Hi all There's no less than three good movies opening this week, for some version of "good". First up is the movie version of the popular retro video game Sonic the Hedgehog, which found more favour with the public than the critics. It did set a new record when it opened in the States last week, with the crowds loving it. Then we have two movies aimed at an older audience, first up is the latest version of the classic novel Little Women, which comes with a stacked awards shelf. That's joined by the legal drama Just Mercy, with Jamie Foxx dropping the comedy to do some serious work. Switching to the more niche markets, we have a sequel to Brahms: The Boy, which delivers more horror similar to the first in the series. Then Bollywood also jumps on the horror series bandwagon, with the first of what is meant to be series landing today, in the form of Bhoot: Part One - The Haunted Ship. The other offering from Bollywood is also something of a first (as best I can tell) ... a gay romance. 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The first guy defines it as being invited to the White House for a chat with the president. “Nah,” says the second guy. “Real fame would be if the red phone rang when you were there, and the president wouldn’t take the call.” “You’re both wrong,” says the third. “Fame is when you’re in the Oval Office and the red phone rings, the president answers it, listens for a second, and then says, “It’s for you.” --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Service in the restaurant was abysmally slow. My husband was starting to flip out, so I tried to distract him with small talk. “You know,” I said, “our friend Christi should be having her baby anytime now.” “Really?” my husband snapped. “She wasn’t even pregnant when we walked in here.” --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Three and a half agonizing hours at the Department of Motor Vehicles put me in a foul mood. I was still in a funk when I stopped at a store to buy a baseball bat for my son. “Cash or charge?” the young woman clerk asked. “Cash,” I snapped. Then I quickly apologized. “I’m sorry. I just spent half the day in line at the DMV.” “Would you like me to wrap the bat,” she chirped, “or do you plan to go back?” --------------------------------------------------------------------------- One weekend, car horns sounded after a wedding near our home. Charlie, my five-year-old, asked me what was happening. “People like to beep their horns after a couple is married,” I explained. “Why?” he wondered. “Is it a warning?” --------------------------------------------------------------------------- The minute I walked into the post office, the postmaster noticed the new earrings my husband had given me. “Those must be real diamonds,” she said. “Yes,” I said. “How could you tell?” “Because,” she said, “no one buys fake diamonds that small.” --------------------------------------------------------------------------- While at a convention, Bill, Jim, and Scott shared a hotel suite on the 75th floor. After a long day of meetings, they were shocked to find that the hotel elevators were broken and that they’d have to climb all the way up to their room. “I have a way to break the monotony,” said Bill. “I’ll tell jokes for 25 flights, Jim can sing songs for the next 25, and Scott can tell sad stories the rest of the way.” As they started walking up, Bill told his first joke. At the 26th floor, Jim began to sing. At the 51st floor, it was Scott’s turn. “I will tell my saddest story first,” he said. “Once there was a man who left the room key in the car.” --------------------------------------------------------------------------- As soon as the hospital made me put on one of those little gowns, I knew the end was in sight.