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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