Regan MacNeil, a playful 12 year old, begins communicating with an invisible figure through a Ouija board, but as her behavior turns terrifying and doctors fail to explain it, her mother seeks help from a skeptical priest.
In the evening Jaiden, Esme, and I watched The Exorcist. Jaiden had requested this movie. I liked the movie and rate it a 7 out of 10.
When the girl of his dreams is kidnapped, a man incapable of feeling physical pain turns his rare condition into an unexpected advantage in the fight to rescue her.
In the evening Esme and I watched Novocaine. I liked the movie and rate it a 7 out of 10.
During an economic crisis, robbers storm a Madrid bank, triggering a high-stakes battle of lies, terror, and survival where every decision counts and all are fleeing more than the law.
In the evening Esme and I watched Collision Course (Colisión). I liked the movie and rate it a 7 out of 10.
An unconscious woman is found in a Barcelona dock container. She awakens with no memory, and an attempt is made on her life in the hospital. Inspectors Ripoll and Zapori investigate the mysterious case.
In the evening Esme and I watched The Marked Woman (La desconocida). I liked the movie and rate it a 7 out of 10.
Newspeak, Doublethink, Big Brother, the Thought Police - the language of 1984 has passed into the English language as a symbol of the horrors of totalitarianism. George Orwell's story of Winston Smith's fight against the all-pervading Party has become a classic, not the least because of its intellectual coherence. First published in 1949, it retains as much relevance today as it had then.
In the evening I started in 1984 by George Orwell. Jaiden had recommended the book to me. In return I had recommended the Planet of Adventure book by Jack Vance which I had ordered for her recently.
In the afternoon I finished The Hollow, a Harry Bosch novel by Michael Connelly. It was a very good read.
In the afternoon I took two photos of the juvenile emperor scorpion (Pandinus imperator) I keep. I had bought the little scorpion in June together with a juvenile tarantula.
When two siblings stumble on a strange hole in the wall of their grandparents' house, horrifying incidents reveal sinister secrets about their family.
In the evening Alice, Esme, and I watched The Whole Truth. The movie was OK and I rate it a 6 out of 10.
In the afternoon I finished The Blood of Roses. Not an easy book to read but very rewarding in my opinion. Recommended.
When Harry Bosch was eleven years old, his mother was murdered and he became a ward of the state, housed in MacLaren Children’s Center, a notorious facility where abuse was rampant. Decades after its closure, a lawsuit has resulted in a massive settlement for former residents. But when Bosch’s half-brother, defense attorney Mickey Haller, brings him word that Harry is entitled to part of it, Bosch says he doesn’t want the money. He wants justice.
The news awakens his memories of a place he had hoped never to revisit, and of a boy nicknamed Chops, a fellow ward who wound up dead. Bosch is certain that Chops was killed in a hidden space under the stairs—the kids knew it as “the hollow”—and his murder covered up. Now he is determined to reopen the investigation and learn the truth, even if the killer is long gone.
As Bosch digs into the files, he picks up the trail of a predator who not only survived, but went on to a life of vicious crime—possibly including one of the city's most notorious unsolved cases. Forced to face a history that both scarred him and launched him on his mission as a cop, Bosch must bring down a sadistic criminal and finally put to rest the demons of his past.
In the evening I started in The Hollow, a Harry Bosch novel by Michael Connelly.
A widowed mother's first date in years takes a terrifying turn when she's bombarded with anonymous threatening messages on her phone during their upscale dinner, leaving her questioning if her charming date is behind the harassment.
In the evening Esme and I watched Drop. I liked the movie and rate it a 7 out of 10.
When a supermom lands a Shark Tank deal, she switches roles with her breadwinner husband, who struggles to adapt as a stay-at-home dad to their three daughters.
In the evening Esme and I watched The Breadwinner. I liked the movie and rate it a 7 out of 10.
Chloe, a teenager who is confined to a wheelchair, is homeschooled by her mother, Diane. Chloe soon becomes suspicious of her mother and begins to suspect that she may be harboring a dark secret.
In the evening Alice, Esme, and I watched Run. I liked the movie and rate it a 7 out of 10.
Today I published an article on my other blog regarding my experience with Ubuntu 26.04 LTS on a GMKtec NucBox M6 Ultra. I did bump into some issues but not one was a deal breaker for me.
In the afternoon Esme and I bought a cat tree for Lina. We assembled it in our living room.
We put the tree behind our couch near the window, so she has one shelf to watch the little birds in our garden, which she likes to do.
A 19-year-old Anthony Bourdain travels to Provincetown and stumbles into the chaotic world of a restaurant kitchen, setting off a summer that will shape the course of his life.
In the evening Esme and I watched Tony. I liked the movie and rate it a 7 out of 10.
In the tense 72 hours before D-Day, General Dwight D. Eisenhower and Captain James Stagg face an impossible choice--launch the most dangerous seaborne invasion in history or risk losing the war altogether.
In the evening Esme and I watched Pressure. I liked the movie and rate it a 7 out of 10.
Tío Mochales, a company that, years ago, was the undisputed queen of Spanish cheese. Today, it's a somewhat rusty business and their latest big idea: to organize a rural team-building retreat in the village where the company was founded.
In the evening Esme and I watched Gracias Equipo (Go Team!), a very boring Spanish movie. I didn't like it much and rate it a 4 out of 10.
A single mother fighting to survive and a reformed ex-con with untapped talent find in each other an unlikely second chance.
In the evening Esme and I watched Doing Life. I liked the movie and rate it a 7 out of 10.