News & Views of Phillips Since 1976
Tuesday April 23rd 2024
Godzilla vs. Kong
MOVIE CORNER
By HOWARD MCQUITTER II
Godzilla vs. Kong (2021 Warner Bros.) ★★1/2☆☆☆
The last time the two mammoths monsters Godzilla and King Kong – one a reptile, the other a mammal – fought one another was in the 1962 film by Japanese director Ishiro Honda. Back then men dressed as Godzilla and King Kong battled it out, costing thousands of lives. In that film the battle between Godzilla and King Kong climaxes on Mount Fuji.
Director Adam Wingard’s Godzilla vs. Kong, as to be expected, uses plenty of C.G.I. (computer-generated imagery) making the beasts larger than ever. Oh, how Godzilla and Kong have grown in size since their beginnings! Today both beasts are as big as – if not bigger – than the skyscrapers they easily knock over. And the way it looks in Wingard’s hyper C.G.I. version, it’s Godzilla who is the villain. I think.
     What also can be said (and in more recent movies on Godzilla or Kong) is that the Japanese get a big breather from both beasts who in the past have made it a point to level or near level their cities and leave thousands of deaths.… Read the rest “Godzilla vs. Kong”
Compassion and Courage During the Coronavirus
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
By LEE LEICHENTRITT
During the month of March, when John Charles Wilson and I came down with the coronavirus, two brave people came to our aid. Marge Beard and Ben Painter brought us food and drinks in a socially distanced manner, which made our COVID-19 ordeal manageable. The fact that these two people showed compassion for us during our illness is something to be lauded.
Ben Painter said that his friend Scott H. brought him groceries when he had the coronavirus last year, so in keeping with Scott”™s spirit of selflessness Ben decided to “pay it forward”, in his own words. Marge Beard puts others”™ needs front and center; her compassion and courage comes from her upbringing and faith.
I am sharing our story with the readers of the Alley to show our gratitude for the people who helped us. Remember that you can perform socially distanced acts of courage and kindness for people you know who come down with the virus.
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Re-Doing Lake Street
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
By Shirley Heyer
Metropolitan Transit continues its projects for improving bus service with a Lake Street Line B (Lake/Marshall/Selby/downtown St. Paul) fast bus. Work start is planned for this fall.
Because longer wait times, increased walking distances, redesign of all traffic lanes are major changes, Midtown Phillips Neighborhood Association, Inc. (MPNAI) questions if the changes are equitable, necessary, beneficial, accessible, and include the Chicago Transit Station.
- Line B will make stops every 10 minutes
- Local buses every 30 minutes, + 10 minutes leeway if late or early
- Traffic lane design varies from block to block; cross streets and less on-street parking can cause confusion, congestion
MPNAI welcomes nearby neighborhoods, residents, workers, businesses, and organizations to 3 virtual engagements. Dates to come.
Contacts: MPNAI
shirleyconsults@gmail.com
d_nestea@yahoo.com
Cody.Olson@metrotransit.org (He can send you a 15+ page PDF detailed plan description)
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