Category: Movies
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Musings & Thoughts for Monday, June 12, 2023, or: Weekend Update, Part the Third
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in Alex Diaz-Granados, Amazon, Berliner Philharmoniker/Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Computer and Video Games, Creative Writing, John Williams/Berliner Philharmoniker: John Williams -The Berlin Concert, Kindle, Kindle Create (Publishing App), Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP), MicroProse Software, Music, Music & Concert Specials, Regiments (2022), Regiments: Iron Curtain, Reunion: A Story, Reunion: CodaHi, there, Dear Reader. It’s late morning here in Lithia, Florida, on Monday, June 12, 2023. It’s a hot early summer day (85°F/29°C). It’s sunny, humid, and with no rain in the immediate future, it’s bound to get hotter still. Today’s forecast for the Tampa Bay area calls for mostly summer skies and a high…
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Musings & Thoughts for Sunday, June 11, 2023, or: Weekend Update, Part the Second
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in Adults-Only Games, Alex Diaz-Granados, Amazon, Blogging, Books, Computer and Video Games, Computer Games, Creative Writing, John Williams: Live in Vienna, Kindle, Kindle Create (Publishing App), Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP), Life in Florida, Life in the Tampa Bay area, MicroProse Software, Movies, Music & Concert Specials, Personal Thoughts, Regiments (2022), Regiments: Iron Curtain, Regiments: Second Wave, Reunion: A Story, Reunion: CodaHi, there, Dear Reader. It’s late morning here in Lithia, Florida, on Sunday, June 11, 2023. It’s a warm (80°F/27°C) early summer day here in the Tampa Bay area. It’s sunny, humid, and it’s going to be a hot and more humid day, with the forecast calling for a high of 91°F/32°C and mostly sunny…
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Musings & Thoughts for Monday, June 5, 2023, or: My Sunday Night at the Movies & My Plans for Today
It’s midmorning in Lithia, Florida, on Monday, June 5, 2023. As I write this, it’s relatively cool outside (69°F/20°C) under clear skies. Since its now early summer and Day 5 of the Atlantic hurricane season, it’s going to be warmer and stickier later; the forecast calls for partly sunny skies and a high of 86°F/30°C,…
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Musings & Thoughts for Wednesday, May 31, 2023: Adieu, Spring – And a Writer’s Anxieties Come to the Fore
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in 4K UHD Blu-rays, Alex Diaz-Granados, Amazon, Atlantic Hurricane Season 2021, Blu-ray Collection, Books, CreateSpace Independent Publishing, Creative Writing, Family History, Kindle, Kindle Create (Publishing App), Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP), Life in Florida, Love, Sex, & Relationships, Movies, On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft, Personal History, Personal Thoughts, Reunion: A Story, Spring in Florida, Star Trek: The Original 6-Movie Collection, The New StoryAdieu to Spring 2023 “Is it so small a thing To have enjoy’d the sun, To have liv’d light in the spring, To have lov’d, to have thought, to have done; To have advanc’d true friends, and beat down baffling foes…?” ― Matthew Arnold, Empedocles On Etna and Other Poems It’s late morning here in…
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More Musings, More Thoughts for Sunday, May 28, 2023, or: Weekend Update, Part the Third
“When I’m in turmoil, when I can’t think, when I’m exhausted and afraid and feeling very, very alone, I go for walks. It’s just one of those things I do. I walk and I walk and sooner or later something comes to me, something to make me feel less like jumping off a building.” ―…
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Musings & Thoughts for Saturday, May 20, 2023, or: Weekend Update, Part the First
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in 4K UHD Blu-rays, Acting Lessons, Adults-Only Games, Amazon, Being a DIK (2020 Game), Blogging, Blu-ray Collection, Cold Waters, Computer and Video Games, CreateSpace Independent Publishing, Creative Writing, Crusade in Europe (Command Series game), Kindle Create (Publishing App), Leap of Faith, Life in Florida, Love and Sex, MicroProse Software, Movies, Personal Thoughts, Regiments (2022), Regiments: Iron Curtain, Regiments: Second WaveIt’s almost noon as I sit here at my desk in my corner of Lithia, Florida, on Saturday, May 20, 2023. I’ve been up since 7:30 AM, which – per my usual schedule – amounts to “sleeping in late.” Oddly, I don’t remember checking the time before I fell asleep trying to watch Star Trek;…
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A Duet
A poem inspired by today’s output for The New Story A duet is what I want to sing with you A song of love and longing, sweet and true I’ve been dreaming of this moment for so long But I was afraid to tell you how I feel You’re the girl I’ve had a crush…
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Movie Review: ‘Die Hard’ (1988)
This review was originally written for the now-defunct hyper-localized entertainment website Examiner in March 2015. At the time, I was the Miami Examiner for Blu-ray & DVD. Since Examiner was shut down in 2016 by its parent company and the article is no longer visible there, I am re-publishing it here, with only a few…
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Musings & Thoughts for Sunday, May 14, 2023, or: Weekend Update, Part the Second
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in 4K UHD Blu-rays, Amazon, Beatriz Diaz-Granados, Blogging, Blu-ray Collection, Cheryl T, Computer and Video Games, CreateSpace Independent Publishing, Creative Writing, Crusade in Europe (1985 game), Crusade in Europe (Command Series game), Family History, Kindle, Kindle Create (Publishing App), Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP), Life in Florida, Life in South Florida, MicroProse Software, Movies, Personal Thoughts, Star Trek: The Original 6-Movie Collection, Things I MissWell, here we are, Dear Reader, on Sunday, May 14, 2023, aka Mother’s Day 2023. It’s almost 9 AM in the Tampa Bay area, the sun is out, and – for the moment, anyway, it’s cool outside; the temperature is 71°F/22°C. Overall, it’s the kind of day that, in my previous neighborhood in South Florida,…
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Musings & Thoughts for Saturday, May 6, 2023, or: Weekend Update, Part the First
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in Alex Diaz-Granados, Amazon, CreateSpace Independent Publishing, Creative Writing, Kindle, Kindle Create (Publishing App), Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP), Reunion: A Story, Star Wars, Star Wars action figures (Kenner/Hasbro), Star Wars collectibles, Star Wars The Black Series, Star Wars: Return of the Jedi“We write to taste life twice, in the moment and in retrospect.” ― Anais Nin It’s Saturday, Yeah, But I Think I’ll Work Today It’s early afternoon in Lithia, Florida, on Saturday, May 6, 2023. For me, it has been a long day; I woke up at four in the morning, and despite my best…
A Certain Point of View, Too 