Author: Mike Pihlman

  • “The International” Movie Review

    “The International” Movie Review

    (Gripping Thriller) Interpol Agent Louis Salinger (Clive Owen) and an Investigator for the NYC District Attorney’s Office, Eleanor Whitman (Naomi Watts), are on an assignment to take down the IBBC Bank. The IBBC is a huge global bank that has moved to the dark side.  If a country, or organization, needs banking, or small arms…

  • “Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets” Movie Trailer

    “Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets” Movie Trailer

    “Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets” looks interesting.  It will be in theaters July 21, 2017. Drive Safe! Never Forget.

  • “Spider-Man: Homecoming” Movie Review

    “Spider-Man: Homecoming” Movie Review

    In the “Spider-Man: Homecoming” reboot, we catch up with Peter Parker (Tom Holland) as a 15 year old sophomore in a technical high school. Peter has already been bitten by the spider, and is fast becoming a local hero, when he is recruited into the Stark Avenger Internship run by Tony Stark (Robert Downey, Jr.).…

  • Movie Box Office Results July 7 – 9 2017

    Movie Box Office Results July 7 – 9 2017

    Spidey clobbers the Minions to take #1 in a box office smash. The top ten movies for July 7 – 9, 2017 are listed below. Go here for more information. #1:  Spider-Man: Homecoming, $117 million, Total so far: $117 million #2:  Despicable Me 3, $33.9 million, Total so far: $149 million #3:  Baby Driver, $12.7 million, Total so far: $57…

  • Our 2017 “Fill-the-Bag” with Classroom Supplies Sponsors

    Our 2017 “Fill-the-Bag” with Classroom Supplies Sponsors

    Please thank these 9 Tracy, CA small businesses and residents plus Blaze for their very generous donations of classroom supplies for local (TUSD and Jefferson) teachers.  Thank you, Sponsors!  🙂 Final tally:  9 sponsors, 26 bags (!!!!!!), to 20 teachers (including 3 teachers from Bohn who lost their classrooms to a fire this summer).  Please…

  • “Sully” Movie Review

    “Sully” Movie Review

    Captain Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger (Tom Hanks), his First Officer Jeff Skiles (Aaron Eckhart), and 153 passengers and crew had just taken off from LaGuardia Airport when, at about 2800 feet in altitude, they were struck by a flock of birds. Unusually, the birds knocked out both engines of the A320 they were flying, and they…

  • “War for the Planet of the Apes” Movie Trailer

    “War for the Planet of the Apes” Movie Trailer

    Caesar returns to theaters on July 14, 2017.  Should be an exciting movie! 🙂 Drive Safe! Never Forget.

  • Movie Box Office Results June 30 – July 2 2017

    Movie Box Office Results June 30 – July 2 2017

    Despicable Me 3 rules over Baby Driver to take #1 The top ten movies for June 30 – July 2, 2017 are listed below. Go here for more information. #1:  Despicable Me 3, $75.4 million, Total so far: $75.4 million #2:  Baby Driver, $21 million, Total so far: $30 million #3:  Transformers: The Last Knight, $17 million, Total so far:…

  • “The Ex” Movie Review

    “The Ex” Movie Review

    Tom Reilly (Zach Braff) has a hard time holding onto a job. When he or a fellow employee is treated unjustly, Tom emphatically states his opinions on the matter and he, invariably, finds himself on the street. Unemployed. Married to Sofia Kowalski (Amanda Peet), a successful lawyer, the two decide to have a baby since…