Without any doubt, or a second thought in mind, it is the absolute best time of the year! Dark by 4:30 p.m. 25 degrees outside at best, with a wind chill that makes it feel about 10. Frostbitten digits, while I work outside for my day job on the road, lying to myself that I am being hit with a tropical breeze. Mind over matter they say. Oh, and what a joy it is at the very thought of going home for the holidays in a few short weeks’ time with my chain-smoking family who not only can’t stand themselves, let alone me.
Could you imagine being born in the year 1937 and still working full-time in the current year of 2024? When you look at those numbers and put the math together, it just doesn’t seem really feasible, or does it?
“Annie Hall,” “Midnight in Paris,” “Deconstructing Harry,” “Match Point,” “Hannah and Her Sisters,” “Vicky Christina Barcelona” — all high points of an illustrious career that began back in the late 1960s by a now infamous actor and director named Woody Allen. Winner of countless awards, including four Oscars over a nearly-60-year career, Woody Allen, like his counterparts Clint Eastwood, and Ridley Scott is like the Energizer bunny — still going, going and going.
Question everything is the motto of the new A24 psychological thriller Heretic. Oh please believe me, I am questioning everything and not because of this movie, it’s after last week’s election!
It is a known fact that adults smile far less than children. Not only can a simple smile plastered across your face raise the hormones that boost your immune system, but a study also found that 69% of people found women who smile more attractive than women who wear make-up.
SCRANTON — Looking for something CAT-tastic to do this upcoming weekend? How about an easy, breezy event that will not only be a good time, but also doubles as a charity? Relaxed fun and giving back to the community, can’t get much better than that this fall!
True crime series and television programs seem to be at an all time high in popularity right now. The masses are proving to be utterly insatiable for the likes of the Mendendez brothers’ series and true crime documentary. Folks like me scoop these types of projects up quicker than a cone at Dairy Queen.
Oxygen levels are decreasing to near uninhabitable levels, so an underdog mother and daughter must band together for survival and team up against a group of intruders who claim to know their family.
HUNLOCK CREEK — Tightly rolled denim jeans, Aqua Net hairspray used to tease your frizzy hair up to the high heavens. Cyndi Lauper and Billy Idol ruled the speakers of your oversized boombox, Howard the Duck bombed at the cinemas. The G.L.O.W. Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling was a corny, yet addicting must-see TV immediately following Star Search on a lazy Saturday afternoon. Can you guess the era? You got it, the glorious 1980’s!