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Author: Mike Pihlman

  • “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…

  • “Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre” Movie Review

    “Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre” Movie Review

    I asked Google Gemini AI for assistance writing the summary. I edited it (heavily) for clarity and completeness. When a deadly new AI program called the “Handle” is stolen, Orson Fortune (Jason Statham) is recruited by the British government to retrieve it before it could be unleashed…potentially destroying the world. Gathering his team: Tech Wizard,…

  • “Mission Impossible: The Final Reckoning” Movie Review

    “Mission Impossible: The Final Reckoning” Movie Review

    Picking up where Part 1 left off…. The Artificial Intelligence (AI) Entity has taken over the world and is now dictating how nations of the world are acting / reacting. Unfortunately, the Entity wants to destroy all human life and figures the best way to do that is to force all the nuclear capable nations…

  • STEM / STEAM: Artemis 2 Blasts Off for the Moon

    STEM / STEAM: Artemis 2 Blasts Off for the Moon

    Scheduled for April 1, 2026 four astronauts will blast-off to do a look-see of the moon in a 10 day mission. Here is a short video from NASA: The four astronauts are from left to right in the picture below are: Jeremy Hansen, Christina Koch (more on her below), Victor Glover, and Reid Wiseman. Coverage…