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My Labor Day Film Festival

This was my Labor Day Film Festival

Theme: Alfred Hitchcock

I focused on only his American films. I didn’t watch any of his British films, silent films of the ’20s, or anything from his late period.

SATURDAY:
Shadow of a Doubt (1943)
Notorious (1946)
Strangers on a Train (1951)

SUNDAY:
Dial M for Murder (1954)
Rear Window (1954)
The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956)

LABOR DAY:
Vertigo (1958)
North by Northwest (1959)
Psycho (1960)

My Film Festivals Thus Far

I try to have a film festival during the summer holidays. One of them is always Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga.

MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND:

May 24:
Star Wars: Episode IV: A New Hope (1977)
Star Wars: Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
Star Wars: Episode VI: Return of the Jedi (1983)

May 25:
Star Wars: Episode I: The Phantom Menace (1999)
Star Wars: Episode II: Attack of the Clones (2002)
Star Wars: Episode III: Revenge of the Sith (2005)

May 26
Star Wars: Episode VII: The Force Awakens (2015)
Star Wars: Episode VIII: The Last Jedi (2017)
Star Wars: Episode IX: The Rise of Skywalker (2019)

4th OF JULY WEEKEND:

July 4:
Batman Begins (2005)
The Dark Knight (2008)
The Dark Knight Rises (2012)

July 5:
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) – extended edition
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002) – extended edition
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) – extended edition

July 6:
The John Hughes teen comedies:
Sixteen Candles (1984)
The Breakfast Club (1985)
Weird Science (1985)
Pretty in Pink (1986)
Ferris Bueller’s Day Off (1986)
Some Kind of Wonderful (1987)

Who knows what’s coming up on Labor Day weekend!

My 2 new books are out!

My 2 new books are out!

The Innkeeper at the End of the World: A Novel

A Lab’s Ears Are Made of SILK: A Novella (for middle-graders)

My podcast interview on Authors Radio!

Listen to or watch my podcast interview on Authors Radio!

 

Coming Soon – 2 New Books!

COMING SOON!

I have 2 new books that are about to be released:

The Innkeeper at the End of the World – a novel

and

A Lab’s Ears Are Made of SILK – a novella for middle-graders

 

Coming soon!

I have two new books coming out soon!

The Innkeeper at the End of the World (a novel)
and
A Lab’s Ears Are Made of SILK (a novella)

More information coming soon!

Thank you, Trumpers

Dear Trumpers,

Thank you for helping to fuck up the federal government.

Love,
The Opposition

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Misinformation

It’s getting mighty sad out there in cyber-space (on on debate stages).

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New Kamala Ad Starring Obama

 

 

 

James Earl Jones

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