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Movie Review: “Air”
1984 Brash upstart Nike, caters to the running community by making running shoes that appeal to most runners of the time (except me….I liked, and still like, Saucony). But Nike wanted to break into the basketball shoe business dominated by Converse and Adidas. To help them in the basketball arena, Nike founder, Phil Knight (Ben…
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Movie Review: “Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves”
Edgin (Chris Pine) was in a secret organization when the people he trusted within that organization murdered his wife. Luckily, his infant daughter (Kira (Chloe Coleman) was hidden and survived. Pissed off, Edgin picked up his old ways as a thief with his gang: old friend Holga (Michelle Rodriquez), Sorcerer Simon (Justice Smith), and Shape…
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Movie Review: “Fun Mom Dinner”
Four stressed out moms, (Emily (Katie Aselton), Kate (Toni Collette), Melanie (Bridget Everett), and Jamie (Molly Shannon)), decide to have a fun mom dinner out….just to be with adults. Giving the kids to the Dads for the night, the four women set out for a good time. Little did they know how good a time…
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Movie Review: “Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania”
Not understanding all the haters dissing this movie. They either have nothing else to do with their lives, have not seen “Loki”, or are just idiots. I’m guessing all three. 😉 This is a GREAT movie! After spending 30 years in the Quantum Realm, Janet Van Dyne (Michelle Pfeiffer) is finally back home with her…
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Movie Review: “A Tourist’s Guide to Love”
The Travel Agency that Amanda Riley (Rachael Leigh Cook) works for is losing business on travel to Vietnam since they do not have a presence there. Amanda’s boss wants to send her to Vietnam to check out a small tour company that she has learned is being sold, and to decide if they want to…
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Movie Review: “Shazam! Fury of the Gods”
Angry that mortals have been given God-like powers from Wizard (Djimon Hounsou), on Earth, the three daughters of the God Axis, Hespera (Helen Mirren), Kalypso (Lucy Liu), Anthea (Rachel Zegler), are sent to to the human realm to grab those powers back, plant the tree of life, and reclaim that realm as their own. But…
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Movie Review: “A Man Called Otto”
Otto (Tom Hanks) recently lost his wife, Sonya (Rachel Keller), to cancer. He is a gumpy old man mad at the world and everyone living in it. He wants to join Sonya, but, is a total failure at suicide. As he is trying to hang himself, he sees new neighbors moving in across the street……and…
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Movie Review: “Tetris”
At a Consumer Electronics Show, game programmer, Henk Rogers (Taron Egerton), saw, and played with, a game that blew him away! Tetris. Henk instantly saw the value and appeal of this game and purchased some of the rights to put Tetris in arcades and computers. So he thought. He visited Nintendo and saw……the prototype for…
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Movie Review: “The Sunlit Night”
Frances (Jenny Slate) is an artist, and her world just came unraveled. Her latest art work was dissed by a panel of judges, she just broke up with her boyfriend, her sister announced her engagement, and her parents announced their separation. Frances needs to get away! Luckily, she found work for the summer, painting a…
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Movie Review: “Ghosted”
Cole Turner (Chris Evans) is a farmer who just got dumped by his girlfriend. As Cole’s sister, Mattie (Lizze Broadway), tells him he is just too damn needy and drives his significant others crazy. Cole swears he will change. Sadie Rhodes (Ana de Armis) is not into guys who are needy, preferring those who are…
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Our 2023 Scholarship Winner: Julia Sawin
Meet Julia Sawin, our 2023 Carol Phan Memorial College Scholarship Winner! Welcome to the “scholarship family”. 🙂 Julia will be attending San Diego State University majoring in Aerospace Engineering, AND, will be a featured twirler with the Marching Aztecs there. Her passion. 🙂 Congratulations on your winning submission (see below) and we wish you the…
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Movie Review: “Licorice Pizza”
25 year old Alana (Alana Haim) is working for a photographer taking pictures for the high school yearbook. Five years from now, Alana figures she will be doing the same boring job. 15 year old Gary (Cooper Hoffman) is in high school waiting on line to get his picture taken. Five years now, Gary figures…
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