Author: Mike Pihlman

  • “How to Be Single” Movie Review

    “How to Be Single” Movie Review

    Four professional women, with wildly different personalities, are now single and dating in New York City. Sisters, Alice (Dakota Johnson) and Meg (Leslie Mann), are, respectively, rebounding and single but wanting a child. Lucy (Alison Brie) is bookish and shy, while Robin (Rebel Wilson) is the wild and crazy defacto leader of the foursome. Crazy…

  • STEM / STEAM: 2024 Weather Summary for Northern California

    STEM / STEAM: 2024 Weather Summary for Northern California

    Meteorologist Adam Epstein is the Chief Meterologist at Sacramento’s FOX40 news station, KTXL. For the third year in a row, Adam has given us permission to post his year end weather summary for Northern California. Thank you, Adam!  2024, to me, was hot! Very hot. In fact, the featured image shows the fire that hit very close…

  • “Kinda Pregnant” Movie Review

    “Kinda Pregnant” Movie Review

    Lainy (Amy Shumer) and Kate (Jillian Bell) decided when they were little girls that when one was going to have a baby, the other would take care of her. Many years later, that day arrived and Kate is now pregnant! Lainy on the other hand is secretly jealous but willing to perform her childhood duty.…

  • “Groundhog Day” Movie Review

    “Groundhog Day” Movie Review

    TV Meteorologist Phil Conner (Bill Murray) is a self centered dick. A completely unlikeable person who seems to hate the world and everyone in it (like our President, actually) and everyone learns to hate Phil. He and the TV crew head to Punxsutawney, PA to cover Groundhog Day and hopefully find out if there will…

  • “You’re Cordially Invited” Movie Review

    “You’re Cordially Invited” Movie Review

    Single father, Jim (Will Ferrell) is preparing for the arrival of his only daughter, Jenni (Geraldine Viswanathan), and as it turns out….her fiance? Not knowing her fiance as well as he would like, Jim and Jenni fight….but immediately make-up as they always do. Planning the wedding at a cute little Inn where Jim and his…

  • 2025 Oscar Nominations

    2025 Oscar Nominations

    Check back here on March 2, 2025 to see the winners. Go to IMDb for the entire list of Oscar Nominations. Best Picture (Movies Linked to IMDb) Wicked The Substance Anora Conclave The Brutalist Dune: Part Two Emilia Perez Nickel Boys A Complete Unknown I’m Still Here Best Actor Timothee Chalamet, A Complete Unknown Ralph Fiennes,…

  • “The Fall Guy” Movie Review

    “The Fall Guy” Movie Review

    Based on the 1980’s TV show “The Fall Guy” where Colt Seaver is a stunt man moonlighting as a bounty hunter…… In this 2024 movie, Colt Seaver (Ryan Gosling), is severely injured in a stunt gone wrong and leaves the movie business, and everyone associated with it, behind. 1 year later….. Colt is working for…

  • “A Little White Lie” Movie Review

    “A Little White Lie” Movie Review

    Professor Simone Cleary (Kate Hudson) has the dubious honor of saving the once proud Literary Festival at her University…..or it will be cancelled forever. Luckily she has booked the reclusive (and missing for the past 20 years) author, C.M. Shriver (Michael Shannon), of the masterpiece novel “Goat Time”. His attendance will save the Festival! After…

  • “Out of My Mind” Movie Review

    “Out of My Mind” Movie Review

    Melody Brooks (Phoebe-Rae Taylor) is in the special education class at her elementary school. Melody is in 6th grade, but she has cerebral palsy which keeps her in a wheelchair and she cannot talk. Her special ed teachers say she is meeting all their expectations. Her dad and mom, Chuck (Luke Kirby) and Diane (Rosemarie…