Something I Wanted to Get Off My Chest

For the third and final time, I have worn a heart monitor for two weeks, as follow-up to my successful cardiac ablation for persistent Afib.

The monitor came with three holders. They each lasted five days before the monitor started flashing red, indicating the holder had lost contact with my skin. That sure wasn’t how it felt when peeling off the holders!

Leonard Looks Back

The final edition of Leonard Maltin’s Movie Guide was released in 2014

Leonard Maltin’s Movie Guide, already well-established when Blockbuster Video stores began to appear, was an essential companion in the pre-Internet era of home video.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonard_Maltin%27s_Movie_Guide

For twenty years, Maltin was a regular contributor on Entertainment Tonight. He recently returned to ET for this retrospective of his career.

I follow Leonard on Facebook and Patreon.

https://www.patreon.com/c/MaltinOnMovies/posts

Cheap Man’s Noir

Continuing to lack Turner Classic Movies, for the previously explained reasons, I’ll put together another faux ‘Noir Alley’ installment with Eddie Muller. This time it’s The Killers, with Burt Lancaster’s screen debut. The outstanding cinematography was by Elwood Bredell.

Extra Added Attraction! Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror. Photographed by Bredell four years before The Killers, the results are equally impressive.

Paid Actor?

I wondered how some random lady, the “Door Dash Grandma,” was able to walk right up to the White House to deliver Donald’s comfort food.

https://apnews.com/article/trump-doordash-mcdonalds-tax-tips-iran-pope-cdec935afd68b86b264ed1b0de772e1d

The answer is, she isn’t some random lady. Once again, Republicans play the game of accusing everybody else of what they’re doing. That wasn’t the first time she’s been planted for a photo op.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2026/04/14/has-doordash-grandma-appeared-with-other-gop-leaders-what-to-know/89602972007/