Review Tuesday: Hostile Dimensions (2023)

  

 

Hostile Dimensions

2023

Some people investigate the found film of a woman's disappearance into some sort of a portal. 

My BFF was trying to find something to watch and selected this movie. It looked kinda interesting. 

 

Some people were filming their deeds in an abandoned building and find a door. It apparently was a gateway to some other place. 

 

The footage went viral, of course, and aroused the interest of a couple documentarians. In their efforts to get to the bottom of things, they fall into some cultist conspiracy. 

 

At first the idea of this movie seemed okay but after a little while it went off the rails and became pretty stupid. Really not worth your time to watch.    

 

Review Tuesday: Mortal Kombat II (2026)

  

 

Mortal Kombat II

(2026) 

Select warriors have to defend Earthrealm from Shao Khan in the competition called MORTAL KOMBAT. 

I have been meaning to watch this movie, since I liked the first one but only got around to it recently thanks to my BFF. We binge watched MORTAL KOMBAT and MORTAL KOMBAT II.   

 

After the events of Mortal Kombat (reviewed HERE) the tournament is getting ready to commence. We see how Edenia was conquered by Shao Khan (Martyn Ford), and how he plans to do the same with Earthrealm. We are introduced to  Kitana and Jade (Adeline Rudolph and Tati Gabrielle) from teh Outworld perspective. We are also introduced to the aging martial artist Johnny Cage expertly portrayed by KARL URBAN. 

  

In a nutshell, this tournament is a do-or-die situation for Earthrealm. If a Realm defeats another ten times in a row, they get to claim it. Earthrealm has LOST the last nine. Losing this tournament would mean that Shao Khan can conquer our world. To ensure a victory, Shao Khan cheats. In addition, Johnny Cage wasn't even prepared to compete. So those were two easy victories and this is a best three out of five competition. 

 

The movie is about what the combatants of Earthrealm have to do to prevent Shao Khan from cheating his way to a victory. 

 

While I liked the first Mortal Kombat movie, I had some issues with it. I can say, without giving up any spoilers, that those issues were rectified in this second film. I would have to say there was much more that I liked than didn't. Johnny cage really steals the show. They show the various characters using their in-game abilities in combat and it's pretty cool! The only bummers were that both Baraka and Quan Chi both looked pretty weird, but not enough so that it actually had an impact on my opinions. Don't worry, looking at Sonya Blade (Jessica McNamee), Kitana, and Jade makes up for it.   

 

This is a rated R movie, so don't expect that the good guys get through this unscathed. It's called MORTAL KOMBAT after-all, so there's plenty of game violence and people getting killed. Oh, of course the Scorpion / Sub Zero rivalry continues. 

 

So yep, I liked it. I would recommend it.    

 

Tuesday, July 28, 2026

foray \ FAWR-ey, FOR-ey \ , noun; 

1. a quick raid, usually for the purpose of taking plunder: Vikings made a foray on the port . 
2. a quick, sudden attack: The defenders made a foray outside the walls. 
3. an initial venture: a successful foray into politics. 

verb:

1. to make a raid; pillage; maraud. 
2. to invade or make one's way, as for profit or adventure: foreign industries foraying into U.S. markets. 
3. to ravage in search of plunder; pillage. 

Origin: Foray entered English in the late 14th century. It shares its roots with the term forage.
  

piss in the wind

• Doing something that is a complete waste of effort and time for which you can expect no results and may even backfire on you.

Telling the president that invading other countries is unpopular with many voters is like pissing in the wind.

History 

• Maximilien Robespierre: Reign of Terror leader was guillotined in Paris during the French Revolution (1794)
• Peru: declared independence from Spain (1821)
• 14th Amendment: granted full citizenship to former US slaves; introduced new civil rights safeguards, due process, equal protection (1868)
• Austria-Hungary: declared war on Serbia, precipitating World War I (1914)
• Kennewick Man: prehistoric remains were discovered on the banks of the Columbia River in Kennewick, Washington, sparking a debate between scientists and Native Americans (1996)
• IRA: ended its armed campaign against British rule in Northern Ireland in favor of "exclusively peaceful means" (2005)

Birthdays

• Beatrix Potter 1866
• Joe E. Brown 1891
• Rudy Vallee 1901
• Richard Rogers 1902
• Cameron Dragon 1914
• Charles Hard Townes 1915
• Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis 1929
• Darryl Hickman 1931
• Jacques d'Amboise 1934
  
• Peter Duchin 1937
• George Cummings 1938 - Musician (Dr. Hook)
• Phil Proctor 1940
• Mike Bloomfield 1944
• Jim Davis 1945
• Richard Wright 1945 - Musician (Pink Floyd)
• Jonathan Edwards 1946 - Singer


• Linda Kelsey 1946
• Barbara Ferrell 1947
• Sally Struthers 1948
• Georgia Bright Engel 1948
• Peter Doyle 1949 - Musician (The New Seekers)
• Simon Kirke 1949 - Musician (Bad Company, Free)
• Terry Fox 1958
• Lori Loughlin 1964
• Elizabeth Berkley 1972
• Afroman 1974

  

 

  

 

  

Look forward to Laura Michelle!

Laura Michelle Prestin

Hotty of the day

Look forward to Katerina!

Katerina Skoyrli

Max Greece November 2010

 

Hotty of the day

 

  

Monday, July 27, 2026

hemidemisemiquaver \ hem-ee-dem-ee-SEM-ee-kwey-ver \ , noun; 

• Music. Chiefly British . a sixty-fourth note.

Origin: Hemidemisemiquaver entered English in the mid-1800s, as an extension of demisemiquave , a thirty-second note. A quaver is chiefly British word for an eighth note. 

meter high club

• In the spirit of the mile high club, but for those who couldn't afford the plane tickets so are just taking the train.

Me and my girlfriend thought we would join the ranks of the prestigious mile high club, but had to take the train home instead. We went for the meter high club instead, but forgot that they can throw you off a train a lot easier than a plane.

History

• transatlantic telegraph cable: was completed, linking the US and Europe; the cord shortened communication time from days to minutes (1866)
• insulin: physiologists isolated the hormone used to manage diabetes (1921)
• Bugs Bunny: debuted in The Wild Hare (1940)
• Billboard: the magazine published its first singles record chart (1940)
• Korean War: the conflict ended with no clear winner, splitting the country into North and South (1953)
• Coronation Street: British soap characters Ken Barlow and Deirdre Langton tied the knot; their wedding got higher telly ratings than that of Prince Charles and Lady Di (1981)

Birthdays

• Charlotte Corday 1768
  
• George Foster Peabody 1852
• Keenan Wynn 1916
• Homer (Henry D. Haynes) 1918
• Charles P. Ginsburg 1920
• Norman Lear 1922
• Bob Morse (Hi-Lo's) 1927
• Harvey Fuqua (The Moonglows) 1929
• Jerry Van Dyke 1931
• Nick Reynolds (The Kingston Trio) 1933
• Don Galloway 1937
• Irv Cross 1939
• James Victor 1939
• Dennis Ralston 1942
• John Pleshette 1942
  
• Bobbie Gentry 1944
• Al Ramsey (Gary Lewis & The Playboys) 1946
• Betty Thomas 1948
• Peggy Fleming 1948
• Maury Chaykin 1949
• Maureen McGovern 1949
• Michael Vaughn (Paperlace) 1950
• Janet Eilber 1951
• Roxanne Hart 1952
• 
  Duncan Cameron (Sawyer Brown) 1956
• Karl Mueller (Soul Asylum) 1963
• Rex Brown (Pantera) 1964
• Juliana Hatfield 1967
• Stacy Dean Campbell 1967
• Julian McMahon 1968
• Maya Rudolph 1972
• Peter Yorn 1974
• Alex Rodriguez (MLB) 1975
• John Rhys Meyers 1977

  

 

  

Look forward to K8 the Gr8 [2026]

 

  

 

Get outta here kid

You're bothering me.

***wink***

Kate Beckinsale

53 Today

 

I think I need a drink...

 

 

Sunday, July 26, 2026

prevaricator \ pri-VAR-i-key-ter \ , noun;

1. a person who speaks falsely; liar. 
2. a person who speaks so as to avoid the precise truth; quibbler; equivocator. 

Origin: Prevaricator came to English in the mid-1500s from the Latin praevāricātor meaning "unfaithful advocate."

sniff test

• To test if an item of already worn clothing is suitable to wear out. common amongst students who cant be bothered to do their washing.

Friend1: Hey man cant you just wear those boxers?

Friend2:(sniff test) yeah i can get a couple more uses out of those

History

• Lionel Nathan Rothschild: became the first Jew to sit in the British Parliament — 11 years after he was elected; the House of Commons had to allow a special oath (1858)
• Unua Libro: the "First Book" of Esperanto was published, by Dr. L.L. Zamenhof (1887)
• National Security Act: was signed by US President Harry S Truman; it created the Department of Defense, National Security Council, Central Intelligence Agency, and Joint Chiefs of Staff (1947)
• Suez Canal: was nationalized by Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser, leading to an international crisis (1956)
• Jimmy Hoffa: Teamsters union head was convicted of fraud and conspiracy (1964)

Birthdays

• George Catlin 1796
• George Bernard Shaw 1856
• Carl Jung 1875
• Aldous Huxley 1894
• Gracie Allen 1906
• Vivian Vance 1912
• Erskine Hawkins 1914
• Marjorie Lord 1921
• 
  Blake Edwards 1922
• Jason Robards, Jr. 1922
• Hoyt Wilhelm 1923
• Louie Bellson (Duke Ellington Band) 1924
• James Best 1926
• Stanley Kubrick 1928
• Bobby Lilly 1939
• Bobby Rousseau 1940
• Bobby Hebb 1941
• Dobie Gray 1943
• Peter Hyams 1943
• Mick Jagger (Rolling Stones) 1943
• Keil Martin 1944
• Mickei King 1944
• Helen Mirren 1946
• Roger Taylor (Queen) 1949
  
• Susan George 1950
• Duncan Mackey 1950
• Dorothy Hamill 1956
• Nana Visitor 1957 - Star Trek
  
• Kevin Spacey 1959
• Gary Cherone (Extreme, Van Halen) 1961
• Sandra Bullock 1964
• Jeremy Piven 1965
• Jennifer Ashe 1966
• Kate Beckinsale 1973
• Derek Jeter 1974
• Taylor Momsen 1993