Clown in a Cornfield (review)

 You get what you expect when you watch such a stupid movie with such a stupid name. 

Good gravy, this was worse that I thought it'd be...and I was expecting bad. 

Razor thin plot, which you guess the entire movie within the first 30 minutes. The only way it would've been interesting is if they would have juked away from the obvious "twist" they were planning at the end. Which (as I said) you could see a mile away. 

An incredible waste of time....except whenever you heard the clown's squeaky shoes when he walked away from the kill....that was ok. 

The Amateur (Review)

 Great trailer. 

Boring movie. 

Watch the trailer. Get the just of what it's all about. The movie has nothing clever in it. Just a good premise that really doesn't go beyond the basic concept. 

Glad I watched this one on my own and not with my nephew and his friends. Wouldn't want to waste anyone else's time on this one. 

Have a good weekend folks!

Cheech and Chong's Last Movie

 Disguised as a "Movie" in advertisements, this is actually a documentary about the two, their friendship and how they rose in popularity in the 70s. 

I remember renting their movies in college back in the day. This was an enjoyable documentary to watch. It had a lot of things, I'd never known about the two, where they came from and what was going on behind the scenes throughout all their movies.  

Worth seeing if you were a fan of the films, passable if you weren't. 

Juvee

 

Looked good so I thought I'd give it a try. 

Bleh. Very bleh. Don't judge a drink by its cover I suppose. 

Oh well, I'll try anything once. Now I can move on. 

Not that I'm looking for a new kind of drink, I just enjoy trying something new from time to time. 

Not many options whenever I go into the same gas stations/stores every time. But it surely hasn't been worth it going to these odd and ends stores for variety. 

Last year to be in the club

 I'm done with Sam's Club after my membership runs out. I just realized I hardly buy anything there anymore. We never get groceries here and it's simply now worth the money just to go every so often to get little to nothing. 

I used to buy wipes and diapers here but even that has dried up since the babies have been potty training and will be off of diapers completely by the end of the year. So what's the point in going anymore? The gas isn't even the cheapest in town. 

I doubt my wife will even realize we don't have a membership until months later since she never goes anymore either. So yeah, just another thing I don't have any use for anymore. 

Done with Summer festivals

 Earlier this month I went to the Peach Festival in Ruston, as we always do. 

I think I'm done going to these. 

There's nothing of interest for me there. My wife likes to look around for a few hours, buy some trinket we'll lose before the year's end, buy an overly expensive meal or drink you could get for half the price right outside the festival and go home. 

Meanwhile, I'm out there in the sun, burning up with nothing but wasted time to show for it. Not worth it in the end. I'd rather just stay at home and get chores done around the house instead. 

Catfish Charlie's

 It's been over a decade since I've visited this local catfish place. 

Catfish is ok, but never my "go-to" when thinking about placing I wanted to go out to eat at. But I remember liking them, so I was interested to see if this would hold up to my expectations after all those years. 

It did. 

Again, I'm not the guy to say "Let's go get catfish" but if I did, this would be the place I'd choose hands down. 

Have a great weekend folks!

Best Pork sammich...in the world.

 Cormiers here in Monroe has the "Pig Sandwhich" 

It is the best thing in the world. 

I used to get this back in the day, hadn't had it in years until a few weeks ago. 

Excellent. Well worth your time. 

The. Best. 

"Big Trouble" One of the best children's albums in existence.

 

I used to listen to this album when I was younger. I've recently been playing it again for my children and it's pretty awesome to listen to as an adult. 

"When I was a dinosaur" kicks off the album and it's just great. In fact, all the songs on the album are winners. 

My kids favorite is "Big Trouble" about a boy who knows he's getting a beating when his parents return and has a tall tale of monsters coming over who destroyed his home. 

But there's many other songs to make you laugh. "The Cat Came Back" is a tale of a lady trying to get rid of her cat. And despite all her attempts (even killing it) it comes back. 

"I think I'll need a band-aid" is the rally call for my children. Who's mother gives them a band-aid even when it's not needed. We go through a box a week easily. The chorus to this one will have you humming it in reptation all day. 

"What I want is a proper cup of coffee" is a tongue twister that's so fun to listen to, you'll go back and play the song over before moving to the next song. I swear one day I'll get it. 

"The Window" is my brother's favorite song on the album, as the duo sings nursery rhymes that  ends with something (or someone) being thrown out the window. Hilarious. You'll quickly find yourself singing other nursey rhymes to throw out the window after the song it over. 

"Pica de Gallo" was my #1 song for the longest (until recently) It's THE BEST! A song so catchy you'll find yourself singing it at work days later. 

"Nobody" is a song about a kids imaginary friend called "Nobody" it's the sadest, yet most hilarious song I've ever heard. If I ever heard one of my kids singing it, I'd be worried though. 

"We are the Dinosaurs"  "Day Care Blues" and "Teddy's Bears Picnic" are the only songs on the album I'd skip. They neither funny or catchy.  In fact, it's odd that such a witty duo dropped the ball by adding these songs to pad time for the album. Without them, this album's a perfect 10. No question. 

But the finest, heart warming song you'll ever hear is their finale "Lullaby" which is a masterpiece. About a parent putting there child to bed. It's soothing and heartfelt. I absolutely adore it. My favorite song on the entire album. Beautiful. 

Win or Lose (review)

I love baseball so I decided to give this one shot series a try. 

Not bad. Brilliant in fact, at times. It captures what it was like being on a little league baseball team back in my day. It's also a combination of stories about the same event, which is fun. Pieces start to come together over the series that makes sense. 

This has the works of being a perfect 10 for me, but it misses in a few areas. Still, I enjoyed it way better than a lot of their recent movies so I can recommend you checking it out if you're interested. Funny moments, heart felt moments and overall....worth my time. 
 

RC Zero Sugar

 Never knew this existed until I found it out Brookshires a few weeks ago. It even rung up as "unsellable item" but I was able to scan a 12 pack of Dr Pepper instead and shove it in my bag. 

It taste just like the real thing! I was a little surprised by that. I'd get it again if it weren't for the fact it hasn't been at a Brookshires since (I've checked 3 different stores) But I'm sure I'll come across it again in the future. 

Sprite + Tea

 How interesting. 

Coke combined two of their products together into one. I like it. 

I still think "Winterberry" is the best Sprite, but this one isn't bad at all. I wonder what interm of Coke mixed the two in a glass one day and convinced the company they had to try it out on the open market. 

Kudos to them either way. Nice idea!

Have a great weekend folks!

Dr Pepper Cherry

 This is the flavor that Dr Pepper says "We want to taste more like Pibb" and that's a good thing. 

It's almost better than their "Darkberry" flavor that came out years before. It's the closest they've ever come to tasting like Pibb. I still love Pibb more but this one is one of the better flavors Dr Pepper has ever had. 

7Up Tropical

 

Finally got to try the summer flavor for 7Up this year. 

Pretty run of the mill of what I've seen Sprite do in the past. Of course the 7Up version tastes better than theirs but I think I still prefer the regular flavor over this one. 

It isn't bad, just nothing special. 

Wick is Pain (review)

 I love these movies. So when a documentary about the making of the first four came out, I had to check it out. 

Not bad. Half of the time is spent on the making of the first one and how it almost didn't come to be. Very interesting stuff. I don't want to ruin too much, but the director and Reeves admit, the way they come up with movie ideas is they list all the action scenes they'd love to see and then string them together into a movie.

They also talk about how many more ideas they had but never tried, which means they'll be plenty of action scenes for John Wick 5. 

I can't wait...

GoIden Corral

 Haven't been since it opened almost 10/11 years ago. 

Went. 

Hmmm...

The squash was good. The bathroom was a disaster and I'm pretty sure I saw an employee come out of there without washing his hands.

So yeah. I'm good for the rest of my life. 

Ew.

Neighborhood Movie (review)

 Watched this last month. Not bad. A young man suffering a mental illness enlist the help of a retired body guard who lives alone to track a woman he saw kidnapped in an ally. 

It's got some humor and wasn't bad but definitely could've been better. Still, if you have nothing else to watch one night, it's not that bad a movie to occupy your  time. 

Ok folks, have a great weekend!

Warfare (review)

 A movie based on a true story during the war in the middle east that happened in 2006. No story, not really any characters, but mainly an incredible looking reenactment. No comedic moments, no "love" story, just a great representations of the remembered facts of this mission. 

Not bad. 

If you're not into military movies, skip. But if you like them, this one is worth your time. 

Death of a Unicorn (review)

 

Terrible. 

Watch the trailer, get everything you need. 

They never bothered trying to explain what the point of the movie was about or how they could solve their issue. They had scenes where the girl is trying to explain what's going on and what they should do....but she tells them NOTHING. 

These unicorns are also very strong...except with faced against a small wooden door or gate. Concrete? Yep, the bowl right through that. But normal wooden doors? Nah. That's an issue. 

Nothing about this movie made any sense. Kill off small characters violently...but when it's a highly paid supporting actor, the unicorns take their time with the kill.....because....yeah. 

Horrible waste of time. 

Drop (review)

 

Wow. What garbage is this?

This lady is on a date, where she begins to receive "drops" to her cell phone from someone unknown. How this process works is loosely defined and something not even my nephews had ever heard of. 

In fact, this movie is already out of date on premise alone. But I digress. 

She is shown on her home video there is a man with a gun at her house where her sister is babysitting her son during the date and she must do exactly as this mysterious person says or they will die. 

Hot garbage. 

Totally unbelievable characters the whole way through. Everyone acts weird and we're supposed to accept these are everyday people, yet none of them do anything realistic in such a situation as this. 

In the end, she exposes the enemy and while he makes the call to kill her son with his dying breath, she's able to drive back home (though down town Chicago) in 3 minutes to stop the killer in her home as well. 

Boneheaded ending for a boneheaded movie. SUCH A PASS! I'm shocked this movie even made it past the development phase. 

Video store still kicking

 West Monroe is home to one of the few remaining video stores left in America. It's located right behind where I live...and I never go there. 

This is for people who have no streaming service but love watching movies. I don't get it. I walked in a while back expecting hard to find series and movies you can't find on streaming services. 

Instead I found an outdated system where new movies cost just as much to rent as they would online and nothing rare that you couldn't find on streaming. 

How this place is still in business is a miracle.