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Synopsis: Just days from a forced retirement at reduced benefits, veteran train engineer Frank Barnes is tasked with training an arrogant rookie conductor, Will Colston. Their routine day changes when a trainyard error sends a locomotive hauling 39 cars and dangerous chemicals hurtling down the mainline at fast speeds and without anyone driving it. After barely getting out of its path and against the wishes of their boss, Frank and Will begin chasing the train down, hoping to slow or stop it before it derails and causes a catastrophic event. Who's in it? The movie stars Denzel Washington , Chris Pine , Rosario Dawson, Kevin Dunn and Kevin Corrigan. Review: My wife decided to work in her sewing studio last night so, after mowing my mom's lawn, I came home and settled in with a movie until she got home. I had seen Unstoppable before, but it had been a while, so I gave it another try. Overall, I still thought it was a decent choice. This is, in all honesty, a disaster movie tha...

Synopsis: After choosing to search for survivors on a torpedoed ship, Alatania, instead of following orders and chasing the German submarine that sunk it, Greg Winters is court martialed and discharged from the Navy. After World War I, he makes a living as captain of a salvaging vessel and is hired by a lawyer to retrieve items from Alatania . When he learns the lawyer, Henry Sykes, had him retrieve documents he plans to use to defraud a woman, Evelyn, out of an inheritance, he decides to help her. Complicating matters is Syke's other employee, Karl Ludwig, the man who captained the submarine that sunk Alatania . The movie also goes by the title U-67 Who's in it? The movie stars Alan Hale , Laura La Plante, Clarence Wilson, Peter Erkelenz and Claud Allister. Review: I was running a bit late this morning and didn't have time to re-find the movie I intended to watch. As a result, I once again picked out the first film that sounded reasonably interesting and could be watched...

It's still a little cooler out than I'd prefer the middle of May to be, but I managed to get out for a walk just the same. There wasn't a whole lot of activity this time, mostly because the lone garter snake I saw managed to slither into the taller grass before I could get a photo and several frogs hid under the water the second they saw me. I did, however, manage to get a few photos. Here they are: _________________________________________________________________ Here are some other nature photos: Morning Walk Photos 9/28/2017 Morning Walk Photos 9/12/2017 Lunchtime Walk Photos 6/11/2018 Lunchtime Walk Photos (7/9/2024)

Synopsis: Agatha Raisin is in a bit of a rut. Business has slowed down at her detective agency, forcing her to downsize her staff and the few cases she does get are barely enough to pay the bills. Even though she hates divorce cases, she reluctantly agrees to let Robert Smedley hire her to spy on his wife, Mabel, only to find Mabel is both smart enough to know she is being followed and might be the most perfect wife ever. Things take an unexpected turn soon when Agatha and her new photographer, Phil, discover the body of missing teenager Jessica Bradley. For publicity, Agatha vows to find Jessica's killer free of charge but when Robert Smedley is also murdered, just hours after un-hiring Agatha and claiming he made up with his wife, Agatha soon finds evidence suggesting the murders might be related. Review:   I misjudged how long it would take me to read the stack of books I checked out from our library prior to its temporary closure for renovation and finished the last one, The P...

Synopsis: Long-time friends Ajay and Ritchie are vacationing in Southeast Asia with their wives, Jasmine and Maya and decide to take a 2-day kayaking tour. Things become strained when Ritchie learns Ajay and Jasmine have been having an affair and she is pregnant with Ajay's child. Things turn even worse when they enter a restricted part of the river and anger an indigenous cannibal tribe that kills their guide then begins hunting them down. Who's in it? The movie stars Joseph Millson, Sarah Alexandra Marks , Ella Starbuck, David Wayman and Louis James. Review: I gifted my wife a day at the nail salon as one of her Mother's Day presents and, when she got home, let her pick out a movie for us to watch. After scrolling through Amazon Prime, she selected River of Blood . It had been a long time since we watched a cannibal movie and, based on the description and the jungle setting, I hoped this would be one of the better ones. Unfortunately, while it wasn't the worst can...

Synopsis: Shepherd George Hardy is a loner who treats his sheep like his family, making sure to give them all names and taking the time to read them murder mysteries every evening. When George is murdered and his lawyer reveals he was a millionaire, his smartest sheep, Lily, becomes determined to find his killer and later learns she and the rest of her flock are also in danger. Who's in it? The movie stars Hugh Jackman , Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Patrick Stewart , Tobin Cole, Nicholas Braun and Molly Gordon. Review: Since it was Mother's Day weekend, I decided to have some family time last night and because it was less expensive than going out to dinner, took them to the movie theater. Since it was the only film we hadn't seen that looked reasonably interesting, we saw The Sheep Detectives . It ended up being a great choice. I'll start out with a word of caution for parents of young kids - pay attention to the PG rating. While I would still describe this as a family film...