Author: Mike Pihlman

Movie Review: “The Giver”

(Memorable) – – Jonas (Brenton Thwaites) is different. In a world of sameness (as depicted by the “Pleasantville” black and white), equality, and order, Jonas is not afraid to question, not afraid to take a chance. When the 12 year olds (according to the book, in the move he is older) are ready to receive…

August 21, 2014
Inyoung Hong Designs the NEW ForCarol Logo

2014 Scholarship winner, Inyoung Hong, sent me these new logo designs for ForCarol.com

August 14, 2014
“The Hundred-Foot Journey” Movie Review

(Delicious) – – After tragedy strikes in India, a family of restaurateurs decide to start a new life in Europe. A short stay in London does not work out, so the Kadam family (led by Papa, played by Om Puri) get in their van and search for the perfect spot somewhere in Europe. Weeks later,…

August 10, 2014
“Guardians of the Galaxy” Movie Review

“A thief (Peter Quill played by Chris Platt), two thugs (Groot and Rocket voiced by Vin Diesel and Bradley Cooper), an assassin (Gamora played by Zoe Saldana), and a maniac (Drax played by Dave Bautista)” team up to try to save 12 billion people from extinction at the hands of evil ruler Ronan (Lee Pace).…

August 2, 2014
“Lucy” Movie Review

– — Lucy is the name of the oldest known hominid female who bones were found in Ethiopia in 1973. Go to WikiPedia for more information. Fast forward, 3.2 million years or so, and Scarlett Johansson (Lucy) is about to become the first human to access 100% of her brain; with all the transformative powers…

July 27, 2014
“Tammy” Movie Review

(Goofball Comedy with a Message) – – “Tammy” was universally panned by the “critics”. We have learned NOT to listen to them and to judge a movie (the whole movie not a poorly made trailer) on it’s own merits and see if it meets our requirement of giving us 2 hours, or so, of away…

July 19, 2014
“Visiting China” by Thomas Alexander

On this blog post I will copy my lifelong (he is three months older than I) friend’s recent trip to China with his daughter, Marty. I thought it was FASCINATING and wanted to preserve the experience FOREVER instead of it just being on Facebook (which we all know, goes away very quickly and you can’t…

July 14, 2014
“Dawn Of The Planet Of The Apes” Movie Review

(SPECTACULAR, Hail Caesar, Hail Serkis) – – The human population has been decimated by the simian virus. Very few remain. 10 years after Caesar (Andy Serkis) organized the apes and colonized in Muir Woods north of San Francisco, the apes are living a peaceful life and thriving. It has been 2 years since they last…

July 12, 2014
“How to Train Your Dragon 2” Movie Review

(Wonderful) – – Five years after the events in the last movie…..the people of Berk and the dragons are living in harmony. Instead of participating in the dragon races, Toothless and Hiccup (voiced by Jay Baruchel) are exploring, and mapping, the surrounding area…..something that until dragons and humans learned to get along was nearly impossible…

July 5, 2014