Author: Mike Pihlman

  • Movie Review: “Strange World”

    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…

  • STEM / STEAM: 2022 Weather Summary for Northern California

    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…

  • Movie Box Office Results December 23 – 25 2022

    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…

  • Movie Review: “Slumberland”

    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…

  • Movie Box Office Results December 16 – 18 2022

    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…

  • Movie Review: “Falling for Christmas”

    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…

  • Movie Box Office Results December 9 – 11 2022

    Movie Box Office Results December 9 – 11 2022

    Yawn…….Wakanda wins again. Zzzzzzz….. Next week will b e different, but, then the following 5 weeks or so will be snooze worthy, as the only movies hitting it “big” are the blockbusters, and I suspect Avatar will be the bomb. Streaming is where it’s at! Movie theaters are phasing out. Mark my words. #1: Black Panther:…

  • Movie Review: “Ticket to Paradise”

    Movie Review: “Ticket to Paradise”

    Lily Cotton (Kaitlyn Dever) and her best friend, Wren (Billie Lourd) have just graduated from college and have a trip planned to Bali. Lily wants (claims) to be a lawyer, but, she is clueless as to how much more schooling, and exams, are involved, but, so be it. Movie magic makes her a lawyer. 😉…

  • Movie Box Office Results December 2 – 4 2022

    Movie Box Office Results December 2 – 4 2022

    For the fourth week in a row! Wakanda sweeps the weekend box office. 🙂 The top 10 movie box office results are listed below. Go to BoxOfficeMojo for a lot more information. #1: Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, $17.5 million, Total so far: $394 million #2: Violent Night, $13.3 million, Total so far: $13.3 million (NEW) #3: Strange World, $4.9 million,…