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Movie corner ”˜Toy Story 4”™ shining light
By HOWARD McQUITTER II oldschoolmovies.wordpress.com howardmcquitter68@gmail.com “Toy Story 2”(2019) ****1/2 Disney/Pixar Animation/Adventure/Comedy What”™s makes the “Toy Story” installments so wonderful is the characters are in many ways we can relate to. In the fourth franchise ”“ “Toy Story 4” ”“ is more intriguing than almost any other movie franchise, e.g. “Godfather,” lucky to have a good sequel, but more than likely to plummet with the third installment let lone a fourth installment. Even with the debut direction of Josh Cooley taking from the previous directors of “Toy Story 1,2,3 ”“ John Lasseter (1,2), Ash Brannon (2) and Lee Unkrich, respectively, the project is Pixar”™s shinning light. One might wonder why there”™s a “Toy Story 4” to begin with, after all, didn”™t the the others provide what”™s [...]
Hobbes in the House: Decent job on ”˜Roaches”™
By DWIGHT HOBBES What is a more repulsive household nuisance than the cockroach? On top of which, these nasty insects infest everywhere, into everything and are hell to get rid of. Samuel J. Kapelac”™s suspenser “Roaches” (Xlibris Corporation) takes things a fresh-crawling step further.  Imagine this scuttling, hard-to-kill pest as something much more serious than an annoyance. As a threat to human life. A creature whose venomous bite kills. Within a few hours. Wielded by a deranged misanthrope with an imagined axe to grind, hell-bent on homicide.   The author relates, “Once in the confines of the basement he unlatched a cage that contained the deadly ”˜spracata cucaracha”™. With a pair of long forceps he picked up from a nearby counter, he placed two of the cockroaches into the small case and snapped it shut. He muttered some nonsense under his breath and proceeded upstairs. To [...]
