Becky's Greatest Hits Vol. II

Carolina Renaissance Festival Saturdays & Sundays September 30 - November 19 Awesome family-fun event with  food, crafts, entertainment, spirits, rides and more!

It's not easy to pull off a good ole Western these days.....people are too fascinated by the future dystopia or medieval sword play to give the American west much thought.  I think that's probably what happened with this updated version of the original 1960 movie because nobody, absolutely nobody wrote or talked about it when it was released last year.  I watched it on Hulu mainly for the mens.....cuz it's got some good ones......but I did actually think it was a good movie in the end.  There's nothing profound about it since it has the typical good versus evil you would expect.  It also brings in some historical context: how incredible it would be to see a black cowboy in the 1870's, how men were still torn up from the Civil War (and yes, it is referred to as The War of Northern Aggression) and how America was just beginning to be run by the so-called "robber baron" at the time.  Not a fantastic movie, but not a bad way to spend a Saturday night either....

"Hold me closer tiny dancer Count the headlights on the highway Lay me down in sheets of linen You had a busy day today....."

These days it seems like McDonald's is on the same footing with the late Rodney Dangerfield.....it don't get no respect!  But once upon a time, everybody loved the hamburger/fries/milkshake restaurant.  This film tells the story of how McDonald's went from a small, but busy walk-up hamburger stand in San Bernadino to the multi-city, multi-country, multi-million dollar fast-food slinger it is today.  Michael Keaton plays a sleazy salesman who pretty much robs the good-hearted McDonald brothers of their brainchild and makes you realize why good guys very rarely ever get ahead in the cold-hearted world of American capitalism.  It will also make you want one of those simple, flat McDonald cheeseburgers......grab a bag and then sit down with this film......you won't be sorry.

Warning: may contain spoilers. If you watch the very popular HBO series, Game of Thrones, you hear and see this warning all the time.  If you're a few episodes behind, you may be in danger.  If you're a full season behind, your head is on the block.  If you're reading the 1st book of the 6 book series, forget about it, your head is already on the stake. So this was me back when I decided to read the novel a few weeks ago.  After hearing all my friends constantly talking about the show online, doing a bit of online investigation myself and just being generally curious, I decided to give the first book a whirl.  And why?  Why, you ask?  Why wouldn't I just go straight to the series?  It's award-winning!  It's the most talked-about thing on the net!  It has memes about it, for Christ's sake!  Well, I'm precious.....that's all I can say.  I knew the show was violent, sexually-provocative and exploitive o...

"I curse you. Until you do right by me everything you think about is gonna crumble....."