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Monday With Mildred: “Dune”
Dune Thinking back to the time I read this book – makes me feel REALLY OLD. My brother was really excited about it and insisted I read it too, so I did, and promptly forgot most of it. I was impressed...
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Monday With Mildred: “Scream VI”
Scream VI I assume my watching number six while having skipped two through five has colored my perception of this film. There are a lot of big time fans for movies in this franchise, and I can’t fault...
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Monday With Mildred: “Glass Onion”
Glass Onion This movie is a sort of sequel to the very good Knives Out, which introduced Benoit Blanc (Daniel Craig) as a world famous and kinda odd detective. I have watched that film more than a...
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Monday With Mildred: “Army of the Dead”
Army of the Dead A couple of years ago I read about a new zombie movie coming out and was immediately convinced that I had no interest in it because it’s directed by one of my least favorite people,...
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2 4 1 + Rebranding: Cranky Curmudgeon: “The Marvels”
Introduction to Change Well this is a BIG week! Not only is this a 2 4 1 review but also, at the text request of Mildred, Monday with Mildred is being retired to now be the Cranky Curmudgeon. * giggle...
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Cranky Curmudgeon + 2 4 1: Godzilla Minus One
Godzilla Minus One by Cranky Curmudgeon, aka Mildred Everything about this film is weird. The title doesn’t really make sense until you google to discover it’s referring to the very low point...
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Cranky Curmudgeon: Slow West
Slow West Late, late one night…okay, it was more early, early one morning, I found myself looking for something a little out of the ordinary to watch for a review. This is, as I have complained...
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Cranky Curmudgeon: “The Final Hours of Titanic”
The Final Hours of Titanic Something I have always loved during My Life As A Reviewer is finding films that are completely out of the mainstream and fascinating in their own way. Just about the time I...
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Good News: Happy Holiday Watching – 2023
Happy Holiday Watching – 2023 So as you may be aware the very last post published today a few minutes ago was about an animation recreation of the sinking of the Titanic. Now as good as that review...
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Cranky Curmudgeon: “Rebel Moon: A Child of Fire”
Rebel Moon: A Child of Fire I’m constantly struggling over the concept of the word “original”. If you or I drew a picture of the Pietà, would you then be upset if people said the drawing wasn’t...
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Cranky Curmudgeon: “Cunk on Earth”
Cunk on Earth This show was really difficult to watch. First of all, it’s only available in the United States on Netflix streaming, which I do have though I would rather still have dvds. *mutter*...
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Cranky Curmudgeon: “True Detective: Night Country”
True Detective: Night Country This season of True Detective is testing my curmudgeonly limits. First of all, I can’t just watch all of them in one day. I’m not used to that anymore and it makes me...
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Cranky Curmudgeon: “Wednesday”
Wednesday On Wednesday of last week I found myself finally watching the Netflix show Wednesday. I had been not watching it on purpose, ironically because I knew I would enjoy it. The lead actress is...
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Cranky Curmudgeon: “Castlevania”
Castlevania A regular reader of this blog might be surprised to find me reviewing an anime, but not as surprised as I am to be doing it. As an older person, I grew up with hand drawn animation that...
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Thank You: “My Comfort Show: Lower Decks
My Comfort Show: Lower Decks The lower deckers at the end of the very first episode. Friendship solidified. Dear Mike McMahan: This is for you, creator of my comfort show, the show I love, Star Trek:...
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Cranky Curmudgeon: “The Old Guard”
The Old Guard Finally! I’ve been waiting for years to watch this movie. It’s a Netflix film, but was never available on dvd, and I didn’t have streaming until a little over a year ago. While going...
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Cranky Curmudgeon: “Love Lies Bleeding”
Love Lies Bleeding I had to take a couple of days to decide how I felt about this film. Mostly, it’s pretty darned good, as we have all come to expect from the studio A24 (Everything Everywhere All At...
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Cranky Curmudgeon: “Damsel”
Damsel Here we have an example of that old conundrum, prophesized by Bruce Springsteen back in ’92 when he sang 57 channels “And Nothin’ On”. I searched for something streaming that isn’t mainstream,...
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Cranky Curmudgeon: “Gunpowder Milkshake”
Gunpowder Milkshake I almost passed this movie by because of the too quirky title. After the extended flashback at the beginning of the film I understood what the title meant, but that didn’t make it...
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Cranky Curmudgeon: “The Cleaner”
The Cleaner Before running across this series on Britbox last week I had only ever seen Greg Davies on The Graham Norton Show, telling stories on himself and being a thoroughly funny guy. He’s also a...
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