This movie was about some astronauts who find a single cell organism in a soil sample from Mars. This cell then replicates into an alien and wreaks havoc. While the movie did have a number of scientifically questionable scenes (Perhaps it was written by a Republican? They tend to ignore science.), I do not have any problem suspending my disbelief in the name of entertainment. And it had one of the coolest alien-killing-a-person scenes since Alien.
My rating: 3.5/5
This was the first M. Knight Shamalamadingdong (sp?) movie I’d seen in quite some time. The previews looked compelling–the main character had multiple personality disorder and that actor knocked it out of the park. So, that part of things was cool, but I was really expecting some kind of major twist at the end, which didn’t happen. For that reason…
My rating: 3/5
I read this while on vacation. This book reminded me a lot of “The Girl on the Train” mostly because it was set in Great Britain, but more so because each chapter was from the perspective of one of the two main characters (both women).
The story is about these two women who live in this minimalist-style house that has a ridiculous amount of rules in keeping with the minimalist theme (like, no clutter, etc.). The women lived there at different points in time and their stories unfold throughout the novel. There’s a murder (of course) with a twist (of course), but I thought it was pretty well done.
My rating: 4/5
We went back to the woods for this year’s vacation, though we decided to branch out from Forest County and try a different part of the state. Jake took a friend again this year. And, it’s important to note that this was Lizzy’s first vacation and she enjoyed the hell out of it. In fact, she gave it two paws up.
We did all of the usual stuff–walks through the woods, campfires, reading, knitting–you know the drill.
We arrived close to 5pm on Saturday. We didn’t do anything to speak of that day, just got settled in. Jake and his friend made a trip to the nearest Walmart for some last minute supplies.
Sunday’s point of interest was the overlook for the PA Grand Canyon, as seen from Colton Point State Park.
Monday took us to “The Muck“, which is a wetlands area in Wellsboro. It is a prime bird watching area. It was quite cool. On our way back to the truck we saw a huge black bear walking across the road.
Tuesday was pretty laid back. The main activity was fishing in the evening.
On Wednesday afternoon, we went to the nearby Lumber Museum, which was more interesting than it sounds, and went fishing again in the evening.
That was about it. It was pretty relaxing and ended too soon, but at least I have a four day weekend before I have to return to work.
This was a lengthy tome, but since the remake is coming out this year and the trailer looks half decent, I just had to read It again. I guess the new movie only focuses on the kid end of things, but given the length of the story I don’t see how they would have been able to squeeze the whole plot in anyway. The original version was done as a tv miniseries, so they had plenty of time for everything in that rendition.
It’s funny because people are calling it a Stranger Things rip-off, but isn’t Stranger Things actually a rip-off of It?
My rating: 4/5