“Avalanche Sharks” Starring Alexander Mendeluk, Kate Nauta, Benjamin Easterday, Eric Scott Woods, and others. Directed (if you can call it that) by Scott Wheeler. Amazon Prime. 82 minutes. Not Rated Mladen’s take This is an embarrassing confession. Maybe the error… READ MORE
Del and Mladen review ‘Big Ass Spider
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“Big Ass Spider” Starring Greg Grunberg, Clare Kramer, Lombardo Boyar, Lin Shaye and Ruben Pla. Directed by Mike Mendez. 80 minutes. Rated PG-13. Amazon Prime. Del’s take I’m shocked – SHOCKED, I tell you – that Mladen consented to review… READ MORE
Del and Mladen review ‘Gravity’
Image courtesy of Warner Brothers. — “Gravity” Starring Sandra Bullock and George Clooney. Directed by Alfonso Cuaron. 91 minutes. Rated PG-13. Del’s take “Gravity” is a stunning spectacle of special effects and a riveting depiction of the human will to… READ MORE
I turned on the light and something moved
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I got up this morning about 3:30 to use the bathroom. When I turned on the light I saw something move. There, on the bathroom floor, stood a cockroach – not one of the cute TV commercial cartoon roaches that… READ MORE
Mladen and Del review ‘Elysium’
Image courtesy of Sony Pictures. — “Elysium” Starring Matt Damon, Alice Braga, Jodie Foster and Sharlto Copley. Directed by Neill Blomkamp. 1 hour, 49 minutes. Rated R. Mladen’s take It’s tough to criticize a movie where the poor and luckless… READ MORE
Mladen and Del review ‘Star Trek Into Darkness’
Image courtesy of Paramount Studios. — “Star Trek Into Darkness” Starring Chris Pine, Benedict Cumberbatch, Zachary Quinto, Zoe Saldana, Peter Weller. Directed by JJ Abrams. 132 minutes. Rated PG. Mladen’s take After watching “Star Trek Into Darkness,” I decided to… READ MORE
Del and Mladen review ‘Oblivion’
Image courtesy of Universal Pictures. — “Oblivion” Starring Tom Cruise, Morgan Freeman, Olga Kurylenko, Andrea Riseborough, Melissa Leo. Directed by Joseph Kosinski. 124 minutes. Rated PG. Del’s take And why did they choose the title “Oblivion”? Because that’s how long… READ MORE
Mladen and Del review ‘A Good Day to Die Hard’
Image courtesy of 20th Century Studios. — “A Good Day to Die Hard” Starring Bruce Willis, Jai Courtney, Sebastian Koch. Directed by John Moore. 97 minutes. Rated R. Mladen’s take Let’s do the numbers. The numbers of objects destroyed in… READ MORE
My flying days are permanently grounded
Two TWA 707s sit on the tarmac at the Torejon flightline in Madrid, Spain in 1963. One of these planes would take me and my family back to the United States. Image by Del Stone Sr.
My flying days are behind me. I remember the exact moment I discovered my fear of flying – it was on a trip to visit my sister and her husband in Dearborn, Mich. I was 14 and traveling alone for… READ MORE
My thoughts on a high school reunion
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I’ve never been to a high school reunion and I likely never will. No, I wasn’t picked on – no more than anybody else. There are fates worse than being picked on. I was ignored. I wasn’t good looking. I… READ MORE