Bill Weinberger
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Freakier Friday (2025) ★★★½
Like the first one, only more complicated and frenetic. Entertaining as a series of funny bits and a decent payoff.
Like the first one, only more complicated and frenetic. Entertaining as a series of funny bits and a decent payoff.
A ★★★½ review of Freakier Friday (2025)
Like the first one, only more complicated and frenetic. Entertaining as a series of funny bits and a decent payoff.
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November 30, 2025 at 5:22 AM
Freakier Friday (2025) ★★★½
Like the first one, only more complicated and frenetic. Entertaining as a series of funny bits and a decent payoff.
Like the first one, only more complicated and frenetic. Entertaining as a series of funny bits and a decent payoff.
Freaky Friday (2003) ★★★½
Entertaining as a series of funny bits and a decent payoff.
Entertaining as a series of funny bits and a decent payoff.
A ★★★½ review of Freaky Friday (2003)
Entertaining as a series of funny bits and a decent payoff.
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November 29, 2025 at 4:20 AM
Freaky Friday (2003) ★★★½
Entertaining as a series of funny bits and a decent payoff.
Entertaining as a series of funny bits and a decent payoff.
The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh (1977) ★★★★★
A comforting watch for a fall evening getting on into winter.
A bear will always be waiting.
#Thanksgiving
A comforting watch for a fall evening getting on into winter.
A bear will always be waiting.
#Thanksgiving
A ★★★★★ review of The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh (1977)
A comforting watch for a fall evening getting on into winter. A bear will always be waiting.
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November 27, 2025 at 3:57 AM
The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh (1977) ★★★★★
A comforting watch for a fall evening getting on into winter.
A bear will always be waiting.
#Thanksgiving
A comforting watch for a fall evening getting on into winter.
A bear will always be waiting.
#Thanksgiving
Reposted by Bill Weinberger
one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.
November 25, 2025 at 4:15 PM
one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.
read: Final Orbit by Chris Hadfield ★★★★★
I love these thrillers set during the peak of the Space Race written by an actual astronaut. This third volume in the series does not disappoint, with a twisty mix of orbital and earthbound intrigue, realistic action and delightful hard science edge.
I love these thrillers set during the peak of the Space Race written by an actual astronaut. This third volume in the series does not disappoint, with a twisty mix of orbital and earthbound intrigue, realistic action and delightful hard science edge.
Bill's review of Final Orbit (Apollo Murders, #3)
5/5: I've been loving this series ever since the surprise discovery that one of my favorite astronauts had written a Cold War thriller set during the peak of the Space Race in the 1970s. This third vo...
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November 25, 2025 at 12:51 AM
read: Final Orbit by Chris Hadfield ★★★★★
I love these thrillers set during the peak of the Space Race written by an actual astronaut. This third volume in the series does not disappoint, with a twisty mix of orbital and earthbound intrigue, realistic action and delightful hard science edge.
I love these thrillers set during the peak of the Space Race written by an actual astronaut. This third volume in the series does not disappoint, with a twisty mix of orbital and earthbound intrigue, realistic action and delightful hard science edge.
read: Everyone a Stranger by Kevin O'Brien ★★★★
Clever WWII fiction set in Seattle. Kicks off with genuine tension, well-developed characters and setting; stalls; regains momentum for a strong finish. Most of the various resolutions were disarmingly clever and sometimes surprising.
Clever WWII fiction set in Seattle. Kicks off with genuine tension, well-developed characters and setting; stalls; regains momentum for a strong finish. Most of the various resolutions were disarmingly clever and sometimes surprising.
Bill's review of Everyone a Stranger
4/5: I love historical fiction, especially set during WWII. I also love books set in Seattle. This checks those boxes and more. The story starts with some genuine tension, introducing rich and well-de...
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November 25, 2025 at 12:47 AM
read: Everyone a Stranger by Kevin O'Brien ★★★★
Clever WWII fiction set in Seattle. Kicks off with genuine tension, well-developed characters and setting; stalls; regains momentum for a strong finish. Most of the various resolutions were disarmingly clever and sometimes surprising.
Clever WWII fiction set in Seattle. Kicks off with genuine tension, well-developed characters and setting; stalls; regains momentum for a strong finish. Most of the various resolutions were disarmingly clever and sometimes surprising.
Sunrise - two views
November 24, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Sunrise - two views
Squanto: A Warrior’s Tale (1994) ★★★
The real story of Tisquatum (Squanto) is cloaked within a more imaginative tale that struggles to veer from cinematic conventions and tropes. Highlights are his life with the monks that rescued him and the climactic first thanksgiving meal.
#Thanksgiving
The real story of Tisquatum (Squanto) is cloaked within a more imaginative tale that struggles to veer from cinematic conventions and tropes. Highlights are his life with the monks that rescued him and the climactic first thanksgiving meal.
#Thanksgiving
A ★★★ review of Squanto: A Warrior's Tale (1994)
Obvious liberties were taken with the story of Tisquantum (Squanto), framing the real historic points within a more imaginative tale that struggles to veer from cinematic conventions and tropes. Highl...
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November 24, 2025 at 4:59 AM
Squanto: A Warrior’s Tale (1994) ★★★
The real story of Tisquatum (Squanto) is cloaked within a more imaginative tale that struggles to veer from cinematic conventions and tropes. Highlights are his life with the monks that rescued him and the climactic first thanksgiving meal.
#Thanksgiving
The real story of Tisquatum (Squanto) is cloaked within a more imaginative tale that struggles to veer from cinematic conventions and tropes. Highlights are his life with the monks that rescued him and the climactic first thanksgiving meal.
#Thanksgiving
September hibiscus blooms in Napoleon’s garden #FlowerFriday
November 21, 2025 at 4:25 PM
September hibiscus blooms in Napoleon’s garden #FlowerFriday
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November 20, 2025 at 2:07 PM
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Three hummingbirds have stuck around to (not) share my feeder. One has decided to take the high ground to enforce his claim.
November 18, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Three hummingbirds have stuck around to (not) share my feeder. One has decided to take the high ground to enforce his claim.
The Fox and the Hound (1981) ★★½
Anthropomorphized woodland creatures dramatize friendship and loss. The tone relentlessly jumps from comic to cartoony to warm to tragic and back again. Tries to be Bambi and Lady and the Tramp at the same time without success.
Anthropomorphized woodland creatures dramatize friendship and loss. The tone relentlessly jumps from comic to cartoony to warm to tragic and back again. Tries to be Bambi and Lady and the Tramp at the same time without success.
A ★★½ review of The Fox and the Hound (1981)
Anthropomorphized woodland creatures dramatize friendship and loss. The tone relentlessly jumps from comic to cartoony to warm to tragic and back again. Tries to be Bambi and Lady and the Tramp at the...
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November 18, 2025 at 5:50 AM
The Fox and the Hound (1981) ★★½
Anthropomorphized woodland creatures dramatize friendship and loss. The tone relentlessly jumps from comic to cartoony to warm to tragic and back again. Tries to be Bambi and Lady and the Tramp at the same time without success.
Anthropomorphized woodland creatures dramatize friendship and loss. The tone relentlessly jumps from comic to cartoony to warm to tragic and back again. Tries to be Bambi and Lady and the Tramp at the same time without success.
Baja fairy duster #California #FlowerFriday
November 14, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Baja fairy duster #California #FlowerFriday
Herb Alpert still has it! Such a great show, filled with iconic musical touchstones of the 60s and beyond. www.instagram.com/officialherb...
November 10, 2025 at 6:59 AM
Herb Alpert still has it! Such a great show, filled with iconic musical touchstones of the 60s and beyond. www.instagram.com/officialherb...
Brightening an autumn day with a dahlia in Monet’s garden, Giverny, France, September 2025 #FlowerFriday
November 7, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Brightening an autumn day with a dahlia in Monet’s garden, Giverny, France, September 2025 #FlowerFriday
The Longest Day (1962) ★★★★
Essential WWII viewing, even with the pragmatics of 1962 filmmaking. (Like these old guys making believe they’re American paratroopers.)
Essential WWII viewing, even with the pragmatics of 1962 filmmaking. (Like these old guys making believe they’re American paratroopers.)
A ★★★★ review of The Longest Day (1962)
Essential WWII viewing, even with the pragmatics of 1962 filmmaking.
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November 6, 2025 at 11:16 PM
The Longest Day (1962) ★★★★
Essential WWII viewing, even with the pragmatics of 1962 filmmaking. (Like these old guys making believe they’re American paratroopers.)
Essential WWII viewing, even with the pragmatics of 1962 filmmaking. (Like these old guys making believe they’re American paratroopers.)
Galaxy of Terror (1981) ★★
Almost bad enough to be good. Full of flashy visual effects instead of plot or character.
#Halloween
Almost bad enough to be good. Full of flashy visual effects instead of plot or character.
#Halloween
A ★★ review of Galaxy of Terror (1981)
Almost bad enough to be good. Full of flashy visual effects instead of plot or character.
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October 31, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Galaxy of Terror (1981) ★★
Almost bad enough to be good. Full of flashy visual effects instead of plot or character.
#Halloween
Almost bad enough to be good. Full of flashy visual effects instead of plot or character.
#Halloween
A ★★★★ review of Muppets Haunted Mansion (2021)
Everything is better with The Muppets.
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October 31, 2025 at 3:33 AM
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Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
October 30, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
Joan of Arc (1948) ★★★½
Captures some of the essence of Joan & her impact, if not the true history & life. The film seems to try to rise above typical sword & swashbuckling of its time, but is still encumbered by mid-twentieth-century conventions & moralizing. I found it inspiring nonetheless.
Captures some of the essence of Joan & her impact, if not the true history & life. The film seems to try to rise above typical sword & swashbuckling of its time, but is still encumbered by mid-twentieth-century conventions & moralizing. I found it inspiring nonetheless.
A ★★★½ review of Joan of Arc (1948)
Captures some of the essence of Joan and her impact, if not the true history and life. The film seems to try to rise above typical sword and swashbuckling of its time, but is still encumbered by mid-t...
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October 29, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Joan of Arc (1948) ★★★½
Captures some of the essence of Joan & her impact, if not the true history & life. The film seems to try to rise above typical sword & swashbuckling of its time, but is still encumbered by mid-twentieth-century conventions & moralizing. I found it inspiring nonetheless.
Captures some of the essence of Joan & her impact, if not the true history & life. The film seems to try to rise above typical sword & swashbuckling of its time, but is still encumbered by mid-twentieth-century conventions & moralizing. I found it inspiring nonetheless.
Salt & Pepper (1968) ★★½
Rat Pack stars Sammy Davis Jr. & Peter Lawford attempt to ride the mid-60s wave of spy movies with this awkwardly directed entry (by Richard Donner no less). Hews closer to Benny Hill than James Bond, or even Matt Helm.
#WastingTime
#NotHalloween
Rat Pack stars Sammy Davis Jr. & Peter Lawford attempt to ride the mid-60s wave of spy movies with this awkwardly directed entry (by Richard Donner no less). Hews closer to Benny Hill than James Bond, or even Matt Helm.
#WastingTime
#NotHalloween
A ★★½ review of Salt & Pepper (1968)
Rat Pack stars Sammy Davis Jr. and Peter Lawford attempt to ride the mid-60s wave of spy movies with this awkwardly directed (by Richard Donner no less, his 3rd film). Even Dean Martin’s Matt Helm fli...
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October 28, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Salt & Pepper (1968) ★★½
Rat Pack stars Sammy Davis Jr. & Peter Lawford attempt to ride the mid-60s wave of spy movies with this awkwardly directed entry (by Richard Donner no less). Hews closer to Benny Hill than James Bond, or even Matt Helm.
#WastingTime
#NotHalloween
Rat Pack stars Sammy Davis Jr. & Peter Lawford attempt to ride the mid-60s wave of spy movies with this awkwardly directed entry (by Richard Donner no less). Hews closer to Benny Hill than James Bond, or even Matt Helm.
#WastingTime
#NotHalloween
Labyrinth (1986) ★★★
Punk rock “Wizard of Oz” with angsty teen Dorothy and glam rock goblin king.
#Halloween
Punk rock “Wizard of Oz” with angsty teen Dorothy and glam rock goblin king.
#Halloween
A ★★★ review of Labyrinth (1986)
Punk rock “Wizard of Oz” with angsty teen Dorothy and glam rock goblin king.
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October 26, 2025 at 3:28 AM
Labyrinth (1986) ★★★
Punk rock “Wizard of Oz” with angsty teen Dorothy and glam rock goblin king.
#Halloween
Punk rock “Wizard of Oz” with angsty teen Dorothy and glam rock goblin king.
#Halloween
Capturing some autumn color before it’s all blown away #FallColor #FallStorm
October 25, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Capturing some autumn color before it’s all blown away #FallColor #FallStorm