Boooo! The Haunting in Connecticut, 2009 Straight up: I'm not a horror film fan. Sure, there are a few I've liked. From the campy fun (Evil Dead) to the cool (The Ring) to the not-really-horror (Get Out). By and large, they're all terrible. I simply don't enjoy torture and gore and cheap scares. The … [Read more...]
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Book Review: Connecticut 169 Club
In Da Club Connecticut 169 Club Your Passport & Guide to Exploring Connecticut, Martin Podskoch Please understand that everything below is a singular review, written by me. And by me, I mean the weirdo who has been compiling and writing about the most comprehensive “passport and guide to exploring Connecticut” for … [Read more...]
Book Review: 25 Ski Tours in Connecticut
Ski-zers 25 Ski Tours in Connecticut: A Trail Guide for the Cross-Country Skier by Stan Wass (1978) 1978 was a heady time. A fitness craze was beginning to sweep the nation. Jazzercize, Aerobics, jogging, coked up all night disco dancing… so it seemed like a good time for “two certified ski touring instructors … [Read more...]
CT Movies that Aren’t Really CT Movies
Hold The Nutmeg CT Movies that Aren't Really CT Movies This page is impossibly dumb. First of all, me reviewing movies is dumb since I've never been a "movie guy" and don't have any reference points from which to review. But since I compiled and began slogging through so-called "Connecticut movies," I've come to … [Read more...]
Book Review: The Night Country
Ghosted The Night Country by Stewart O’Nan (2004) Even if this book was terrible, I'd still kind of love it. Stewart O'Nan has a thing for setting his stories in the very real places that he knows best. I'd previously read Last Night at the Lobster which is set, more or less, at the mall nearest my house. … [Read more...]
A Simple Favor (2018)
Simply Dumb A Simple Favor, 2018 Here we are... another movie set in Fairfield County and another impossibly gorgeous modern house. While the movie wasn't filmed in Connecticut, we can play that game again of "guess where this movie would take place if they named a place?" This one would be New Canaan. We can … [Read more...]
Mr. Blandings Builds His Dreamhouse (1948)
Bland Brandings Mr. Blandings Builds His Dreamhouse, 1948 You know what's crazy about movies? Especially older ones like this one? This movie was a short story and then a serial story and then a book and then a radio show and then a radio serial and then a television show and then this movie... And then it was … [Read more...]
Sgt. Stubby: An American Hero (2018)
What Up, Dawg! Sgt. Stubby: An American Hero, 2018 Sergeant Stubby is honored with a memorial statue in Middletown and you should go pay your respects. Nobody likes war. Okay, that's not true. There are several chickenhawks I can name off the top of my head who love war. Then there are war movies; when done … [Read more...]
Far From Heaven (2002)
Far From Equality Far From Heaven, 2002 I saw this movie when it was in theaters with a friend and I remember that I liked it and he didn't. Now that I've rewatched it 18 years later, I'm a bit more on the fence. Julianne Moore is, as always, excellent. The male leads, Dennises Quaid and Haysbert, are also good. … [Read more...]
Murder in Greenwich (2002)
Dark Fuhrman Murder in Greenwich, 2002 "My name is Martha Moxley. My friends call me "Mox". In 1974, my family moved to Belle Haven, which is in Greenwich, which is in Connecticut. It was the richest neighborhood in the richest town in the richest country in the world." Thus begins this made for TV movie … [Read more...]
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