I've been writing newsletters since 1999. Of late, I've been focusing on the entertainment consumer angle on mostly the sci-fi, fantasy and action genres of TV, movies and books.
The other day I saw a local piece on lucky stores to buy lottery tickets at. The reasoning being that some locations seem to sell more winning lottery tickets. But can a lottery retailer be luckier than any other selling location?
Short answer: Technically, the answer is no. Random is random.
If you look at various lottery ticket result pages, you’d see that the distribution of winning numbers is pretty even, across the board. But how can a seller become a “lucky” seller?
Here’s a few trailers for movies I’m interested in going to the theater to see this summer.
One is my management role model character himself, Riddick, and a genre subject that was true to my young heart in its day, giant monsters, kaiju, in Pacific Rim. Both are pure popcorn fun movies. Riddick will be a 2D event for me, while Pacific Rim is a movie with enough CGI for me to consider dropping a penny on a 3D screening.
Check out the trailers below:
Riddick:
Rated R
Director: David Twohy
Writer: David Twohy
Studio: Universal Pictures
Cast: Vin Diesel, Karl Urban, Jordi Molla, Katee Sackhoff
Release: September 6, 2013
“Left for dead on a sun-scorched planet, Riddick finds himself up against an alien race of predators. Activating an emergency beacon alerts two ships: one carrying a new breed of mercenary, the other captained by a man from Riddick’s past.”
Hey folks. This movie review of Star Trek into Darkness starts here on Brusimm, but the bulk of the review is posted over on science fiction author Peter Cawdron’s website, Thinking Sci-Fi. – This is a non-spoiler movie review of Star Trek Into Darkness. Into Darkness is the 2nd movie in the J.J. Abrams reboot [...]
The season finale of Grey’s Anatomy was chock full of surprises, like it always seems to manage. With Meredith going into labor, the prenatal section full of babies, Bailey having super jitters, and all , with the power out! SPOILERS And don’t forget that final scene with James Pickens Jr. laying on the floor, obviously [...]
In the season finale of The Vampire Dairies, it followed up the last episode, where Bonnie, played by Kat Graham, cast a spell to bring Jeremy back. In the process, she dropped dead. In the season finale of The Vampire Dairies, it seemed like she had to bring the veil back up to block all [...]
The upcoming 2013-2014 Fall TV season saw some popular and not so popular TV renewals and cancellations from the season before. CBS network is bringing six new series and a few more in the mid-season. Monday “How I Met Your Mother” “WE ARE MEN” “2 Broke Girls” “MOM” “HOSTAGES” (“INTELLIGENCE” midseason) Tuesday “NCIS” “NCIS: Los [...]
The upcoming 2013-2014 Fall TV season saw some popular and not so popular TV renewals and cancellations from the season before. The CW network is bringing six new series and a few more in the mid-season. Of note, I’m a bit disappointed in the new nights for Beauty and the Beast & Supernatural. These moves [...]
The upcoming 2013-2014 Fall TV season saw some popular and not so popular TV renewals and cancellations from the season before. ABC network is bringing six new series and a few more in the mid-season. Of note, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. airs on Tuesday nights! Check it out: Monday “Dancing With the Stars” (two hours) “Castle” [...]
The upcoming 2013-2014 Fall TV season saw some popular and not so popular TV renewals and cancellations from the season before. NBC network is bringing six new series and a few more in the mid-season. (did you notice that Grimm moved back to Friday nights.) Check it out: Monday “The Voice” (two hours) “THE BLACKLIST” [...]
The upcoming 2013-2014 Fall TV season saw some popular and not so popular TV renewals and cancellations from the season before. Fox network is bringing six new series and a few more in the mid-season. Check it out: Monday “Bones” “SLEEPY HOLLOW” Tuesday “DADS” “BROOKLYN NINE-NINE” “New Girl” “The Mindy Project” Wednesday “The X Factor” [...]
It was crazy news to see. It was 3 a.m. (Insomnia attack) and I pulled the article. The headlines were unforgiving as they announced Angelina Jolie’s decision to have a prophylactic mastectomy to stay out from under the dreadful shadow of breast cancer. The reason Jolie made the choice to have a mastectomy was that [...]
There’s some news floating around about The Avengers 2 in that Jeremy Renner might be finding himself on the outs as Marvel might be thinking about recasting Hawkeye in their Marvel Cinematic Universe of movies. When I first saw that, it seemed to be an interesting headline… much like the internet prank today about the [...]
ABC finally released a full trailer for Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.. And the season finale of Castle delivered some serious situations that included decisions, choices and victims the didn’t look quite like they seemed. – S.H.I.E.L.D. Trailer from ABC (Is that Cobie Smulders we hear in the beginning?) First up is the S.H.I.E.L.D. full trailer. [...]
This Week’s new DVD releases include serial murderers, a story that spans the ages and some animated ponies! And then there’s some WWE mixed in there. Oh my, what a mix! Best Sellers, per Amazon The Bible: The Epic Miniseries on DVD Les Miserables The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey Lincoln ========================== Best Sellers in the [...]
The season finale of Survivor Caramoan: Fans vs Favorites had the usual set of challenges and a surprise or two. Eric faded and was removed for medical reasons, with the word of dehydration being tossed out there by the EMT on-site. There was a reward challenge that Cochran won, which gave him a huge advantage [...]
Folks, this needs to be shared, plussed, retweeted or what have you! This video is so amazing that I have just got to share this with my readers… this is amateur video of a blanket of ice creeping towards houses on a lake front in Minnesota. It boggles the mind, because the first moment I [...]
Movie review: Broken City delivers a slow burn of a story that does pay out by the end of the third act. But does it keep the pace fresh enough throughout to keep you awake? The movie cast includes action stars Mark Wahlberg & Russell Crowe. They’re supported by Catherine Zeta-Jones, Kyle Chandler, Jeffrey Wright [...]
Updated with full 30-second TV promo: ABC’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. has a preview clip coming out during tonight’s Once Upon A Time episode to try and get some folks who don’t normally watch to maybe watch. But they’ve put up a teaser to that online. (I know. We live in an era where they [...]
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