The Crooked Castle
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
Movies:
“Hostiles” is peculiar. First, it’s a western, which is a rarity these days. Second, it is two very different movies shuffled together. From the standpoint of the male lead, it has a “brothers in adversity” plot; from the standpoint of the female lead, it is a straight up romance (albeit an incredibly violent and testosterone drenched one). There is a lot to this movie, and it is well done, and I am glad that I saw it, but it is VERY dark and not for everyone. Continue reading
Two more movies. Including these two, five of the last seven movies we have seen have been based on real events or people. This is an odd trend. Good movies, though. Continue reading
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