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Synopsis: Sisters Kate and Maura had two different high school experiences. Kate was always the life of the party while Maura was the responsible one who made sure everyone got home safe. It was something that carried over to their adult lives, with Maura now a hardworking and responsible nurse while Kate can't hold onto a job as a nail stylist and doesn't know where her teenage daughter, Haley, is. When their parents sell their childhood home, Kate and Maura are asked to clean out their stuff and decide to throw one last party. Only, this time, they agree to reverse roles with Kate staying sober so Maura can finally have a good time. Their party soon gets out of control, however, causing significant property damage that will jeopardize the sale and, to Kate's dismay, an opportunity to restart her life by getting 50 percent of the sale value. Who's in it? The movie stars Tina Fey , Amy Poehler , Maya Rudolph , James Brolin , John Leguizamo and John Cena . Review: My...

Synopsis: Still recovering from a car accident that killed her husband, Ramona is struggling to take care of her two children, Taylor and Annie. One morning, they discover a woman dressed all in black sitting on their front lawn who speaks cryptically and menacingly. As the woman stays in the yard, it begins to put stress on Ramona's relationship with her kids with both her and Taylor experiencing disturbing visions of what is to come. Who's in it? The movie stars Danielle Deadwyler , Okwui Okpokwasili, Peyton Jackson, Estella Kahiha and Russell Hornsby. Review: My wife and I have had The Woman in the Yard on our watch list ever since we first saw the trailer for it and, after deciding to watch a movie this evening, decided to finally see it. Unfortunately, the film proved to be a disappointment. The movie's premise had some promise. The idea of a stranger appearing in your yard, dressed completely in black and hinting at impending tragedy is something that has the pote...

 Here are my thoughts from today's 31-7 Green Bay Packers win over the Chicago Bears: That was a great defensive effort. Obviously, Bears' Caleb Williams wasn't playing and there isn't a quarterback controversy in Chicago. However, Chicago was 2-0 without him and the Packers' defense only allowed 7 points and took the ball away five times so my opinion stands, especially since they managed it without their two best players, Micah Parsons and Edgerrin Cooper. Jordan Love proved why he is the franchise quarterback. In the long history of a rivalry that had both Brett Favre and Aaron Rodgers playing for Green Bay, Love now has the most single game pass yards against Chicago at Lambeau, much of it coming from some big throws downfield.  Christian Watson and Matthew Golden are becoming a top receiving duo. A healthy Watson is a playmaker, and Golden continues to make some great clutch catches.  With tight end Tucker Kraft getting back into form and an offensive line tha...

My wife wasn't feeling well last night (breathed in too much dust while cleaning) so I wound up watching a re-run of the movie Tremors, or at least part of the film since it was halfway over by the time I found it.  While the movie has too many comical characters for me to be able to consider it a real horror film, I have concluded the film's monsters, the Graboids, may be one of the best horror movie monsters ever invented, especially if you ignore the sequels that added somewhat ridiculous traits that diminished them a bit. Here are five reasons why they excel in the horror movie monster status: There is a great deal of mystery surrounding them. The best horror movie monsters/killers have a limited backstory because the less the other characters know, the harder it is for them to figure out how to kill them. All we really know about the Graboids is they are a prehistoric creature. Their vulnerabilities are to-be-determined. They can be killed, but not easily. This is a health...

I finally got around to picking up a big bag of bird food so I could fill all my feeders (and have some left to re-fill them as needed). It didn't take long for the birds to flock to the front yard to take advantage of that, so I grabbed my camera and got photos. Here are some of them: ____________________________________________________________ Here are some of my previous bird feeder photos: Bird Feeder Photos (9/7/2026) Just a Random Bird Feeder Photo Some Bird Photos from Around the Yard Bird Feeder Photos 4/28/2018 and 4/29/2018

Synopsis: Agatha Raisin has grown enamored with her handsome and harming gardener, George Marston. However, she isn't the only one and has competition from many of the village women, including newcomer Jessica Fordyce, a beautiful television actress who spent time there on weekends.  When George doesn't show up to a ball Agatha only sponsored so she could share the first dance with him, the detective goes in search and finds him in a pile of compost with a bag over his head she later learns once held venomous adders. She is hired by George's sister to track down the killers, but her investigation immediately turns up one thing that leaves Agatha heartbroken - George was a philanderer who had multiple affairs around the village even though he ignored her attempts to throw herself at him. Review: The book I have on reserve at the library wasn't available yet so, while waiting, I stuck with something familiar and checked out Hiss and Hers to see what happened next in th...