Ellipsis Movie Of The Week... Frankenstein

 

"I am obscene to you, but to myself, I simply am."

Frankenstein ( 2025 )

~Based on Mary Shelley's

 Frankenstein

Another first for me, this interpretation of the classic book by Mary Shelly's, Frankenstein. For the most part I am a purist when it comes to adaptations, and I usually bristle at versions of books that stray too far. I mean the books are best sellers for a reason! This version of Frankenstein, however, was terrific as a stand alone movie, but don't watch it for it's accuracy to the book. This first few minutes had me ready to give up, but hubby encouraged me to stick it out. Snuggling on the couch, watching movies, is a great motivation! As the movie progressed, it began to annoy me less, and actually began to entertain me. Thanks in no small part to, Christoph Waltz, as Heinrich Harlander, and Jacob Elordi as the monster. By the time the movie concluded I was sure that seeing it again, would be something to look forward to. Maybe I will add it to my October movie list. It's a very atmospheric film, so watching it around Halloween would be perfect! 

See the IMBD page here.

Ellipsis Movie Of The Week... Bugonia

 

"I don't get my news from the news."

~Teddy (Jesse Plemons)

Bugonia

I have decided to ease back on all the movies I tend to watch over and over because the ease me into a state of anticipated bliss, in other words, my happy place. I am committing, like a New Year's resolution, to watch at least one movie a week that I have never seen. I decided to begin with, Bugonia. It's from 2025, and that's a good thing, because I usually immerse myself in movies from past eras, where I feel safe. Climbing into this movie, did not make me feel safe, and ooh boy, that was a good thing. 

There is so much to unpack in this film. Conspiracy theories, corporate greed, isolationism, environmental issues, and yes, whether or not there are alien overlords watching over us, but not necessarily in our best interests. Many different sides, opinions and perspectives will converge, so hold onto your hats, as it's quite a ride. If you are like me, you will change your mind about the issues and psychological mind bending as you take it all in. Critical thinking. In the end, you will feel... well... better about the lessons learned, because it's makes you consider where you stand. After yesterday, or the day before, will you see things differently?

Watch it! Considering the mind bending times we are living in, where are we, how did we get here, and is there a way out, or are we too confused to really pay attention to all the signs that say... watch and listen and take a stand!

 Tinfoil hats not required!

Visit IMBD for the trailer's.

I'm Beginning 2025 On A Happy Note

"A great photograph is one that fully expresses what one feels,

 in the deepest sense, about what is being photographed."

~Ansel Adams

For some sill reason, this photograph has been liked, as of the composing of this post, 151 times, on BlueSky! I can see all kinds of technical errors, the lighting, the foreground, it's not perfectly straight, there is a telephone pole keeping it from being a perfect landscape, but somehow... they liked it! It's the second to last picture posted to the photography community on BlueSky for 2025 and the first to this platform for 2026. I like that. And hopefully, it's a sign of good things to come! Here's to thinking positively!

Autumn Leaf Of The Day #91

 

"How can you understand something is really beautiful? Very simple: When one thing comes out of your life, you wait desperately for it to come back. And Autumn's beauty is such a beauty!"

~Mehmet Murat ildan

It's time to say goodbye. Autumn ends at 7:03 AM PT today, so it counts as an autumn day for about 7 hours. That's enough for me. When the sun is out, I can tell it's a winter sky now, the last bit of autumn is gone now. It's going to be raining for the next 10 days or so, so there's that! But I don't have much to complain about really, autumn brought the color, in it's own time, and it seems the color this autumn loved most of all was pinkish red! Well done, autumn. You did good!

Goodnight Autumn 2025

Autumn Leaf Of The Day #90

 

"Nothing dies as beautifully as Autumn."

~Ashlee Willis

A Wish Made Of Glass

This gorgeous leaf is from my yard. I have the most beautiful Sugar Maple in my front yard, I've told this before, but I live for this tree to turn each Autumn, and that's is most of the time around, mid-October. This year, however, it only turned after Thanksgiving, a full month later than it usually does! So I have very few leaves to share in the project. That made me sad, but even after the season ends, I will share what beauty is still left. I can't let it go, without sharing the last of it's in all it's glory!

On A Late Autumn Day...

 

"The forest has a thousand moods... 

For every mood an answering bird. 

The bird is but a living word

To voice the spirit of the woods;

His own, the singer must sing;

He may not touch an alien string,

Nor silent be, nor fail the key,

Lest that aerial symphony.

which ever and forever weaves

It's mystic numbers through the leaves,

Should lack one deep or tender tone.

However dark, however lone

The shadow or the solitude,

The mighty oneness of the wood

Links singer unto singer there,

And pours one choral on the air.

~James H. Ecob

The Choral of the Forest, 1911

A beautiful Osprey, on a late Autumn day.

Autumn Leaf Of The Day #85

 "The mellow melancholy makes the music of autumn."

~Jayita Bhattacharjee

Autumn Leaf Of The Day #84

 

"The dead leaf comes to life with the wind! He ascends to heights he has never known; migrates to places he never knew; he encounters trees he has never heard of, meets oceans he has never seen! Death takes the soul of the leaf, but the wind gives him a soul again!"

~Mehmet Murat ildan

Autumn is beginning to gently go off to sleep, but I am still finding bits of beauty here and there. For instance these leaves,  from different trees, resting together like weary travelers waiting for their next flight in an airport. Just after I snapped this photo, a wind just strong enough, gathered them up and moved them a short journey away. Oh my. Why does autumn seem to go by so damn fast?

Ellipsis Christmas Movie Countdown #13

 

"Christmas is the season where we give tokens of love. In that house we received not tokens but love itself. I became the writer I promise my father I would be, and my destiny led me far from Walton's Mountain. My mother lives there still, Alone now, for we lost my father in 1969. My brothers and sisters, grown with children of their own, live not far away. We are still a close family and see each other when we can. And like Miss Mamie Baldwin's fourth cousins, we're apt to sample the recipe and then gather around the piano and hug each other while we sing the old songs. For no matter the time or the distance, we are united in the memory of that Christmas Eve. More than 30 years and 3,000 miles away, I can still hear those sweet voices."

~John-Boy Walton

(Richard Thomas)

The Homecoming: A Christmas Story

By Earl Hamner

Here is another favorite from my childhood, The Homecoming: A Christmas Story, which aired on December 19th, 1971. I was nine years old, and I remember watching it that night because my mother had made a roll of Pillsbury Sugar Cookies. YUMMY cookies, while watching a movie! My family was the exact opposite of the Waltons, so the series kept me captivated when I was a child, and now, even as an old lady of 63, I still watch this movie, and wonder what it would have been like to have a family like theirs, close in love. I wonder if era's make a difference? The Waltons was set during the Depression, in the 1930's. Folks took care of one another and looked out for family. The 1960's and 70's was quite different. Oh well, anyway, the point it that There aren't a lot of tv movies from my childhood, that still live in my heart, but this one does. It's all about family!

Ellipsis Christmas Movie Countdown #4

 

"I'm the fly in the ointment, monkey in the wrench, the pain in the ass."

Character of, John McClane

Die Hard

Yippee-Ki-yay! Here is a movie, set at Christmas time, where the holiday is more of an extra, than a star or even a co-star! If, like me, you just need a break from all the sentimental movies of Christmas, then this action film is a great alternative. Die Hard 2 was also set during Christmas time, but I didn't really care for it. I watch the full set of Die Hard movies a couple times a year, because I did enjoy the others, but I could skip the second one, and not miss it too much. So, watch Die Hard, and have a ball!

Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow

"Oh the weather outside is frightful,

 but the fire is so delightful,

 and since we've no place to go, let it snow, let it snow, let it snow."

Written By Sammy Cahn and Jules Styne

Sung By, Dean Martin

Halloween Countdown Film #2... Night Of The Living Dead

 

Johnny: They're coming to get you, Barbra!

Barbara: You're ignorant!

 

~Night Of The Living Dead

 

I saw this movie for the first time, only about 10 years ago! I have never been into the whole zombie genre, but I gave it a try after I saw a clip of someone saying that no self described horror fan could or would miss it! Okay... game on! And the rest is history! This 1968, low budget classic, reminds me of some of the newer low budget horror films, such as, Paranormal Activity and The Blair Witch Project, that went on to be big at the box office, and instant cult classics in their own right!  Oh my, how I love the old-fashioned horror movies that depend on the slow building of fear, through affective soundtracks, as opposed to the loud, giant flashing special effects and blaring sound. It's too easy to forget a movie, when there is no room for emotional investment, and all that remains is the special effects. I prefer a movie, with a tune that haunts me for days, and an eerie line like, "They're coming to get you, Barbra."

 

Halloween Countdown Film #17... Benny Loves You

 

 

Hell hath no fury like a teddy scorned.

 

What do you do when your beloved teddy bear friend goes... apeshit? Well, I guess like with any friendship gone stale, you work on the relationship, right? But sometimes, you have to work really hard, and bring a lot of patience. I mean my gosh, it's not easy dealing with a homicidal teddy bear, is it? This is hands down, one of the funniest horror movies I have ever seen. Truly strange, and oddly heartwarming, grab your favorite teddy bear, and watch it together!

 

See the trailer here.