This was a decent flick that followed an Italian-American family from Queens. It was written and directed by Ray Romano, and it’s a topic he knows well.
My rating: 3.5/5
thanksgiving 2023
Another Thanksgiving has come and gone. As usual, dinner was held at my house. The typical people were in attendance and the typical foods were devoured. The best thing about Thanksgiving this year was that Jake and Amelia were in all week. I haven’t seen them since I visted a few months ago, so it was nice to see them again. It will be even nicer over Christmas as they’re supposed to be in for a month!
1922
This was definitely not my favorite Stephen King adaptation, but it wasn’t bad. I couldn’t remember the details of the story it was based on, though I do remember liking it when I read it years ago. But, what was with the main character’s accent? I read that he was trying to replicate the accent from that time/location. However, no one else in the film talked like that, so what’s up with that?
My rating: 3/5
i is for innocent
I believe this book was in the pile I already read before, but since I’m reading all of them in order, it was up next for the alphabet series. It was pre-blog, so I didn’t remember it anyway. It was a good story, but one problem I have with Sue Grafton novels is keeping track of all the characters. Since the main character is a private investigator, she talks to a lot of people in the course of an investigation. So, I guess I should pay closer attention. Anyway, this was as good as the rest and had a nice twist at the end (but don’t they all?).
My rating: 3.5/5
moving on
I tried another comedy this weekend. It was only slightly better than last weekend’s movie. I kind of felt like I was watching a Grace & Frankie movie, since it starred the same two actors and their characters were similar to the ones they played on the series. Anyway, the premise of the movie is that the one character decided to exact revenge on her (now deceased) friend’s husband because he raped her decades ago. How is this a comedy? That was kind of the problem. To be sure, it had some funny dialog, but you had to pay attention in order to catch it.
My rating: 2.5/5