Today at the movies: Two people who live together but never connect, three days of complete humdrummery, the numbers 2 and 3 make a man go mental, a film that intentionally lacks depth, Screamin’ Jay Hawkins in the slums of Memphis, David Niven’s pants are on fire, and are you scared enough about Satanists and voodoo? … [read more]
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Water damage
CRANKY
OLD FART
#243leftovers
& links
Monday,
Dec. 5, 2022A few inches of snow had accumulated, and it was a crunchy walk to my bus stop on Saturday morning. … [read more]
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Walkabout,
and six more movies THE
NEVERENDING
FILM FESTIVAL
#116Sunday,
Dec. 4, 2022Today at the movies, let’s just sit and watch trains go by. Chugga chugga chugga, whoo whoo.Also, … [read more]
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Clandestine sandwiches
More snow fell Thursday and yesterday, still not very much but enough that a transformer blew and the lights went off for every house in my neighborhood. … [read more]
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Charley Varrick,
and six more movies THE
NEVERENDING
FILM FESTIVAL
#115Friday,
Dec. 2, 2022Today at the movies — a search for the legendary yeti, alien goop takes over a space station, women held prisoner as breeding stock, a hunky gardener never wears a shirt, a bank heist goes almost all wrong, singing scales in a living room courthouse, and James Spader and Robert Downey Jr are late for high school. … [read more]
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No shrimp, no doodles
CRANKY
OLD FART
#241leftovers
& links
Friday,
Dec. 2, 2022After twenty years in winterific places where it snows for real, I came back to Seattle a few months ago, and the city’s first snowfall of 2022 was on Wednesday. … [read more]
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JoJo Rabbit,
and six more movies THE
NEVERENDING
FILM FESTIVAL
#114Thursday,
Dec. 1, 2022Today’s movies are about the horrors of ordinary life, pirate radio, Adolf Hitler as a child’s imaginary friend, boxing in outer space, sci-fi in suburbia, a firefighter who does nothing interesting, and a horror movie that’s run from an office.• … [read more]
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Not much of a story
Here’s a moment from the bus, and something I’ve never seen or wondered about before.
CRANKY
OLD FART
#240leftovers
& links
Wednesday,
Nov. 30, 2022Most buses have external bike racks, in front of the driver and windshield, where up to two passengers can stow their bikes before they get on. … [read more]
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Dumb and deadly daily decisions
Somehow I’d been unaware that the Earthshot Prize exists, honoring “solutions to climate change and environmental issues.” There are five different winners annually, each receiving £1-million ($1.2-million). … [read more]
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Pee-wee’s Big Adventure,
and eight more movies Today, a mysterious man’s nine appointments, a smile frozen on Frankenstein, anti-nuke mutants living downtown, adolescent singing punks, toking through time three times, a bloated music video, and a boy’s bike gets stolen. … [read more]
