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Movie Review: “The People We Hate at the Wedding”
When she was young and living in London, Donna (Allison Janney), married a handsome French gentleman, Henrique (Isaach De Bankole). They had a child, Eloise (Cynthia Addai-Robinson), but, alas…..all was not to be as Henrique became more interested in 25 year old women! Donna moved on to a more stable man in the United States.…
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Movie Box Office Results January 13 – 15 2023
Zzzzzzzzz……oh, hi……just thrilled that Avatar is #1 AGAIN for the what, 5th week? Theater going is definitely changing…..I’m surprised no one is admitting it….hmmmm, maybe because they make money on theater going and the box office…and are in DENIAL about it slipping away! ? #1 does well for a LOOOONNNGGG time……numbers 2 -10 are in…
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Movie Box Office Results January 6 – 8 2023
Avatar wins for the 4th week in a row, but M3gan did well! The horror! 🙂 The top 10 movie box office results are listed below. Go to BoxOfficeMojo for a lot more information. #1: Avatar: The Way of Water, $45.0 million, Total so far: $517 million #2: M3gan, $30.2 million, Total so far: $30.2 million (NEW) #3: Puss in…
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2022 Scholarship Winner Kylie Van Os Writes About Her College Experience
Kylie Van Os is our 2022 Carol Phan Memorial College Scholarship recipient and this is Kylie’s blog entry describing her first semester experiences at the United States Military Academy at West Point. We wish Kylie the very best at West Point where she is majoring in Kinesiology. Go here to read Kylie’s winning Scholarship submission.…
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Movie Box Office Results December 30 – January 1 2023
Avatar takes the third week in a row. Saw an ad on TV this morning selling recliners to use while watching a movie! They then showed a packed theater with lousy seating and tons of people around you! The world of theater going is changing (10 or 20 years from now, people will wonder what…
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Movie Review: “Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery”
Billionaire genius, Miles Bron (Edward Norton), has sent very unique puzzle invitations to five of his best friends. Once they solve the puzzle…..they find an invitation to visit his glass onion-shaped mansion in Greece for a very fancy murder mystery party….. His murder. Oddly, the best detective in the world, Benoit Blanc (Daniel Craig), also…
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Movie Review: “Strange World”
The Clade family, in particular, Jaeger (Dennis Quaid) and his son Searcher (Jake Gyllenhaal), are famous in the land of Avalonia as great explorers. Avalonia is surrounded by impenetrable mountains, and the people of Avalonia think that there is a better world beyond those mountains. But no one has been able to reach the other…
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STEM / STEAM: 2022 Weather Summary for Northern California
Meteorologist Adam Epstein is the morning weather person at Sacramento’s FOX40 news station, KTXL. This morning (yeah, I am a morning person) I saw Adam’s weather summary for 2022 and decided to ask him if I could post the Youtube version here…… He said yes! 2022 sure was a weird weather year here in Northern…
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Movie Box Office Results December 23 – 25 2022
Avatar hangs on to #1 this weekend. Pundits say the storms may have supressed movie going, but, overall……they are in denial over the big picture……that theater going is changing, and movie makers will need to change how they make money and how hit movies are determined. The top 10 movie box office results are listed…
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Movie Review: “Slumberland”
11 year old Nemo (Marlow Barkley) lives with her father, Peter (Kyle Chandler), in a lighthouse. Nemo is home schooled by her dad (who believes schools are prisons) and knows everything there is to know about the lighthouse (except what it is really used for). Nemo falls asleep every night to a story told by…
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Movie Box Office Results December 16 – 18 2022
A new blockbuster has taken over the #1 slot. How long will it last? Well……Ant Man comes out in mid-Feb, so expect Avatar to rule until then. Streaming is the future, the movie makers just need to figure out how to make the money they desire by streaming…..and get over theaters as they are the…
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Movie Review: “Falling for Christmas”
Sierra Belmont (Lindsay Lohan) has just been given a new job by her hotel mogul father, Beauregard (Jack Wagner). Everyone, including Sierra, knows she is not qualified for the job, and in fact, Sierra does NOTHING as a spoiled heiress: Her every whim is handled by a gaggle of helpers. Sierra is dating spoiled rich…
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