Month: June 2024

I have heard of the harness racing museum hall of fame located at 240 Main Street in Goshen, New York, for many years but never had visited it before. I started to think of visiting this museum a couple of years back when researching one of my books about the history of Pearl River. I…

“Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes” is a 2024 American science fiction action film directed by Wes Ball and written by Josh Friedman. As a standalone sequel to “War for the Planet of the Apes” (2017), it marks the fourth installment in the Planet of the Apes reboot film series and the tenth film…

“The Fall Guy,” directed by David Leitch and written by Drew Pearce, is a 2024 American action comedy that is loosely based on the 1980s TV series. The plot follows a stuntman, played by Ryan Gosling, working on his ex-girlfriend’s (Emily Blunt) directorial debut action film, only to find himself entangled in a conspiracy surrounding…

As a big fan of Westerns, I approached Viggo Mortensen’s “The Dead Don’t Hurt” with eager anticipation. Generally, I’m not one to get fully engrossed in romance stories, but the fusion of these two genres in this film was a pleasant surprise. Viggo Mortensen not only starred in the film but also took on the…

My wife Rasa and I were in the mood to eat something different from the usual dinner fare. As we could not decide, she suggested dining in Westwood, New Jersey. Arriving in Westwood we decided to dine at an Indian restaurant at 266 Center Street called Downtown Dhaba. When we entered, we were asked by…