Why is Spring a Good Time for Severe Weather?

    STEM / STEAM: Why is Spring a Good Time for Severe Weather?

    Adam Epstein, Chief Meteorologist at Fox 40 News, Sacramento, CA has some very interesting stuff to say about Spring’s potential for severe weather. For example….did you know that Kansas (where I spent a few great years studying for my Masters Degree in EE) is no longer the heart of tornado alley? Thank you, Adam! Science, Technology, Engineering,…

  • “Roommates” Movie Review

    “Roommates” Movie Review

    Devon (Sadie Sandler) is heading off to college hoping that she will meet one good friend there. Arriving at college shy and naive Devon meets outgoing Celeste (Chloe East) and surprisingly…..the two hit it off! Devon is sure she has found the best friend she wanted to meet in college. Then…… Oh to find out…

  • Our 2026 Scholarship Winner: Abigail Avila

    Our 2026 Scholarship Winner: Abigail Avila

    Meet Abigail Avila, our 2026 Carol Phan Memorial College Scholarship Winner! Welcome, Abigail, to the “ForCarol Scholarship family”. 🙂 Abigail is planning to attend Modesto Junior College majoring in Agricultural Communications / Dairy Science. Congratulations on your winning submission! We wish you the best of luck in college and look foward to getting your first semester…