TRICO TRI: HAPPY HALLOWEEN, MISS GRANNY, QISMAT

PG-13,  1 hr & 30 min @ 4:35 p.m. ( $5.75 )

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NR,  2 hr & 00 min @ 6:30 p.m. ( $11.50 )

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NR,  2 hr & 17 min @ 9:30 p.m. ( $11.50 )

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I went to see these movies yesterday, Monday, October 1st, 2018, at the Century 16 Hilltop in Richmond, CA.

TRICO TRI: HAPPY HALLOWEEN is about a brother & sister ghost siblings who make it their vow to keep haunting their former home until a deserving family is found to occupy it.

MISS GRANNY is about an old lady who is given a second chance at youth but sacrifices it at the end.

QISMAT is about a man in a pending arranged marriage and about a woman who is also pledged to be betrothed to someone else. But cruel fate puts them in each other's way. And their unrequited love ends in a tragic way.

All three movies, to me, were sad. It went from Sad  😭, Sadder  😭😭, Saddest  😭😭😭! I don't like movies like these. I like movies with a happy--or hopeful--ending.

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Before seeing these movies, I went to the GOIN' POSTAL in the FoodMaxx Shopping Center on the corner of Redwood & Tuolumne Streets here in Vallejo, CA. My MONGOOSE EXPO STUNT KICK-BIKE had already arrived.   😊

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Then, I took it to Wheels In Motion Skate & Bike Shop in Benicia, CA, for professional assembly and adjustment.

I will pick it up on Wednesday, right after work, and take it to the Benicia State Park for its trial run. This kick-bike is better suited for the hike/bike trail at the park.

Whereas, my kick-scooters cannot handle being used at the trail. They eventually wear-down, sooner or later, even though they have dual suspension. I already had 2 kick-scooters wear-down on me. They were designed only to be ridden on smooth pavement/sidewalk.

Last year, an orthopedic surgeon advised me not to go jogging anymore because of my bad left knee. She suggested that I either just walk or ride a bicycle for exercise. But walking or biking are too easy for me. Kick-scooting/kick-biking is harder than walking and can even be harder than jogging if you force yourself to go up an incline--you'd be better off jogging OR walking up that incline!

Kick-scooting is faster than walking BUT slower than jogging.

Kick-biking  CAN BE faster than jogging, depending on how big the wheels are. The Mongoose Expo Stunt Kick-Bike has 12-inch/30.50 centimeter wheels. There are kick-bikes out there with bigger wheels and, consequently, are much faster.

I will find out on Wednesday just how fast this Mongoose Expo Stunt Kick-Bike is.

My personal speed record on a round-trip distance on a kick-scooter is 14 minutes & 51 seconds. Which I achieved on a Black/Green X-Spec 924 Kick-Scooter.

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For some strange reason, this kick-scooter is faster than my slightly lighter-weight Blue Ancheer Kick-Scooter.  😕

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The fastest same-distance time that I ever achieved on my Blue Ancheer Kick-Scooter was 15 minutes & 21 seconds.    😞



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THE NUN, R ( 1 hr & 36 min )

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I went to see this movie yesterday, Wednesday, September 12th, 2018, here in Vallejo, CA, at the Century 14 Vallejo, for the 12:30 p.m. show in auditorium 7, seat D 10. The price of admission was $5.75.  And I bought a small fountain drink at the concessions counter for $4.55.

Quickie Review: A noviciate and a priest go to Romania to investigate a paranormal occurrence.

There were just 3 or 4 people in the auditorium with me. I don't know how any of them reacted to the movie. But I didn't find it scary at all.

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Here are two things wrong in this movie:  The priest and the novitiate slept in their beds with their shoes on and had no blankets. The upside-down cross is really the symbol of St. Peter, it's not Satanic.

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The French guy said, "Holy shit!" 😲   So, I guess he had it coming.  😮

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The actress, Taissa Farmiga,  playing the role of the novitiate, is the sister of Vera Farmiga, who has a cameo at the end.

When Jesus ( Yeshua Ha'Mashiach ) died on the Cross, a Roman soldier pierced his side with a spear. His Blood gushed forth and spilled on the ground. Soon, there was an earthquake which split the rock beneath the Cross. Jesus' Blood dripped down the crack and unto the Mercy Seat of the Ark of The Covenant which was stored in a secret room beneath the ground. Thus, fulfilling the requirement that the blood of the Sacrificial Lamb be put on the Mercy Seat.

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An American (?) archaeologist discovered this secret room. And he took a sample of the blood with him for scientific analysis. Supposedly, when some scientist did an analysis on the sample of the fresh-looking blood, said scientist only discovered 24 Chromosomes in it, instead of the usual 23 Chromosomes per parent. So, the first 23 Chromosomes in the blood sample were those that came from Mary. But the 1 other Chromosome came from God, as postulated. It's on YouTube.


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Earlier in the day, before seeing this movie, I went to the Benicia State Park in Benicia, CA, to kick-scoot 🛴 for 00:15:46 from 11:14:00 a.m. 'til 11:29:46 a.m. on a distance of 2.50 miles/4.02 kilometers. My record is 00:15:19 which I set 2 Thursdays ago, on the same kick-scooter: A dual-suspension Black/Green X-Spec 921 Kick-Scooter with a lever handbrake.

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CRAZY RICH ASIANS, PG-13 ( 2 hr & 0 min )

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I saw this movie last week but waited all this time to write about it because I have to mention a little spoiler at the end. In this way, I hope that most of you who wanted to see this movie will have already seen it by then; and my little spoiler wouldn't be such a spoiler after all.

Yes, I liked this movie. And I highly recommend this movie to anyone who's into Chick Flicks.

Now, for the little spoiler: The Games Theory Professor girlfriend got played at the end by her boyfriend's shrewd mother's "power move". Here's the hint: At the wedding attended by the princess who didn't want anybody sitting close to her.


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BUYBUST, R [?] ( 2 hr & 6 min )

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I saw this Philippine Action Movie sometime last week.

It's about an anti-drug raid gone bad in a gritty, seedy slum area in Manila. The drug agents are forced to kill their way out of the predicament that they found themselves in.

The real action starts at about 15 minutes into the movie and doesn't let-up 'til the end.

I liked it. Unfortunately, this is the last day to go see it. But you could always watch it as a DVD rental when it comes out.

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GRAVE OF THE FIREFLIES, PG-13 ( 1 hr & 40 min )

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I went to see this movie on Sunday, August 8ht, 2018, here in Vallejo, CA, at the Century 14 Vallejo, for the 12:55 p.m. show in auditorium 1, B6. The price of admission for this special Fathom Event was $12.50. I didn't buy anything at the concessions counter because the line was too long and the movie was about to start.

Quickie Review: In the waning months of World War II, in the Pacific Theatre, the US drops incendiary bombs all over Japan. Because of it, a boy and his little sister lose their mother and must fend for themselves in their war-torn town with very little hope for survival. Based on a retelling of a war survivor's personal account.

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I liked this sad, metaphorical movie. It shows a side of war that's usually left out: The perspective of those that are helpless casualties of such a conflict. I would recommend it as an animation movie to see. But, be advised, the subject matter is not suitable for kids.

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Since last month, I've been on a fitness plan: I kick-scoot    🛴   at the Benicia State Park at least three times a week. Because, last year, an orthopedic surgeon told me to stop jogging   🏃  since I have a bad knee. She recommended that I just walk   🚶  or 🚴   bike. But either one is too easy. Kick-scooting is harder than walking and slightly easier than jogging. So, kick-scooting, it is! And I'm still getting a good workout!     ☺️

I can't upload the pictures of my kick-scooters, for some reason. I can just give you the name and description of each: A gold Fuzion City Glide with dual rear brakes; a white Goplus with dual suspension and rear disc brake; and a blue Ancheer with dual suspension. The Goplus has rubber wheels. Whereas the other two have polyurethane wheels. All of them have 8-inch wheels.

I gave the gold Fuzion to a co-worker because it doesn't have dual suspension and is therefore not suitable for kick-scooting at the Benicia State Park.   😕

And I learned the hard way that I have to check my Goplus's rear wheel first every single time before I kick-scoot with it. Because its disc brake has a tendency to start rubbing against the wheel if it's not adjusted first before each ride; it has two adjustment screws for just that.

So far, my Ancheer Kick-Scooter is the best one.

I may need to try other kick-scooters to see which ones are the best in each of these categories: 8-inch, 12-inch, 16-inch, 20-inch and 26-inch wheels.

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