The Peacemaker

All 20 remaining alive Jewish hostages were freed by the terrorists. The world thanks President Trump and the USA for their release and hoping for lasting peace in the region.

    

The caps bear the slogan “Trump the peace president.” pic.twitter.com/CfG2NFKwGI

— Sam Sokol (@SamuelSokol) October 13, 2025

Note: Not one Democrat Party leader nor global leader helped release the hostages and negotiate peace with Hamas. Only President Trump, Netanyahu, Ambassador Witkoff, Jared Kushner, and President Trump's administration worked for this to happen. Macron, Starmer, Obama, Biden, Pelosi, and the rest of the Democrat Party politicians and voters have nothing to do with the current peace agreement between Israel and Hamas. These people have no shame claiming they helped.

Caramelo

tags: Brazilian movie, drama, human and his stray dog, Netflix

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From Netflix

A chef and a caramel-colored mutt become best friends after a life-changing encounter. On an emotional journey, they will laugh and cry together, and also teach us valuable lessons. Starring Rafael Vitti and the canine star Amendoim,

I love the easy on the ears Portuguese language and this movie and the dog "actor", Amendoim. Both Rafael Vitti and Amendoim did great acting. 

The mutt was left by the side of the road inside a cardboard box. He ran and ran until he got to the town eventually getting adopted by Pedro who started getting headaches and diagnosed with a cancerous lump in his brain. 

Highly recommended.

Mr. Murder

Tags: assassin, mystery, thriller

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Martin Stillwater has a vivid imagination. It charms his loving wife, delights his two little daughters, and gives him all the inspiration he needs to write his highly successful mystery novels. But maybe Martin's imagination is a bit too vivid...

One rainy afternoon, a terrifying incident makes him question his grip on reality. A stranger breaks into his house, accusing Martin of stealing his wife, his children-and his life. Claiming to be the real Martin Stillwater, the intruder threatens to take what is rightfully his. The police think he's a figment of Martin's imagination. But Martin and his family have no choice but to believe the stranger's threat. And run for their lives. But wherever they go-wherever they hide-he finds them.

Dean Koontz wrote this 500 page book in 1993. I listened to the 20 hour audiobook. It's not very different from his current novels with the usual sci-fi, murder, government conspiracies, and woke leftists. I liked the non stop action, Martin protecting his young family from his evil clone.

Why Didn't They Ask Evans?

tags: murder mystery

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From Goodreads

When Bobby Jones goes to retrieve his wayward golf ball at the bottom of a cliff he little expects that he will find a dying man there. With his last breath the man asks ‚ "Why didn't they ask Evans?" Intrigued by this question Bobby and his vivacious friend Frankie Derwent set out to solve the mystery - putting their own lives in great danger along the way.

 Agatha Christie was so clever and why I like her mystery novels. This novel doesn't have Poirot nor the usual Agatha Christie regular sleuths. This is similar to Tommy and Tuppence,. Bobby and Frankie are a pair of young male and female friends who tried to solve the complicated murder mystery. It has a great cast of characters with so many red herrings. Lady Frankie Derwent is smarter and more daring than her somewhat timid friend (boyfriend to be) Bobby. 

Highly recommended for Agatha fans.

OldiesOldies Playlist

The Great British Baking Show Collection 13

 

It's that time of the year again - The Great British Bake Off airing on Netflix every Friday. This season has interesting baketestants. One very beautiful girl, Jasmine, who is totally bald and Iain who's sporting a mullet. I like them both. 

I will try baking Paul's glazed donuts recipe. I've never made them using self-rising (with baking powder) flour in addition to yeast. Hmm..

Iain joking his girlfriend looks like Noel. LOL Now where can I get Noel's shirt?

I Love KDramas

I still watch a lot of Korean and Japanese dramas. The first few months of 2025 didn't have interesting new dramas but recently, Netflix, Amazon Prime, and Disney+ have really promising shows streaming almost one after another that I have to schedule watching. These are the ones I watch as soon as they come out and the other shows can wait when I have the spare time. 

Netflix  

Bon Appetit, Your Majesty 

12 episodes 

tags: comedy, fantasy, gourmet cooking, historical/sageuk, romance, time slip 

Yeon Ji-Young is a French chef with a cheerful and determined personality. One day, she wins a French cooking competition, but she somehow finds herself transported to the Joseon era.  

My Youth 

tags: melodrama, romance.  

Amazon Prime

Confidence Queen 

tags: action, comedy, conmen 

Yun Yi-Rang is a con woman with a genius level IQ of 165. She has a unique way of thinking and cool charisma. She leads the con group Confidence Man.

Based on the Japanese series The Confidence Man JP currently streaming on Netflix

  

Disney+ and HULU 

Tempest

tags: action, drama, politics 

Seo Mun-Ju (Gianna Jun) is a diplomat and a former ambassador to the United States. She has built great trust in the international community through her insightful judgment and actions. She learns that there were political maneuvering behind an assassination case involving South and North Korea. Meanwhile, Paik San-Ho (Gang Dong-Won) is an elite mercenary. He is a mysterious figure whose nationality and past are both shrouded in secrecy. Seo Mun-Ju and Paik San-Ho together pursue the truth behind the major incident.

I started watching this intense drama just a few days ago and I was shocked at the assassination of the female lead's husband which reminds me of Charlie Kirk. It was eerie and jarring and I debated with myself if I will continue watching. The negative comments from people in the Middle East compelled me watch. They were complaining of too much Catholic church scenes. South Korea is a Christian as well as Buddhist country. They can stay away from the drama if they don't like seeing churches, lots and lots of crucifixes, the statue of the Blessed Virgin Mary, and people praying in churches. 

The writer and producers probably are noticing that their country is slowly being influenced to become a communist country and they made this drama to show the new president who is blatantly communist socialist that he and his Chinese buddy can't stop them making moving TV series with prominent Christian images and rituals. Good for Korea.

The series is short with only 9 episodes. I like it so far although it looks like the USA is the bad guy wanting to start a war with North Korea. [Our current President is all about ending the never ending wars so they missed the narrative there.] It is a work of fiction so I'll take it even if they are wrong. The action and explosive scenes look like an extended movie. Great production and worth sitting down for an hour and a few minutes per episode. Currently, there are 5 episodes shown and the rest will be streamed in the next 2 weeks.