Jon Lee will host our March 4 meeting at noon at his home with a Zoom option, and we will discuss:

It Was Just an Accident (2025)

An unassuming mechanic is reminded of his time in an Iranian prison when he encounters a man he suspects to be his sadistic jailhouse captor. Panicked, he rounds up a few of his fellow ex-prisoners to confirm the man's identity.

Director: Jafar Panahi

Writers: Jafar Panahi, Nader Saeivar and Shadmehr Rastin

Stars: Vahid Mobasseri, Mariam Afshari and Ebrahim Azizi

The Life of Chuck (2024)

A life-affirming, genre-bending story about three chapters in the life an ordinary man named Charles Krantz.

Director: Mike Flanagan

Writers: Mike Flanagan and Stephen King

Stars: Tom Hiddleston, Jacob Tremblay and Benjamin Pajak

How to find streaming services for movies:

Justwatch.com

Scores for February 2026 movies:

Misery (1990) 7.2 (9 votes)

This is Spinal Tap (1984) 7.6 (9 votes)

Films of Merit

The Commoner, also titled Harold og Sonja (2025)

Sinners (2025)

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958)

Bookish, a series (2025)

The Linguini Incident (1991)

Hijack, a series (2023)

Genius, especially 10-part season one about Einstein (2017)

John Cleary will host our Feb. 4 meeting at noon in his home with a Zoom option if necessary and we will discuss:

This is Spinal Tap (1984)

Spinal Tap, one of England's loudest bands, is chronicled by film director Marty DiBergi on what proves to be a fateful tour.

Director: Rob Reiner

Writers: Christopher Guest, Michael McKean and Harry Shearer

Stars: Rob Reiner, Michael McKean and Christopher Guest

Misery (1990)

After a famous author is rescued from a car crash by a fan of his novels, he comes to realize that the care he is receiving is only the beginning of a nightmare of captivity and abuse.

Director: Rob Reiner

Writers: Stephen King and William Goldman

Stars: James Caan, Kathy Bates and Richard Farnsworth