Disclosure Day and The Kecksburg Incident

Today is a milestone, being the first time in quite a while I’ve set foot in an actual movie theater. Combining "Half-Price Tuesday" and our senior citizens’ discount, we only paid $6.96 per ticket. 

The occasion: Steven Spielberg's new film Disclosure Day. We quite enjoyed it for its intriguing story (are aliens among us?) and good acting, especially from Colin Firth and Emily Blunt. Nice special effects as well. 

I was thrilled that the script made a passing reference to a 1965 event that took place right here in western Pennsylvania: the Kecksburg UFO incident. It's a big deal in our little ol' neck of the woods. Read all about that in this article from the Philly Voice.

Looking ahead, there's a new film treatment of The Odyssey opening in a few days. I'm always up for another go at the tales of brave Ulysses. I first encountered them in elementary school and later in college, where "Classical and Scriptual Backgrounds of English Literature" was a required course for all English majors. So I'm happy to have another go at the Odyssey. Imagining Matt Damon as Ulysses is a bit of a stretch, but it's a good excuse to return to the theater, unless I pick up smoke signals that say it's a stinker. See the trailer here. 

The Poet by Michael Connelly

As crime novels go, this one was satisfying. The case seemed to be solved when I reached 85% (as Kindle measures the pages). The plot twists that followed seemed forced and didn’t add much for me. But all in all it was a good tale. I wouldn’t want all or most of my reading to be books like this, but I suppose I’ll read more of Connelly’s work. There's plenty for the taking - over 70 novels in the same vein.