Author: Mike Pihlman

  • “Almost Friends” Movie Review and Trailer

    “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…

  • Finding the 2020 Fireworks Booths in Tracy CA

    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…

  • “Love Wedding Repeat” Movie Review and Trailer

    “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…

  • “Emma” Movie Review and Trailer

    “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?…

  • “Tenet” Official Movie Trailer

    “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…

  • “The Lost City of Z” Movie Review and Trailer

    “The Lost City of Z” Movie Review and Trailer

    Percy Fawcett (Charlie Hunnam) was a geographer and surveyor with the British Army in 1905. He had done an admirable job surveying for England, and was now given the chance to survey, as an independent source, an unknown area of jungle in Bolivia. Amazonia. Needing to leave his family for several years to complete this…

  • “Second Act” Movie Review and Trailer

    “Second Act” Movie Review and Trailer

    Maya (Jennifer Lopez) has been working at a local store for over 15 years. Because of her work, sales are way up, and lots of her innovative ideas are bringing in happy and engaged members of the community. She is being considered for the lead position, but, does not get it because she does not…

  • “The Art of Racing in the Rain” Movie Review and Trailer

    “The Art of Racing in the Rain” Movie Review and Trailer

    As this very depressing movie starts, Golden Lab Enzo (Kevin Costner), is dying, lying is his own urine. He is not afraid to die, as he knows he will be reincarnated as a man. Then he remembers his life with Denny….. Denny (Milo Ventimiglia) is a race car driver who has a skill: racing the…

  • “Green Book” Movie Review and Trailer

    “Green Book” Movie Review and Trailer

    1962 Dr. Donald Shirley (Mahershala Ali) is an accomplished pianist in a trio that is embarking on a whirlwind, two month, concert tour of high-class establishments in the deep south. Shirley is high-class, single, black, and gay. Tony Lip (Viggo Mortensen) is a New York Italian bouncer at the Copacabana. He is married to Dolores…