No Kings!

Author: Mike Pihlman

  • Graduating High School by Kyleigh McPhillips

    Graduating High School by Kyleigh McPhillips

    I graduate high school in less than two weeks. This is no new prospect to me. My peers have scribbled countdowns onto every whiteboard, student planner, and corners of assignments that they can get their hands on. Even the teachers have acknowledged that their students are not always mentally there. I’ve crossed off each passing…

  • “Star Trek Into Darkness” Movie Review

    (PERFECT) – – Dammit Jim, this is a perfect movie. The entire “new” cast has returned for this perfectly wonderful Star Trek.  Perfect story, perfect mix of characters, humor, terror, and action all moving at warp speed.  Tribbles and all. John Harrison (played by Benedict Cumberbatch) is a super strong (and intelligent) terrorist.  He blows up…

  • “The Great Gatsby” Movie Reivew

    “The Great Gatsby” Movie Reivew

    (Glitzy, Extravagant, Dreamlike) – – 3D sucks.  It is DISTRACTING, ANNOYING and adds NOTHING  to the telling of the story other than making more money for greedy movie makers.  Beyond that it makes the movie jerky (it seems to lower the frame rate) and the glasses on top of my glasses is ridiculous and uncomfortable.  NEW…

  • Kyleigh McPhillips

    Kyleigh McPhillips

    Click here for more information on Kyleigh and the rest of the scholarship recipients.

  • “Iron Man 3” Movie Review

    “Iron Man 3” Movie Review

    (I am Iron Man) – – The Mandarin (played by the remarkable Ben Kingsley) is a terrorist.  He uses genetically altered humans as explosive weapons (bombs) and is threatening millions, including the President of the United States. Happy Hogan (Tony Stark’s loyal bodyguard, played by Jon Favreau) is a victim of one Mandarin-planned bombing.  A…

  • “The Big Wedding” Movie Review

    “The Big Wedding” Movie Review

    (Love comes in different forms) – – I had no expectations going into this movie. We went to see it simply because we were tired of blood and gore and in the mood for a comedy. I was totally surprised how much fun we had (like totally laughing out loud with the audience of 4…

  • “Oblivion” Movie Review

    “Oblivion” Movie Review

    (Robust Intriguing Fantasy) – – Tom Cruise (as Jack) is left on what remains of Earth to fix drones that are protecting large water sucking machines that produce power for the remaining humans who have fled the now toxic Earth.   His partner, and communications officer, is Victoria (played by Andrea Riseborough). They are an…

  • “The Call” Movie Review

    (T-E-N-S-E but falls apart at the end) – – Halle Berry (as Jordan Turner) is a 911 operator.  Day to day emergencies are handled in a professional, unemotional, manner until “The Call” from a young woman who is trying to hide from a prowler who has broken into her house.  The police are on the way, and…

  • “Olympus Has Fallen” Movie Review

    “Olympus Has Fallen” Movie Review

    (Blood, Bullets, Bravery) – – Caveat:  I read Thrillers and I write book reviews on those Thrillers.  This movie is dead on in my genre….a thrilling thriller that looks an awful lot like Vince Flynn’s “Transfer of Power” book.  But it is not…according to Vince himself.  FYI…I read “Transfer of Power” before I started my…