Remarkably Bright Creatures A Novel by Shelby Van Pelt, Harper Large Print, an Imprint of Harper Collins Publishers, 2022.
I had seen the movie on Netflex, but the book is even better. It was very enjoyable with people strugging with the question who am I and where do I fit in. I must admit even knowing what was going to happen, when it did happen I still cried. Told from the perspective of an octopus is is very good. A very good read I highly recommend.
A group of youth witness a train crash; but it is more than a train crash, and the government is covering something up. There is an alien in the train wreckage and strange things start happening. The youth are making a movie, and the camera rolls and caches the train crash. The youth are Joe, Alice, Charles, Gabriel, Ryan and Zach (Joel Courtney, Elle Fanning, Riley Griffiths, Gabriel Basso, Ryan Lee and Zach Mills). Charles is intent on making his movie, and the kids are actors or tech. But in the end they find an alien instead, and understand his need to get home.
A pretty good movie, but the alien getting home is very costly to the community. Directed by J.J. Abrams.
Very good movie that tells you sometimes there is more to motivation than honor. In this case there is gold in a bank, and even though it is behind enemy lines, a group of soldier is determined to have it. Kelly hears about the gold from a prisoner. He recruits his sergeant, a tank group, and logistics. This includes the building of a bridge. When they get there they discover a panzer group defending the bank. They are able to defeat a couple tanks, but still on remains defended the last tank commander (Karl-Otto Alberty) and his crew. I really enjoy Sutherlands character and his laid back attitude.
Kenny G: Rhythm & Romance, Concord Records, 2008.
Kenny G is a smooth jazz saxophonist and that is what this album presents; smooth jazz with Kenny G's saxophone bouncing all over the place. "Ritmo Y Romance (Rhythm and Romance)" seems to have melodies mixed in from Molin Rouge!. One of the songs is familiar to me, "Besame Mucho." "Mirame Bailar" has vocals by Barbara Muñoz. "Es Hora de Decir" features vocals by Camila. I am enjoying jazz music more and more. Some songs are a bit repetitive but for the most part very nice listening.
Ghost Rider is a Marvel Comic character, but not initially accepted into the MCU. A motorcycle stunt rider, Johnny Blaze (Nicolas Cage) sells his soul to the devil/Mephistopheles (Peter Fonda) to save his father, Barton Blaze (Brett Cullen) from cancer. He is cured from cancer, but dies in an accident the same day. The Devil indicates he fulfilled the contract and Nicholas Cage becomes the Ghost Rider and has to do the Devil's bidding. This contract is activated when Black Heart (Wes Bentley) wants to defeat his father, the devil and take over hell. Ghost Rider confronts this evil with people with their own powers. Roxanne Simpson (Eva Mendez) is the woman Johnny Blaze is attracted to but obligations keep getting in the way. She finally sees ghost Rider in action and begins to believe him. Caretaker (Sam Elliott) is a past ghost Rider but on a horse, and provides support as well.
This movie is strange for Marvel, but I think it is going to be a nice addition when he is accepted in the MCU Universe.
This movie frustrated me to no end because there is such a wide disparity between the aliens and the humans. In the end this movie is just hide and seek with the aliens slowly catching more and more people. It seems just a matter of time before the catch up with Ray and his family. Directed by Steven Spielberg.
A very good movie a bout going through drug rehab. A lot can happen in 28 days. Gwen Cummings (Sandra Bullock) is ordered to rehab in lieu of jail. For one thing she grows apart from her boyfriend, Jasper (Dominic West) who is into drinking and drugging, and she starts to see other people. She meets Eddie Boone (Viggo Mortensen), a baseball player. She also reconciles with her older sister, Lily (Elizabeth Perkins). She ruined her wedding. She does go through some trauma as her roommate, Andrea (Azura Skye) dies of an O.D.
I think this movie does a good job of representing the rehab environment. And it shows the change that can happen.
