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This past Saturday the Chicago area was hit by a snowstorm. Said storm was at it's peak in my area during the hours I usually go out for dinner, so I stayed in and watched Netflix. My viewing choices proved to be a British invasion.

First up was the 2017 movie Darkest Hour. This was a film which earned Gary Oldman an Oscar. Despite that, I had ( Read more... )

Happy New Years! I stayed in last night. After cooking myself a large steak I watched the new Netflix film Don't Look Up and part of another Netflix film, The Lost Daughter. I have thoughts on both - herewith in reverse order of screening.

I found The Lost Daughter entirely too slow for my tastes, and didn't really care much for the characters. ( Read more... )

So one of my local theater companies, Buffalo Theatre Ensemble, has gone back to in-person plays. I attended their recent showing of Stove Toucher. I quite enjoyed it, although based on the advanced marketing I was not enthusiastic about it.

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The advantage of streaming services is that one can stream movies. However, after one has streamed the new hits, one finds oneself having to go deeper into the catalog. That's how I ended up watching Hannie Caulder on Hulu.

Made in 1971, the film is a British Western (who knew the Brits made Westerns?) starring Raquel Welch. More interesting to ( Read more... )

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I had a culture-filled weekend. Herewith, a report.

On Saturday, I attended a signing event for author Benjamin Milligan's book By Water Beneath The Walls. Ben is a former Navy SEAL and asked the question one day "How did the US Navy-the branch of the US military tasked with patrolling the oceans-ever manage to produce a unit of raiders trained to ( Read more... )

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