Skip to main content

Lughnasa and the Spiritual Roadtrip

 Tuesday: Powwow Highway (1988)

    Buddy is a Native American man living in the Cheyenne reservation in Montana. He gets a call from his sister in New Mexico. She has been arrested based on planted evidence. He needs to come bail her out. Buddy needs to find someone to drive him. Philbert, a simple minded man, has just traded for a junker car. He agrees to drive Buddy. Philbert tests Buddy's patience. Especially with his constant stops at spiritual landmarks. Buddy learns to go with the flow and they eventually make it to New Mexico. They just have to figure out how to get Buddy's sister out of jail and why she was targeted in the first place. I thought this movie was good. I learned it's one of the first movies about Native Americans just living their life. Not a Western where they are just stereotypes. Also they filmed in Santa Fe. I was excited I recognized a street they filmed on.

Friday: Sonic the Hedgehog 3 (2024)

    A dangerous hedgehog, Shadow, breaks out of a containment facility. He wants revenge on the government agency that put him there. Sonic, Tails, and Knuckles are brought in to bring him in. His power is unlike anything they've seen. They need to find out more about him and find a way to bring him down. They have to turn to an enemy for help. This movie was alright. The acting and writing is not the best. But it's still fun and has good references.

Saturday: Memoir of a Snail (2024)

     Grace and Gilbert are twins. They have had a hard life. Their mother died when they were young. Their father has various health issues and a drinking problem. When he dies they are sent to different foster families. Gilbert ends up with a family that is strict and very religious. Grace ends up with a family of health and self help nuts. They are often gone. Grace makes friends with an eccentric old woman named Pinky. Life continues to deal her blows. Her only solace is her every growing snail collection. She soon becomes a hoarder and loses hope. I thought this movie was alright. It's sad. It is a stop motion animated film.

Sunday: Dancing at Lughnasa (1998)

        Set in the 1930s in Ireland this movie is about four sisters. They are all unmarried and doing their best to help support the family. Their older brother, a priest, returns home from Africa. He has dementia and can't serve as a priest anymore. One sister, Christina, has a son out of wedlock. His father comes to visit before leaving the country. Christina wants her son to have a relationship with his dad. The other sisters struggle to get by. Times are getting harder especially where they live. This movie was alright.

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Surprise Chorizo and the Floating Castle

         Well after two months I was finally able to go to a restaurant on my list. I went to Tight Tacos, the SE Division location. There is neighborhood parking on the streets behind it, but you might have to drive around a little. It is a small restaurant next to other restaurants and shops. They were only open for take out but there were picnic tables you could sit at on the sidewalk. The tables were in the shade so it was nice on a warm day. From what I could see inside it was clean and modern. There is some color and hanging Christmas lights. The service was good. I got three tacos: chicken, carnitas, and asada. I think that I got chorizo instead of asada. It was actually the best one flavor wise. The carnitas meat was good but there wasn't a lot of flavor. I forgot to ask for no onions so I had to scrape them off. The tacos were good. I would go back. The one problem I had was they serve the food in takeout containers. And they have tables for you to sit ...
Post a Comment
Read more

Young Ming-Na Wen and the Con Man's Apprentice

Monday: Two Tickets to Broadway (1951)        Nancy is the star of her small town. She wants to be on Broadway. On her way to New York City she meets three woman who's agent is unreliable. Once in the city she meets another Broadway hopeful, Dan. None of them are having luck getting work. The women's and Dan's agent, Lew, comes up with an idea. He will get Dan and the four women onto Bob Crosby's TV show. And he will get their friends at the local deli to put up the money for it. The group is excited. They start working hard to put together some routines. Only problem is they don't actually have a spot on the show yet. Lew hasn't even been able to talk to anyone from the show. I liked this movie. It is fun. Tuesday: Paper Moon (1973)         Addie is a young girl who's mother passed away. At the funeral she meets a man, Moses, who reluctantly agrees to take her to her aunt's house in another state. She thinks he could be her father. But he won't a...
Post a Comment
Read more

European Princess and the Piano

 Tuesday: Her Highness and the Bellboy (1945)      Jimmy is a bellboy at a fancy New York hotel. His best friend, Albert, also works at the hotel. He spends his evening with a woman who lives in their building, Leslie. Leslie is bedridden due to a past illness. Jimmy does his best to make her happy. Even saving to buy her a radio. Then he and Albert run into a beautiful young woman in the staff area. They think she is a new maid. Jimmy is friendly with her and shows her around. It turns out she is Princess Veronica, a European royal staying at the hotel. Veronica takes a liking to Jimmy and has him be her assistant. Jimmy falls hard for her, believing she feels the same. Really Veronica is in New York to see an old love. Poor Leslie tries to be happy for Jimmy, who she is secretly in love with. I thought this movie was good. Friday: The Brutalist (2024)      A Jewish architect, Laszlo, escapes to the U.S. from post-war Europe. He was separated from his...
Post a Comment
Read more