The Crooked Castle
I have only seen one movie in the last 30 days. That must be some kind of record.
“Pacific Rim: Uprising” is a sequel to the 2013 “giant robots fighting giant monsters” movie. Like its predecessor, it has more character development, and is more fun, than could ever be predicted from the movie’s premise. Of course, the premise suggests negative values for both of these things, so it’s a low bar. Continue reading
Bob Buehler and I have known each other since the fall of 1976, and our friendship has been marked by many multi-hour meandering conversations about anything and everything, with religion and politics at the top of the list. We spent a few days flogging the dead horse in December of 2012, but a single extended brunch on the occasion of a friend’s funeral last year barely qualified as a booster shot, so we were due. I proposed a get-together in Cleveland, which was almost exactly between our two homes. Also, I had friends in Cleveland, one of whom ran a game store, so there were reasonable options for alternatives to conversation if we wanted them. Continue reading
Movies and a convention:
“Winchester” is a straight up horror movie that is “based on real events”. That is, the rifles are real, the company is real, Sarah Wincester is real, the house is real, and the 1906 San Francisco earthquake is real. The actual plot of the movie is pure fiction. Still, it works pretty well, and Helen Mirren is always worth watching. Continue reading
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