Category: Films by Steven Spielberg
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Musings & Thoughts for Tuesday, February 1, 2022, or: On the Passage of Time (and Other, Trivial Topics)
Greetings, Dear Reader. It is mid-morning here in Lithia, Florida on Tuesday, February 1, 2022. It is another chilly winter day in the Tampa Bay area, although there is a bit of a warming trend today. Presently the temperature is 51˚F (11˚C) under sunny conditions, although with the wind blowing from the east at 5…
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Musings & Thoughts for Saturday, January 15, 2022, or: A Quick Weekend Update from Florida
Hi there, Dear Reader. It’s early afternoon here in Lithia, Florida, on Saturday, January 15, 2022. It is a mildly cool winter day in the subtropical South. Currently, the temperature is 73˚F (23˚C) under sunny skies. With humidity at 49% and the wind blowing from the south-southwest at 6 MPH (10 KM/H), the feels-like temperature…
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Musings & Thoughts for Wednesday, January 12, 2022, or: Blu-ray Collecting: A Cure for the Blues?
Hi there, Dear Reader. It is early afternoon here in Lithia, Florida on Wednesday, January 12, 2022. It is a mild winter day in the subtropics. Currently, the temperature is 72˚F (22˚C) under sunny skies. With the wind blowing from the east-northeast at 10 MPH (16 KM/H) the feels-like temperature is 72˚F (22˚C). Today’s forecast…
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Tempus Fugit, or: There I Was, in a High School Auditorium…..
Hi, there, Dear Reader. It is late morning here in Fish Hawk (Lithia), Florida, on Wednesday, December 15, 2021. It is a cool early winter day here in the Sunshine State. The current temperature is 74˚F (23˚C) under mostly cloudy skies. With humidity at 84% and the wind blowing from the northeast at 13 MPH…
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On Films & Film-Watching: Chills, Thrills, and Creepy Things that Go Bump in the Night
October is, of course, the month that ends with Halloween. Since that holiday is only 11 days off (as I write this), it’s a good excuse opportunity for me to tell you about my favorite horror films and TV miniseries. Of the 414 Blu-ray titles – including ones that I have multiple versions of –…
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On Movie Collections: My Top 10 Favorite Box Sets (4K UHD and 2K Blu-ray Disc Sets)
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in 4K UHD Blu-rays, Baseball: A Film by Ken Burns, Blu-ray Box Sets, Blu-ray Collection, Documentaries by Ken Burns, Films by Ken Burns, Films by Steven Spielberg, Indiana Jones: 4-Movie Collection, Jurassic Park film series, Jurassic World 5-Movie Collection, Movies, Movies & Television, Star Wars, Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga, Steven Spielberg Director’s Collection, The Civil War: A Film By Ken Burns, The Vietnam War: A Film by Ken Burns & Lynn NovickI’ve collected disc-based home media releases of my favorite movies and television series for 23 years. I started in the summer of 1998 with DVDs, which I started buying even before I acquired my first DVD player and a fully compatible Samsung TV in early 2000. [1] Previously I had bought VHS videocassettes for 14…
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On Movies: My Favorite ‘Based on Actual Events’ Films
Hi there, Dear Reader. It is early afternoon here in New Hometown, Florida on Saturday, August 21, 2021. It is a steamy-hot and rainy late summer day. The temperature is 89˚F (32˚C) under light rain conditions. With humidity at 57% and the wind blowing from the southeast at 3 MPH (5 KM/H), the feels-like temperature…
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Musings & Thoughts for August 19, 2021, or: My Blu-ray Collection Expands…Yet Again!
Hi there, Dear Reader. It’s midday here in New Hometown, Florida on Thursday, August 19, 2021. It is going to be what they call a “scorcher” today. The temperature outside is 88˚F (31˚C) under sunny skies. With humidity at 49% and the wind blowing from the southeast at 5 MPH (8 KM/H), the feels-like temperature…
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On Movies: My Favorite Films by Steven Spielberg
I have been an avid movie watcher all of my life. I still remember the first movie I saw in a theater – a reissue of John Sturges’ 1963 World War II POW action-adventure film The Great Escape – back in 1969. And over the past 52 years I have been exposed to some of…
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Musings & Thoughts for Friday, June 25, 2021, or: About Last Night….
Hey, there, Dear Reader. It’s late morning here in my corner of Florida on Friday, June 25, 2021. Currently, the temperature is 78˚F (25˚C) under cloudy skies. With humidity at 71% and the wind blowing from the east-northeast at 7 MPH (14 KM/H), the feels-like temperature is 76˚F (25˚C). Today’s forecast advises us to watch…
A Certain Point of View, Too 