Monday, January 12, 2026

Dr Seuss as in Choice


DR SEUSS, AS IN CHOICE


To pronounce his name I must be true

It's hard to believe, but to give him his due

I have no choice but to lend my voice 

To that marvelous writer Dr. Seuss

Though it will always be Seuss to me and youse

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Sunday, January 04, 2026

The Movies, Books, Theater, Concerts, CDs I've Seen/Read/Heard So Far In 2026

 Updated as of January TK, 2026  


KEY: star rating is on the four star scale
          meaning of "/" or "\"
          *** is three stars out of four
          ***/ is three stars leaning towards  3 1/2
          ***\ is three stars leaning towards 2 1/2


The Movies, Books, Theater, Concerts, CDs I've Seen/Read/Heard So Far In 2025

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(Increasingly, I am sampling books, reading 10%, 20% or even 40 or 50% before deciding to move on. The books below are only the ones I've read completely. That also explains what looks like generous grading–more and more, if I sense a book is not going to be among my favorites, I stop reading. Too many books; too little time!)

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MOVIES TV MOVIES TV MOVIES TV MOVIES TV MOVIES TV MOVIES TV MOVIES TV MOVIES TV MOVIES TV MOVIES TV MOVIES TV MOVIES TV MOVIES TV MOVIES TV MOVIES TV MOVIES TV MOVIES TV MOVIES 

(Not TV movies, of course, but movies and TV shows -- and TV movies if it comes to that. Mostly I only list TV shows when I've tackled an entire season at once or reappraising an entire series after it's over. This doesn't really capture my ongoing watching of current TV.)

1. Night Moves (1975) *** 1/2 
2. She Done Him Wrong (1931) ***/ 
3. Gold Diggers of 1933 (1933) ***/ 
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(The names after the shows are the people who joined me at the event.)

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1. U-Roy–Version Galore (1971) **** 
2. Culture–Two Sevens Clash (1977) **** 
3. The Gaylads–Soul Beat (1967) **** 
4. The Skatalites–The Skatalite! (1969) *** 1/2 
5. Tim Buckley–Goodbye and Hello (1967) **  
6. The Skatalites–Essential Artist Collection (2023, Trojan) **** 
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WORLDWIDE BOX OFFICE WEEK BY WEEK FOR 2026

WORLDWIDE BOX OFFICE WEEK BY WEEK FOR 2026


WORLDWIDE BOX OFFICE FOR WEEK ENDING JANUARY 4, 2026 

  1. Avatar: Fire and Ash –$323million / $1.083 billion worldwide total

  2. Zootopia 2–$167 million / $1.588billion ww

  3. The Housemaid–$72m / $133m ww

  4. The SpongeBob Movie: Search For SquarePants–$62m / $112m ww

  5. Anaconda (2025)–$44m / $88m ww

  6. Buen Camino (trans: Good Journey) (Italy)–$38m / $67m ww

  7. Marty Supreme–$35m / $65m ww

  8. Back To The Past (China)–$29m ww debut

  9. The Fire Raven (China)–$28m / $31m ww

  10. Stranger Things 5: Series Finale–$25m ww debut

  11. David–$20m / $70m ww

  12. Song Sung Blue–$18m / $30m ww

  13. Wicked: For Good–$14m / $518m ww

  14. Dhurandhar (India/Hindi)–$12m / $133m ww

  15. Prostokvashino (Russia)–$12m ww debut

  16. Buratino (Russia)–$12m ww debut

  17. Five Nights at Freddy’s 2–$10m / $231m ww

  18. Sarvam Maya (trans: Everything Is An Illusion) (India/Malayalam)–$8m / $12m ww

  19. Escape From The Outland (China)–$4m / $7m ww

  20. Unexpected Family (China)–$4m ww debut 

  21. Kokuhō aka National Treasure (Japan)–$3m / $123m ww total

  22. Eternity–$3m / $32m ww

  23. We Bury The Dead–$3m ww debut

  24. Once We Were Us (Korea)–$3m ww debut

  25. Measure In Love (China)–$3m ww debut

  26. Ikkis (trans: Twenty-one) (India/Hindi)–$3m ww debut 

  27. Nuremberg–$2m / $32m ww

  28. No Other Choice (Korea)–$2m / $23m ww total

  29. Hamnet–$2m / $12m ww 

  30. Chasse Gardée 2 (trans: Private Hunting Ground 2) (France)–$2m / $8m ww

  31. Love Is Hard (China)–$2m / $6m ww 

  32. Flåklypa: Fra Paris Til Pyramidene aka From Paris To The Pyramids (Norway)–$2m / $5m ww 

  33. New Interpretation of the End of the Edo Period (Japan)–$2m / $5m ww

  34. Tu Meri Main Tera Main Tera Tu Meri (trans: You Are Mine, I Am Yours, I Am Yours, You Are Mine) (India/Hindi)–$2m / $5m ww 

  35. Eiga Last Man: First Love (Japan)–$2m / $5m ww 

  36. Le Chant de Forêts (trans: Whispers in the Woods) (France)–$2m / $5m ww

  37. The Physician II (Germany)–$2m / $3m ww 

  38. Bloody Heaven (Vietnam)–$2m ww debut 

  39. A Working Man–$1m / $89m ww (last on charts April 20, 2025)

  40. Gezhi Town (China)–$1m / $55m ww 

  41. Yan Yana (trans Side by Side) (Turkey)–$1m / $15m ww

  42. Sentimental Value (Norway)–$1m / $14m ww 

  43. Becoming Led Zeppelin–$1m / $14m ww total (last on charts week of April 6, 2025, opened in Germany)

  44. Hvis Ingen Går I Fella trans If No One Falls Into The Trap aka A Mouse Hunt For Christmas (Norway)–$1m / $12m ww 

  45. Rental Family–$1m / $11m ww (last on chart December 14, 2025)

  46. Stromberg: Wieder Alles Wie Immer (trans: Stromberg: Everything’s Back To Normal) (Germany)–$1m / $9m ww 

  47. One Last Throw (Japan)–$1m / $9m ww 

  48. The Choral (UK)–$1m / $6m ww (last on chart November 30, 2025)

  49. Even If This Love Disappears From The World Tonight (Korea)–$1m / $4m ww

  50. The Secret Agent (Brazil)–$1m / $4m ww 

  51. Emergency Interrogation Room: The Final (Japan)–$1m / $4m ww 

  52. The People Upstairs (Korea)–$1m / $4m ww 

  53. Mark (India/Kannada)–$1m / $3m ww

  54. Sirai (India/Kannada)–$1m / $2m ww

  55. Champion (India/Telugu)–$1m / $2m ww

  56. Is This Thing On?–$1m ww debut 

  57. Choir of God (Korea)–$1m ww debut 

  58. Abuela Tremenda (trans: Terrible Grandmother) (Spain)–$1m ww debut 

  59. Dragoste la Tara (trans: Love in the Country) (Romania)–$1m ww debut 

  60. D.I.S.C.O. (Turkey)–$1m ww debut 

  61. Primavera (Italy)–$1m ww (two week total)

  62. La Celda De Los Milagros (trans: The Cell of Miracles) (Mexico)–$1m ww (one month total)


 
WORLDWIDE BOX OFFICE FOR WEEK ENDING JANUARY 11, 2026 

  1. Avatar: Fire and Ash –$148million / $1.231 billion worldwide total

  2. Zootopia 2–$67 million / $1.655billion ww

  3. The Housemaid–$60m / $193m ww

  4. Anaconda (2025)–$22m / $110m ww

  5. The SpongeBob Movie: Search For SquarePants–$20m / $132m ww

  6. The RajaSaab (India/Telugu)–$20m ww debut

  7. Marty Supreme–$19m / $84m ww

  8. Back To The Past (China)–$15m / $44m ww

  9. Primate–$13m ww debut

  10. Greenland 2: Migration–$13m ww debut

  11. The Fire Raven (China)–$12m / $43m ww

  12. Song Sung Blue–$11m / $41m ww

  13. David–$6m / $76m ww

  14. Dhurandhar (India/Hindi)–$5m / $138m ww

  15. Hamnet–$5m / $17m ww

  16. Wicked: For Good–$4m / $522m ww

  17. Once We Were Us (Korea)–$4m / $7m ww

  18. Five Nights at Freddy’s 2–$3m / $234m ww

  19. Is This Thing On?–$3m / $4m ww

  20. Parasakthi (India/Tamil)–$3m ww debut

  21. Gezhi Town (China)–$2m / $57m ww

  22. Nuremberg–$2m / $34m ww

  23. No Other Choice (Korea)–$2m / $25m ww total

  24. Sarvam Maya (trans: Everything Is An Illusion) (India/Malayalam)–$2m / $14m ww

  25. Escape From The Outland (China)–$2m / $9m ww

  26. Unexpected Family (China)–$2m / $6m ww

  27. Bugonia–$1m / $41m ww

  28. Eternity–$1m / $33m ww

  29. Sentimental Value (Norway)–$1m / $15m ww

  30. Tu Meri Main Tera Main Tera Tu Meri (trans: You Are Mine, I Am Yours, I Am Yours, You Are Mine) (India/Hindi)–$1m / $6m ww

  31. Even If This Love Disappears From The World Tonight (Korea)–$1m / $5m ww

  32. The Secret Agent (Brazil)–$1m / $5m ww

  33. Ikkis (trans: Twenty-one) (India/Hindi)–$1m / $4m ww

  34. Mark (India/Kannada)–$1m / $4m ww

  35. We Bury The Dead–$1m / $4m ww

  36. Sirai (India/Kannada)–$1m / $3m ww

  37. Blue Moon–$1m / $3m ww

  38. Choir of God (Korea)–$1m / $2m ww

  39. Nothing More, Just A Job (China)–$1m ww debut

  40. I Was A Stranger–$1m ww debut


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    3. Demon Slayer: Kimetsu No Yaiba Infinity Castle Part 1–Akaza Returns (Japan)–$6m / $780m ww 

      1. The Voice of Hind Rajab (Tunisia)–$1m / $4m ww 

      2. Yolki 12 (trans: Christmas Trees) (Russia)–$3m / $5m ww

      3. Tri Bogatyrya I Svet Klinom (trans: The Three Bogatyrs and The World Is Not A Perfect Place (Russia)–$2m ww debut

      4. 45 (India/Kannada)–$2m ww debut

      5. Predator: Badlands–$1m / $184m ww

      6. It Was Just An Accident (Iran/France)–$1m / $10m ww

      7. Volchok (Russia)–$1m / $5m ww

      8. Neveroyatnye Priklyucheniya Shurika (trans: The Incredible Adventures of Shurik) (Russia)–$1m / $4m ww




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