HELLO, LOVE, GOODBYE, NR ( 1 hr & 57 min )

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I went to see this movie on Monday, August 19th, 2019, here in Vallejo, CA, for the 10:30 a.m. show in auditorium 3, seat B-6. The price of admission was $6.25. And I bought a discount Popcorn w/ Butter ( $4.00 ) and a discount Medium Fountain Drink ( $4.00 ) at the concessions counter.

Quickie Review: Joy ( Kathryn Bernardo ), a Pilipina nursing school graduate, is forced to work as a DH ( domestic help ) in Hong Kong while she saves money for an immigrant visa so that she can go work in Canada as a nurse and petition for her family to join her there. Her plan is put into jeopardy as she crosses paths with a seeming lothario expat, Ethan ( Alden Richards ), who works as a bartender, as he waits for his Hong Kong residency to be approved.

I liked this movie. And so did the rest of the audience. But I couldn't help but wonder if Joy was going to pull a "woman's prerogative" stunt on Alden. After all, he had it coming .... Yeah, Karma is a Bitch.

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It's strange that I should come upon this name, Alden. To the best of my knowledge, I was the only one privy to this name since I made it up for the male protagonist of a Sword & Sorcery novel that I started back in 1980. And, YES! it's still in its 1st draft, even after all of these years ( 'just gathering dust ). Why ...? Because The Female Protagonist Dies At The End! And I cannot go back to reliving all of the bad emotions that I went through to force myself to kill-off her character since it was the only way for the story to have a denouement. Just thinking about it now is making me sad and it's also making my eyes well with tears.    😭 😭 😭 

It's no wonder then that many writers lead such depressing lives! If you can't handle the emotional roller coaster that's part and parcel of certain types of fiction writing, you have no business creating things that will just emotionally overwhelm you at the end. 'Sad but True.

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ONCE UPON A TIME IN HOLLYWOOD / CLARITA

R, 2 h & 39 m

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I went to see the 8:40 p.m. advanced screening of this movie last night, July 25th, 2019, here in Vallejo, CA, at the Century 14 Vallejo, in auditorium 12, seat B-6. The price of admission was $9.00. And I bought a special discount Medium Drink for $4.00 and a medium Buttered Popcorn for $6.50 at the concessions counter.

Quickie Review: A former TV Western actor, Rick Dalton ( Leonardo DiCaprio ), and his best friend/stuntman, Cliff Booth ( Brad Pitt ), are having a hard time landing jobs in the late '60s Hollywood.

I, and the rest of the audience, liked this movie. My favorite scene was the Fight Scene between Cliff and Bruce Lee ( Mike Moh ).  👍

Heads Up: This movie, just like INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS, is set in an alternate reality with a feel-good ending.   😉

I don't know why only female stars were shown snoring while asleep.   🤷🏽‍♂️

The actress who played the role of Pussycat ( Margaret Qually ) sure has very thick & hairy armpits!   😲

And the would-be killer in the swimming pool could have easily gone under water for protection.   😕

There's a Cigarette Ad Scene during the Ending Credits that has a funny ending.   😊

I was truly disappointed that this movie didn't have a dedication to Burt Reynolds. Burt was the one originally chosen to play the role of George Spahn ( of the Spahn Movie Ranch ), played in the movie by Bruce Dern. But Burt passed away before any of his scenes could be shot. 

Also, I thought that Philip Ng, of BIRTH OF THE DRAGON fame, was picked by Quentin Tarantino to play the part of Bruce Lee.    

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NR, 1 h & 25 m

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I went to see the 12:55 p.m. showing of this movie today, July 26th, 2019, here in Vallejo, CA, at the Century 14 Vallejo, in auditorium 10, seat B-7. The price of admission was $6.25. And I bought a special discount Medium Drink for $4.00 and a Medium Cheddar Popcorn for $8.50 at the concessions counter.

Quickie Revview: A young woman, Clarita ( Jodi Sta. Maria ), believed to be demonically possessed, is confined to an institution. A photo journalist, Emilia Henson ( Alyssa Muhlach ), records the exorcism being performed by two priests.

What I think about this movie: If it came out in the early '70s before THE EXORCIST was shown, it would have been a scary movie! But so many horror movies involving demonic possessions and exorcisms have come and gone since then that horror movie fans are now jaded and no longer fall for the same ol', same ol' trope.   😕

Maybe, Hollywood needs me to breathe new life into this clichéd genre.  😊

To its credit, though, it cuts to the chase early on, with some flashbacks here and there.  👍

I've mentioned this before. But horror movies based on true stories about demonic possession center around catholics. I don't think that this is just mere coincidence!


http://strangecatholic.weebly.com/blog/the-clarita-villanueva-case-possession-or-hoax


P.S. Don't buy the Cheddar Popcorn! It's $2.00 more expensive AND it doesn't taste that good. Stick with Buttered Popcorn!

SHAFT, R ( 1 hr & 51 min ) / THE DEAD DON'T DIE, R ( 1 hr & 43 min )

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I went to see this on Bargain Tuesday, June 6th, 2019, in Napa, CA, at the Century Napa Valley & X-D, for the 7:40 p.m. showing in auditorium 6, D-11. The price of admission was $6.75. And I bought a discount medium popcorn ( $4.00 ) and a discount medium Mr. Pibb softdrink ( $4.00 - $1.00 coupon ) at the concessions counter.

Quickie Review: Jay Jay ( Jessie T. Usher ), an FBI analyst, enlists the aid of his father ( Samuel L. Jackson ), a private detective, to help solve the untimely death of his friend.

I honestly didn't think that I would like this movie. But I sorta did. So did a few others in the audience who gave this movie a "Hands Clapper" ending.

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I went to see this movie at 10:25 p.m., after I saw the 1st movie, in auditorium 9, C-7. The price of admission was the same. And I didn't buy anything at the concessions counter because I still had half a cup of soda left and I was still full from the popcorn.

Quickie Review: Because of polar shift  😕  , the dead turn into zombies and prey on the living.

Here Are The Things Wrong In This Movie: The character names for Tilda Swinton and Rosie Perez lacked creativity. One of the grave markers says that the interred died in 1907 (?)--shouldn't the corpse then be nothing but bones? The two people in the hardware store had plenty of time, before the zombies arrived, to climb on top of the roof or climb higher up into the trees where they wouldn't have been seen by the zombies.Why didn't the hermit help out? In the last stand, the chief of police could have gotten the samurai and used it. Both the machete and the samurai could have been used to cut-off a leg from each of the zombies; then, they could have had an easy time of decapitating each one of the zombies. Or ... they could just have strolled away from the one-legged zombies in a leisurely manner. Why did some of the victims turn into zombies right away but others took more than a day to turn?

Wait for this gosh-awful movie to become a DVD rental. Or, better yet, forget about this movie. It's a sure waste of time and money!  👎

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I had to go to BofA first to get some money at the ATM. When I was done, a stranger came up to me and asked to borrow my pen. I said, No. He got upset. Hey, I was just watching out for myself. There was no security guard present since the bank was already closed. And there was no way that I was gonna have a stranger get too close to me right after I had gotten some money from my account!

I don't know why people don't carry their own pens with them. I've been carrying a pen with me for over 30 years now--that, and a watch--in case of emergencies, to note down the time and location.

Then, I swung by the Arco Gas Station to buy some lottery tickets, and to get a $6.00 car wash as my 2002 Saturn SC-1 car was covered in bird poop and tree sap!

I wanted to catch the 30th Anniversary showing of, FIELD OF DREAMS. But I arrived at the theatre 28 minutes too late!


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JOHN WICK 3, PARABELLUM, R ( 2 hr & 11 min )

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I went to see this here in Vallejo, CA, on Wednesday, May 29th, 2019, at the Century 14 Vallejo, for the 4:25 p.m. show in auditorium 2, B-6. The price of admission was $6.25. And I bought a small Popcorn ( $8.50 ) and a discount medium Root Beer ( $4.00 ) at the concessions counter.

Quickie Review:John Wick ( Keanu Reeves ) is excommunicado for killing a bad guy in a neutral zone. With a 15 million dollar bounty on his head, he is in for the fight of his life!

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I think that the fight scene with the horses was the best.

Arguably, the best of the three John Wick movies! I don't know how--and if--they can top this in part 4. I didn't like part 2 that much.

Someone made a meme poster which says that John Wick has killed more people than Jason Voorhees and Michael Myers combined!

Speaking of 4, this is the 4th time that I saw this movie. It's worth the price of a Popcorn & a Soda!

The last scene of The Adjudicator ( Asia Kate Dillon ), in close-up, shows that she has whiskers on her upper lip and 2 or 3 hair strands sticking out of her left cheek!    😲   The make-up artist forgot to shave her! Initially, I was thinking to myself that if the adjudicator had longer hair, had make-up on, and had those 2 growths on the right side of her face taken care of, she'd be one hot babe! But, then, reality set in and I went back to her glaring last scene.    ☹️    Hmm ... she probably has hairy armpits, too!     🤔

I went and bought a ticket for Thursday's advanced screening of, GODZILLA: KING OF THE MONSTERS ( $12.75 ).     😊


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CHANDIGARH, AMRITSAR, CHANDIGARH/MUKLAWA/ALADDIN

NR ( 1 hr & 47 min ) 1:30 p.m. show. Auditorium 12, seat C-7 

A girl from Chandigarh ( Sargun Mehta ) goes to Amritsar to call-off a wedding to an unknown groom. She ends up spending a complicated day with Rajveer ( Gippy Gerwal ), an Amritsar boy.

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NR ( 2 hr & 5 min ) 4:20 p.m. show. Auditorium 15, seat C-7 

It was a tradition back in the day for the bride to stay with her family for up to a year after her marriage. And the groom was not allowed to even be in his bride's village for the whole duration, let alone get a glimpse of her face. But Shinda ( Ammy Virk ) is determined to be with his new wife, Taaro ( Sonam Bajwa ).

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PG ( 2 hr & 8 min ) 7:30 p.m. show. Auditorium  7, seat B-9

Aladdin ( Mena Massoud ), a street-wise thief, joins forces with a wise-cracking Genie ( Will Smith ) to save Princess Jasmine's ( Naomi Scott ) kingdom from the evil Jafar ( Marwan Kenzari ).

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I went to see these 3 movies in Richmond, CA, on Tuesday, May 28th, 2019, at the Century 16 Hilltop. The price of admission for each show was $5.75. And I bought a 20.0 oz bottle of Dasani Water ( $4.35 ) for the 1st two shows and a discount soda ( $4:00 ) & a discount popcorn ( $4.50 ) for the 3rd show.

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I had lunch first at the Yome Garden Buffet Restaurant, a few blocks away. This is the only chinese restaurant that I know of that doesn't give anyone a fortune cookie! What's up with that?!?!?!    😠

There were only 3 people, I and a white couple, that came to watch this Chandigarh, Amritsar movie.

But the Muklawa movie was almost packed! Only the front row was unoccupied.  The audience liked this movie.

The Aladdin movie was even more packed, with some front row seats taken! The audience gave this movie a "Hands Clapper" ending.

In between the 2 Bollywood ( Pollywood? ) movies, I lay down on a hallway bench to stretch and lengthen my spine because of my lower back problem. After I was done, I started to sit up and, right away, I pulled a muscle! I've been on disability for 5 months now. I will have to have another month added to my disability leave. On the bright side, I am within 6 to 5 inches from touching the floor with my fingertips. Back in January & February, I couldn't even get closer than 12 inches to touching the floor!

There was a really long line at the concessions counter when I stood in the queue for my discount popcorn and discount soda before the start of the Aladdin movie. There were about 40 people ahead in line of me. When I got my popcorn, the line had gotten much longer. I think that there were about 80 people standing patiently in line. I asked the movie patron behind me if this was normal for a Discount Tuesday evening. He said that it was! Note To Myself: Bring snacks with you if you go see movies at the Century 16 Hilltop on Bargain Tuesdays! I swear, it doesn't get anywhere this bad on a Bargain Tuesday at the Century 14 Vallejo.

While watching the Aladdin movie, I couldn't help but wonder why Jasmine kept calling her pet tiger, "Roger."   😕    Over an hour later, I realized that I was hearing it wrong ( perhaps? ). Raja was the name, as it turned out!    😀    I need to do a better job of cleaning-out my 👂 ears 👂!     🤣 🤣 🤣

I guess that you can call today my "Turban Tuesday Movies" day.    😉



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TOLKIEN, PG-13 ( 1 hr & 52 min )/STUDENT OF THE YEAR 2, NR ( 2 hr & 25 min )

I went to see these movies on Tuesday, May 14th, 2019, in Richmond, CA, for the 2:15 p.m. Tolkien show in auditorium 13, 3rd row, column 8; and the Student Of The Year 2 for the 6:20 p.m. show in auditorium 12, 3rd row, column 7. The price of admission for each  one was $5.75. And I bought just one 20.0 oz bottle of Dasani Water for $4.35 at the concessions counter for both movies.

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The Tolkien movie was fascinating to watch as it recounts Tolkien's life prior to his world-wide fame as the Lord Of The Rings writer. A definite must-see for Tolkien fans!    👍

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Ronan ( Tiger Shroff ) switches colleges to be with his long-time girlfriend, Mia ( Tara Sutaria ). He is not well-received by his new, rich classmates. He is expelled and goes back to his old college to lead a sports team in an inter-collegiate competition.

I liked it. But the love triangle was hard to believe.   😕

I hated the bitchy co-ed, Shreya ( Ananya Panday ), at first.   😠    But, at the end, I was rooting for her!    👌


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I never saw STUDENT OF THE YEAR 1. I asked a Hindu acquaintance of mine if I could watch it on-line. He said that it should be on YouTube. It is. But ... it's not English subtitled.    ☹️    I think that I'll give it a try since Bollywood movies usually have English dialogue sprinkled here and there.

I had lunch first at the Yome Garden Buffet Restaurant a few blocks away before I went to see these movies. The main waitress at this restaurant is a plain-looking, skinny chinese lady in her 40s or 50s. She would usually wear a loose fitting black shirt and black pants, as chinese waiters and waitresses are wont to wear. But today was different: She wore a tight pair of black pants and a tight-fitting white T-shirt. And--DAMN--did she look hot!  😲    Even if just from the neck down.    😜   My eyeballs couldn't help but bounce along and follow the amply-endowed milf waitress all over the dining room!    🤣 🤣 🤣   I am sure that you've all heard of this expression before, "Undress her with your eyes." Well, suffice it to say that---Never mind!     😈

After the movie, I went to the nearby 99-Cent Only Store to buy some snacks and some TV dinners.


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BRIGHTBURN, R ( 1 hr & 30 min )

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I went to see this today, Friday, May 24th, 2019, here in Vallejo, CA, at the Century 14 Vallejo, for the 12:40 p.m. show in auditorium 11, B-7. The price of admission was $6.25. And I bought a medium Cherry Coke ( $4.00 discount refill cup ) and a small Buttered Popcorn ( $6.50 ) at the concessions counter.

Quickie Review: This is pretty much a movie about a little "Clark Kent" gone bad, W...A...Y Bad! That's about it.   🤷🏽‍♂️

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I started my day with a chiropractor's appointment at 11:30. Then, I went to BofA to withdraw some money from my disability debit card. And I went to Chase Bank to deposit some money into my checking account before I went to see this movie.

After the movie, I went to the McDonald's Restaurant at 3289 Sonoma Boulevard, Vallejo, CA, to have a late lunch, go on Facebook, write this blog, and go back to finish writing the argument that I had with someone on Facebook a few days ago.

I'm taking my time in answering my opponent so that she will have more than enough time to fact-check her statement and retract her poorly constructed argument, if only to save face. But I doubt that she will even bother to fact-check because liberals rely mostly on hearsay. I'm about to decisively destroy her argument!  😄


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AVENGERS: ENDGAME, PG-13 ( 3 h & 1 m )

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I went to see this movie on Friday, April 26th, 2019, in Vallejo, CA, at the Century 14 Vallejo, for the 8:40 a.m. 3-D showing in auditorium 8, seat B-8. The price of admission was $9.50. And I bought a discounted medium Popcorn and Coke Icee, plus a Kernel Seasons Ranch Flavor Popcorn Seasoning, all for $9.50.

Quickie Review: The surviving Avengers search for a way to go back in time to finish ( scrotum skin chin ) Thanos once and for all!

I was just thinking, since Thanos has a scrotum skin chin, would hitting him with an uppercut hurt him like heck?    🤣 🤣 🤣

( I found this on the Internet. )
Speed Bag, anyone ...?

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And someone suggested on-line that Ant-Man could just have crawled up Thanos's ass and changed into his giant self! That would have easily ended Thanos's life, right there and then!    🤣

Thor has The BEST surprise scene--worth the price of a 3-D ticket!    👍

The audience liked this movie and gave it a 👏"Hands Clapper"👏 ending. 

Speaking of ending, there's neither a Bonus Scene during the Ending Credits nor after, eliciting groans of dissatisfaction from those who stayed 'til the end.  ☹️  I guess that the "endgame" part of the movie title is self-explanatory.    😕

And I chose this particular movie poster for its central arrangement of the bad guy and 3 certain superheroes, in particular. The arrangement follows the movie's plotline.

As with last year's part one, there are casualties in this sequel, too. 'Though I think that they're all permanent this time around.   😖

And a prequel is coming, as well.


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During the movie, the hispanic bitch sitting in A-9 was texting on her 'phone. The 1st time, I just let it go. The 2nd time, I shone my flashlight at her which made her stop. The 3rd time, I went and got security to come in an talk to the Illegal ( more than likely, she was! ). And the bitch never texted after that! But no thanks to the bitch, I missed about 2 scenes!    😠

I wonder if the Avengers will go back in time to turn Nick Fury and the Kingpin back to being white again ....    🤔     I'll pay good money to see that!    👍

What I just found out the following day: DC COMICS and MARVEL COMICS both have a Captain Marvel character. But DC COMICS eventually changed its Capt. Marvel's name to Shazam! I'm thinking of seeing these 2 movies back-to-back just because of it.  🍿

And because I missed about 2 scenes, I will have to see this Avenger movie again. And also because 2 phone numbers that are not prefixed with a "555-" are prominently shown. I'll write them down and call them. 📱 As curiosity, itself, has now a good hold on me.   

I'm down to 25 teeth. 😟   I had 2 teeth pulled recently, teeth #s 2 & 15, because there wasn't much bone support under each of them. Anyway, my periodontist prescribed pain killer, antibiotic and mouth rinse. The mouth rinse really works to keep my teeth and gums super clean and bacteria-free. The next time that I saw my periodontist, I talked her into prescribing another prescription mouth rinse bottle for me. But she also said that they, i.e. periodontists, dentists & hygienists, don't like having their patients on prescription mouth rinse for a long time. Gee, I wonder why   🙄   .... NOT!!!


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SHAZAM! PG-13 ( 2 hr & 12 min )

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I went to see this movie at the Century 14 Vallejo in Vallejo, CA, on "Discount Day" Tuesday, April 9th, 2019, for the 9:50 p.m. show in auditorium 8, C9. The price of admission was $6.00. And I bought a$4.35 bottle of 20 oz. Dasani Water at the concessions counter.

Quickie Review:  A 14-year old foster home runaway, Billy Batson ( Asher Angel ), is chosen by a desperate and mysterious dying wizard ( Djimon Hounsou ) to be his champion against the forces of Evil. With just one word, Billy can turn himself into the ( immature ) superhero, Shazam ( Zachary Levi ), whenever evil is around.

What I Think About This Movie: This is probably the best superhero origin movie from DC Comics, so far. It is funny at times and quite entertaining to watch. I might go see it again in 3-D, next time.

But there are a few things wrong in this movie: How was the bad guy, Dr. Sivana ( Mark Strong ), able to commit the symbols to memory when the movie didn't hint at him being gifted with a photographic memory? Those two school bullies would have been arrested for reckless driving and even sued; at the very least, their truck would have been ticketed/towed for illegal parking. When Shazam and Freddy ( Jack Dylan Grazer ) sneaked back into the house, they really were in the peripheral field of vision of their foster parents. Why was the construction truck driver unable to see the pedestrian who was crossing the street? The bus's windshield sure was strong enough to support the weight of the bus plus its passengers. And why didn't the windshield break when Shazam was pushing against it? Why were the new superheroes able to learn to fly almost immediately? I would have just let the bad guy fall.

There is a Bonus Scene in the middle of the Ending Credits and another one after the end of the credits.

I didn't know that this is how Shazam got his start at being a superhero. I only read two or three Shazam comic books back when I was a kid ....


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TO DUST, R ( 1 h & 32 m ); APOLLO 11, documentary ( 1 h & 33 m ); WEDDING GUEST, R ( 1 h & 34 m )

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I went to see this movie on Wednesday, March 13th, 2018, at the Century Regency 6, in San Rafael, CA, for the 2:00 p.m. showing in auditorium 6, row 4, seat 8. The price of admission was $9.50. And I bought a medium drink and a medium popcorn at the concessions counter.

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Quickie Review: A grieving widower, Hasidic cantor Shmuel ( Geza Rohrig ), and a college science professor, Albert ( Matthew Broderick ), embark on a macabre journey ( roadtrip? ) to satisfy Shmuel's curiosity in a corpse's decaying process. This dark comedy is unlike any that I have seen before. Shmuel, whose young wife died of cancer, believes that his wife's body must decay within a certain time frame for him to find consolation and an end to his grieving. For his assurance, he accosts a science teacher for help. What follows is a series of comedic scenes that challenge the mores of an orthodox Jewish community.

What I Think Of This Movie: There are some hilarious scenes like a Hasidic Jew buying a dead pig from a Chinese butcher in a back alley somewhere, two Jewish boys doing an exorcism on their father whom they thought was possessed by a dybbuk, the wife/pig soil pH test, the body farm visit, etc. I liked this movie. And the other movie viewers liked it, too.

You might want to see this movie.

I missed the first 10 minutes of this movie because I thought that I had lost my tally counter ( which I use to keep count of my Zhunti Mantra recitations ). I looked in the lobby, in the men's room and outside in the parking lot for my tally counter. But, as it turned out, it was in the cup holder of my theatre seat all along.  Whew!  😥

The actor who plays the part of Shmuel looked like Mark Ruffalo.

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I went to see this movie at the same theatre, on the same day, for the 4:30 p.m. showing in auditorium 2, center column (?), row 5, seat 6. The price of admission was $9.50.

Quickie Review:  This is a documentary of the historic 1969 Apollo Moon Mission. It has footage not seen before in other documentaries of the same subject.

What I Think Of This Movie: This is a movie that shouldn't be missed, simply for its historical value. I liked this movie. And the audience liked it, too; some even went so far as to give this movie a "Hands Clapper" ending. Go see this movie.   👍

Some of the scenes look so sharply done, as if they were filmed today, considering how grainy some movies were back in 1969.


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I went to see this at the same theatre, on the same day, for the 7:20 p.m. showing in auditorium 1 ( I forget which row & column ). The price of admission was $12.50. And I still had enough soda in my cup, from when I bought a medium drink for the first show, to last me through this movie.

Quickie Review:  Jay ( Dev Patel ) is hired to go to India to abduct the soon-to-be bride in an arranged marriage. But things spiral out of control when Jay is forced to kill a guard in self-defense. Soon, a secret is revealed while loyalty is brought into question.

What I Think Of This Movie: This movie was okay. It could have been better as a comedy, I think. With the "Wedding" in its title, I couldn't help but think along the lines of THE WEDDING SINGER and WEDDING CRASHERS. You might want to wait for this to come out as a DVD rental.   😒

This movie is not playing at my local Bollywood movie haunt, the Century 16 Hilltop in Richmond, CA. So, I just decided to see it here after all.

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This is the first time that I've driven my 2002 Saturn SC-1 on Highway 37 and on 101 South. With only 47,561 miles ( 76,542 kilometers ) on its odometer, it handled quite well as it traveled smoothly and almost quietly on the road.

Highway 37 was closed sometime last month because the levee broke from flooding. Since we had some heavy rains last month.

I had in mind to eat dinner at the McDonald's Restaurant on Nave Road, in Novato, CA, right after the APOLLO 11 movie. But I decided to go see a third movie, WEDDING GUEST, instead.

Honestly, I should have gone to see these movies the day before, on Tuesday. Since Tuesday is "bargain movie all day".  I could have saved on money, then.   👌

I haven't been to this theatre in about five years.  😶

I didn't bring a mini notepad to take notes on any of these movies. 

P.S. I'm not blogging about CAPTAIN MARVEL for the same reason that I didn't blog about BLACK PANTHER: "liberalism" ruined it for me. They already changed Kingpin's and Nick Fury's race. But they just couldn't leave it at that! They're getting carried away, all in the name of "social justice".  😏  Leave well-enough alone, haven't they heard?  I'm not watching Marvel superhero movies in their opening weeks ( a two-week moratorium ), anymore.




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AURORA / STAN & OLLIE

PG-13 (?), 2 hr & 0 min (?)

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I went to the Century Hilltop 16 in Richmond, CA, on Tuesday, January 22nd, 2019, to catch the 4:45 p.m. showing of this movie in auditorium 15, 3rd row, column 10. The price of admission was $5.75. And I bought a medium vanilla flavored Ginger Ale for $4.00 at the concessions counter.

Quickie Review: After the passenger ship, Aurora, is wrecked off the coast of Batanes Island, Philippines, and after the Philippine Coast Guard has given up hope in recovering more bodies just as a typhoon is coming to batter the desolate island, some people solicit the help of Leanna ( Anne Curtis ), a local seafront hotel keeper, to recover their dead relatives' bodies for a tidy sum. Unable to resist the offer for financial reasons, she agrees to do so. Soon, a criminal secret in the ship's cargo hold is exposed, implicating certain government officials.

What I think about this movie:  I liked this Horror movie, save for the last scene inside the hotel room which didn't make sense.

Some reviewer said that the conflict in the protagonist's sense of morality was tantamount to hypocrisy, and he/she may be right to make such an assumption.

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PG, 1 hr & 37 min

I went to the Century 14 Vallejo, here in Vallejo, CA, on Friday, January 25th, 2019, to catch the 5:30 p.m. showing of this movie in auditorium 3, C 6. The price of admission was $6.00. And I bought a medium Root Beer for $4.00 at the concessions counter.

Quickie Review: This documentary-style movie is about the famous Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy comedy duo who went to Europe for a final comedy tour.

What I think about this movie:  I liked this movie as it took me on a nostalgic trip down memory lane. I never saw their movies on the Big Screen; but I had the chance to enjoy some of them on the Small Screen.

And I liked how Steve Coogan ( who plays Stan ) and John C. Reilly ( who plays Ollie ) did such an exceptional job in portraying/channeling their respective characters.

After the Ending Credits, I overheard a lady say, "That was a great movie,"

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It costs a dollar more ( from $5.00 to $6.00 ) to cross the bridge back to Vallejo from Richmond! Years ago, in the late '90s, the bridge toll was raised from $1.00 to $5.00 for "earthquake retrofitting." And it was supposed to be just a temporary raise! But, effective January 1st of this year, some idiots voted to raise the toll fee by a dollar more!  😠 It's no wonder that I renamed california to CLUSTERFUCKNIA!!!

I've been out of work since December 28th, 2018, because of a back injury. And I still haven't even received my 1st disability cheque, yet!

My chiropractor said that, according to the x-rays, I have Scoliosis, Arthritis and Bone Spurs in my right Lumbar Area. He wanted me to go to my primary care physician at Kaiser Permanente Hospital for an MRI and a possible appointment with an orthopedic surgeon. My appointment with my pcp is this Friday, February 1st.

On Monday of next week, there will be a local Stem Cell seminar that I must attend. It's about how stem cells are used for treatment of joint and back injuries.


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