Life After Texas
[I posted this yesterday on Facebook. It got absolutely no reaction. This makes me sad.] These are waters I don’t often wade into. Nothing in what follows is meant to be a rah-rah for any sociopolitical side, and there should be something to make anyone uncomfortable. Because everyone should be uncomfortable today. I’m in the…
2017 Halloween Movie Marathon!
As is our family tradition on the Friday before Halloween, last night I lined up a bunch of spooky movies and kept going until all of us finally gave up or simply fell asleep where we were. Now that my children are all at least teenagers (and one doesn’t live here), there was no time…
Movies Seen Recently: Contamination, The Professionals, Shin Gojira
Contamination (1980) – Of the Italian-made Alien ripoffs, this is not the worst. But that’s only because at least one other (Alien 2: On Earth (1980)) is reallyreallyreally bad. Contamination is only reallyreally bad. A pain-in-the-ass New York cop, a standard-issue “frigid” female scientist, and an ex-astronaut with PTSD are the only people that stand…