Author: Mike Pihlman

“Colossal” Movie Review and Trailer

25 years ago, Seoul, South Korea A monster appears on the streets of Seoul. killing many. Only one picture was taken of the beast before it disappeared. Now Gloria (Anna Hathaway) is an unemployed writer living in New York City….struggling with alcoholism. Her boyfriend, Tim (Dan Stevens), turns into a beast when he kicks Gloria…

June 2, 2020
“Fishbowl California” Movie Review and Trailer

Rodney (Steve Olsen) is wandering through life (at 30 years old) with no direction, and, apparently, no luck with cars, or ambition. To top it off, his girlfriend of 6 months, has been cheating on him for 5 months, and he recently failed two more job interviews. Things are looking down for Rodney. But…..he has…

June 1, 2020
“John Carter” Movie Review and Trailer

Earth In 1868, John Carter (Taylor Kitsch) is an ex-confederate army soldier and down on his luck but still in in demand by the Northern Army for his fighting skills. Not wanting any part of that….John escapes to a cave where he meets an alien from Mars. Oh, shit. Mars A powerful race of bad…

May 31, 2020
STEM /STEAM: Historic Launch into Space by SpaceX and NASA

OK…..I’m old enough….. I followed the original 7….I saw the first launch of a man into space…..I watched the moon landing (as a summer student at Lowell Tech)……I watched the first tests of the Space Shuttle (working at Sears and attending SUNY at Stony Brook for my BS in Electrical Engineering)……I watched the Space Shuttle…

May 30, 2020
“Almost Friends” Movie Review and Trailer

Charlie (Freddie Highmore) is a smart kid, great chef, and an underachiever. His mom, Samantha (Marg Helgenberger), is always asking him if he is depressed. Charlie denies it, but, he is. He dropped out of college and is living half a life after a tragic event when he was younger. He is perfectly content living…

May 29, 2020
Finding the 2020 Fireworks Booths in Tracy CA

Sales start June 28, 2020 at Noon and end at 9 PM July 4, 2020. I talked to TNT and Phantom and it looks like the 2020 Fireworks Booths are a GO (at least so far) for this Coronavirus / COVID-19 pandemic disrupted year. With that in mind….here are the 2020 Nonprofit Fireworks Booths in…

May 28, 2020
“Love Wedding Repeat” Movie Review and Trailer

7! (7 factorial) = 5040 Three Years ago….. Jack (Sam Clafin) and Dina (Olivia Munn) had just met and spent a wonderful weekend together in Rome. They were saying goodbye and were about to kiss when…..some dumb-shit friend of Jack’s interrupted them….and did not leave. Opportunity lost. Now…. Jack is in the wedding party at…

May 28, 2020
“Emma” Movie Review and Trailer

Emma Woodhouse (Anya Taylor-Joy) never had to worry about money, working, carrying her own light, or picking her own flowers. Her life was easy, leaving her time to play matchmaker. Mr. Knightley is a family friend of the Woodhouse’s and hangs around the castle just as much as he does his own castle….I wonder why?…

May 24, 2020
“Tenet” Official Movie Trailer

“Tenet” is due to be the first big movie to be released in theaters on July 17, 2020. We will see how that goes, but, one thing is for sure: We probably won’t be there until a vaccine is available for COVID-19 / Coronavirus…because….there is no telling how many orange emulating idiots will be out…

May 21, 2020