2022 Movie Scratches: Amsterdam-- Devotion-- Black Panther-- Father Stu-- Violent Night

2022 Movie Scratches--  Movies I saw at the theater.  I did not go to any movies between when Liz died on September 23 and December.

21.  AMSTERDAM--  9-13--  Fox Lake--  $5--  A very historic who-dun-it.

22.  DEVOTION--  12-9--  Fox Lake--  $6--  Be there for me and his wingman certainly was, including crash landing his plane to save him.

23.  BLACK PANTHER--  12-9--  Fox Lake--  $6--  It's the Wakandans vs. the blue-skinned underwater-living descendants of the Mayans.

24.  FATHER STU--  12-13--  Fox Lake--  $5--  A ne-er-do-well finds his true calling as a priest then has his ultimate test of faith.

25.  VIOLENT NIGHT--  12-13--  Fox Lake--  $5--What did Santa do on the barmaid.  One wild and crazy Santa.  All the blood and gore you could possibly want in a Christmas movie.

--RoadDog

POINTS TO PONDER:  Why is it called hamburger when it is made of BEEF?

Thor, Corniciones, NTN and Stormy Monday

THURSDAY, JULY 21

I went to the Fox Lake Theatre and saw "Thor:  Love and Thunder."  I never figured I'd like the Marvel Comics movies, but I sure do.

Liz and I went to Corniciones in Antioch, Illinois, to play NTN and have dinner.  We haven't played NTN much since the virus hit and had a hard time remembering our sign ins.  Not likely we'll be back with their $4 draft pints.

We had planned on going to It's Thursday to see the concert, but it was too crowded.  Then thought to stop at Anastasia's, but it too was crowded.  

Ended up driving to Stormy Monday on Fox Lake to see what was happening there.  It wasn't crowded so stayed for one that ended up a whole lot more when we got in a talk with the owner.  This place used to be our main hangout back when it was Costello's in the 80s and 90s.  Always a great view of Fox Lake and especially those sunsets.

Way Too Much for a Beer.  --RoadDog

POINTS TO PONDER:  100 years ago, everyone had a horse, only the rich had a car.  Today, everyone has a car and only the rich have horses.

Past Movie Scratches: Gump-- End-- Brother-- Caddyshack-- Ultron-- Winter

Past Movie Scratches--  Movies I watched in TV in 2021

1.  FORREST GUMP--  1-3--  "And that's all I have to say on that."  The Running Man.  "My sweet Ginny."

2.  AVENGERS:  ENDGAME--  1-4--  Payback, Thanos, can be rough.  Bringing them almost all back.

3.  OH BROTHER WHERE ART THOU--  1-5--  The search for Dapper Dan's Pomade.  Not Baby Face Nelson, chased by the devil and Tommy Johnson.

4.  CADDYSHACK--  1-5--  It's a pool Jaws.  "You sank my boat."  Driving the mums down the fairway.

5.  AVENGERS: AGE OF ULTRON--  1-9--  Smart aleck remarks all over the place.  It's machines versus humans.

6.  CAPTAIN AMERICA:  THE WINTER SOLDIER--  1-12--  Don't trust anybody, anywhere.  "Does anybody want to get out?"  Hydra Undercover.  Lots of cars get wrecked.  Have shield will fight.

--RoadDog

Past Movie Scratches: Goonies-- Jungle-- Iron-- Iron-- Ark-- Game-- Accountant-- Suicide

Past Movie Scratches--  Movies I saw on TV in 2020

85.  GOONIES--  4-25--  Bad guys, adventure, pirate treasure and a bunch of guys and two gals.  What more fun can you have?

86. JUMANJI:  BACK TO THE JUNGLE--  4-29--    Watch out for hippos, snakes and white rhinos.

87.  IRON MAN 2--  5-1--  Tony the party guy meets his Russian match.  Whip me, man!!

88.  IRON MAN 3--  5-2--  Beware the red-glowing guys.  And, they aren't Republicans either.

89.  INDIANA JONES:  SEARCH FOR THE LOST ARK--  5-3--  He sure hates snakes and Nazis.

80.  GAME NIGHT--  5-4--  Whose game is it anyway?

--RoadDog

Past Movie Scratches: Hitman's-- Red-- Titanic-- Gun-- Soldier-- Red

Past Movie Scratches--  Movies I saw on TV in 2020.

7.   THE HITMAN'S BODYGUARD--  1-4--  And they don't much even like each other, but learn to get along.  I'm surprised that this much swearing is allowed on TV.

8.  RED 2--  1-6--   Retired Extremely Dangerous.  Old farts show their stuff.  Pretty hokey.

9.  TITANIC--  1-6--  The epic flying scene as they approach that berg.  "You jump.  I jump."

10.  TOP GUN--  1-11--  "You've Lost That Loving Feeling.  "I feel the need...for SPEED."  Sorry about that, Goose."

11.  CAPTAIN AMERICA:  THE WINTER SOLDIER--  1-11--  Have shield will travel.  Old friend.  New outlook.

12.  RED--  1-11--  Retired Extremely Dangerous in case you're wondering.  Nothing to do with Communists. They may be very old, but as you can see, still very capable of mayhem.  She's along for the ride.

--RoadDog

STUDENT TEST ANSWERS:  New York is behind Greenwich time because America was not discovered until much later.

Past Movie Scratches: Guardians-- Awakens-- Empire-- Ride-- Wolf-- Rogue

Can you guess the names of the above movies before you look at the list below?

Past Movie Scratches:  Movies I watched on TV in 2019.

55.  GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY--  4-27--  What a wacky group!    "We are Groot!"  My favorite Marvel heroes.

56.  STAR WARS:  THE FORCE AWAKENS--  5-27--  Or, Finding Luke Skywalker.  And, what about Han Solo's kid.  His grandfather's kid.

57.  STAR WARS EPISODE V:  THEN EMPIRE STRIKES BACK--  5-27--  Welcome to the Ice Planet, the Abominable Snowman and we get to meet Yoda, we do.

58.  RIDE ALONG 2--  5-30--  A little bit of Ben Barber goes a real long way.

59.  THE WOLF OF WALL STREET--  6-1--  More sex and drugs than you've ever seen. If you see Leo copulating once, you've seen him a 100 times.

60.  ROGUE ONE--  6-14--  Sets the stage for the first (or the 4th) Star Wars movie.  That is why Obi Wan Kenobi had to help.

Pass the Popcorn.

--RoadWars