Wednesday, July 21, 2021
Princesses of Mars, Part 37
Tuesday, July 20, 2021
Felix goes the distance in search of 'False Vases'
Starring: Anonymous Voice Actors (although no sensible lines are spoken)
Director: Otto Messmer
Rating: Six of Ten Stars
After his wife's favorite vase is broken, Felix the Cat (who is fearful of her wrath) goes all the way to China to get a replacement.
Monday, July 19, 2021
Musical Monday with Lykke Li
Experts in such matters as Ancient Aliens, the Greys, and Lizard People claim that ten years ago, in 2011, singer Lykke Li, two musicians, and a film crew were sent to the Moon where Lykke Li and the musicians performed a concert. We have come upon footage that seems to bear out this claim. It's embedded below.
The question then becomes: Why was Lykke Li and those particular musicians chosen to perform a live concert on the Moon? Who did they perform for? Or maybe Lykke Li is actually a time traveler, and the Live From the Moon concert didn't happen ten years ago, but rather 410 years into the future? What is the truth here? We want answers!
Take a look at the video evidence and prepare to have your mind blown on this Musical Monday. (Or maybe just enjoy this minimalist, haunting performance of Lykke Li's "I Follow Rivers".)
Sunday, July 18, 2021
Bones Coffee's Maple Bacon Blend
All the cool people drink coffee, like Vincent Price! |
I'm starting this new type of post with a blend I ordered, expecting NOT to like, but the concept was so odd I had to try it: Maple Bacon.
The first thing I noticed about this blend was how great it smelled while brewing. It didn't just smell like coffee--it smelled like maple syrup. Even better, when I took the first sip from my mug, I discovered it didn't taste much like bacon at all. It has a sweet and salty flavor to it, with a maple flavor coming through strong enough that someone (like me) who hardly ever drinks their coffee black could do so with this.
When drinking the Maple Bacon blend with added almond milk (unsweetened), the undercurrent of bacon flavor emerges more strongly become more of a clear flavor than just a touch of saltiness. It's not so strong so as to be off-putting, but instead adds a fascinating flavor twist.
The Maple Bacon blend is equally good hot or iced. Interestingly, when I drank it iced, the bacon flavor seemed to come through even stronger. (That could just have been my imagination though.)
If you like coffee, I recommend giving this a try!
Saturday, July 17, 2021
It's Record Store Day 2021!
Meanwhile, Monica Lewis offered by to demonstrate that records have at least one advantage that CDs might not (and that streaming audio files certainly do not) have...
Friday, July 16, 2021
The Avengers Dossier, Page Fourteen
ISOBEL BLACK
In "Silent Dust", Isobel Black plays the daughter of a scientist who was wronged... and who may or may not be out for revenge.
Thursday, July 15, 2021
This 'Jest of Honor' deserves your attention
Starring: Anonymous Voice Actors (delivering two lines consisting of nonsense words)
Director: Vernon Stallings
The Little King inadvertently triggers an insurrection in a coastal town after getting busy with a mermaid.
"Jest of Honor" is seven-and-a-half-minutes of fast-moving nonsense. In fact, it will go by so fast that you'll be surprised that it's over. This is because this film, like many of "The Little King" series features animation that is among the best you'll find in any Van Beuren offering, and because there is not a moment where something that is visually interesting isn't happening on-screen--and there isn't a set-up that doesn't resolve itself into a well-timed visual gag.
Wednesday, July 14, 2021
Tuesday, July 13, 2021
'The Stranger' leaves unanswered questions
Director: Alexander Dunn
Rating: Six of Ten Stars
After the mysterious disappearance of her father (Topping), Kate (Crevel) and her husband (Boland) return to the house she grew up in, the last place he was known to be. The trip intended to put affairs in order instead results in the revelation of secrets and a descent into terror.
"The Stranger" has an air about it of a psychological thriller/supernatural horror movie from the 1950s or 1960s. The atmosphere is mostly one of underplayed dread, and the true nature of the supernatural (or superscientific?) horror at play in the story remains in question until... well, in the case of this film, until the very end and beyond.