Exploring Food and Movies

 Thursday: I Like Movies (2022)         Lawrence is an awkward high school senior. He is obsessed with movies. One day he hopes to make movies of his own. To help save up for college he gets a job at a video rental store. Lawrence develops a complicated relationship with his older manager, Alana. His antisocial behavior starts to drive people away. He has to change his ways or lose everyone. I thought this movie was alright. Friday: Marty Supreme (2025)         An extremely ambitious young man, Marty, wants to be a pro ping pong player. He is talented but doesn't have the means to compete. After making his way to London for a competition he runs across a former famous actress. Somehow he convinces her to be with him. After getting back home he is instantly in trouble. It sets off a series of events that continues to get worse. He needs money to get to Japan to compete. Every lead on money becomes more chaotic and dangerous. Still he is determ...

 Wednesday: Merv (2025)        Anna and Russ share a dog named Merv. They recently broke up. Soon they notice that Merv isn't acting like his usual self. They take him to the vet and find out he's depressed. So they have to do all they can to make him happy. Russ takes him to a dog friendly resort by a beach. Anna tags along. It's awkward but they want to be there for Merv. They start to remember why they liked each other in the first place. I thought this movie was alright. Cute but not the best. It is Christmas movie. Saturday: Song Sung Blue (2025)          This is based on a true story. Mike, stage name Lightning, is a performer mostly known for being an impersonator. At a state fair he meets Claire, another impersonator. They hit it off. She thinks he would be a good Neil Diamond. They put together a tribute act and go by Lightning and Thunder. They fall in love and get married. They have great success. They open for Pearl Jam. Then...

 Friday: Hamnet (2025)        As a young man William Shakespeare becomes a Latin tutor for a family. He falls for the oldest daughter, Agnes. She is wild and intelligent. Soon she falls for him too and they get married. They struggle but find happiness. They have three children. The youngest being twins, Hamnet and Judith. At the same time William is living in London and getting his plays put on stage. Then both Hamnet and Judith get gravely ill. Hamnet dies. Both William and Agnes struggle with their grief. William channels it into a new play, Hamlet. I thought this movie was alright. The acting is good. The little boy who is Hamnet is so cute. Found out later he is real life brothers with the actor who plays Hamlet (well the actor who play the actor who plays Hamlet). There are just a lot of unnecessary uncomfortable moments. Just weird. I have seen other movies by this director and they are similarly weird. May avoid seeing her movies in the future. Saturday:...

 Friday: Rental Family (2025)       Phillip is an American actor living in Japan. He is struggling to find work. Then he gets an opportunity for a job at a rental family agency. The people who work there play roles in peoples lives. If people need a friend, a wedding guest, a father, etc. Phillip is unsure at first if this job is the right fit for him. One of his first roles is a father to a little girl. He is needed because both parents must go to an interview to get the girl into a good school. Her real father is not part of her life at all. He is reluctant at first about pretending to be her father. But soon he starts to care for her. Phillip finds this job more fulfilling than traditional acting jobs. I thought this movie was really good. Some moments were a little strained, but other than that it was good. Saturday: Steve (2025)        Steve is the head teacher at a reform school. They help teen boys deemed too dangerous or unruly for other s...

 Friday: Regretting You (2025)         Morgan was a teenage mother who married her high school boyfriend, Chris. Her daughter, Clara, is now in high school. Morgan's sister, Jenny, is dating and recently had a baby with her high school boyfriend, Jonah. Then one day Chris and Jenny die in a car crash. They were in the same car. Jonah is suspicious of why they were in the same car. Morgan is in denial. Clara is also struggling with her grief after losing her dad and aunt. At the same time she starts to date a boy named Miller. Who helps her in her grief but is also a way to get back at her mom. I thought this movie was alright. Kinda cheesy and soap opera like. Just over the top. The annoying and loud teens in the theater audience did not help either. Sunday: Frankensein (2025)         This adaptation follows the story with some minor changes. Victor Frankenstein is found on the ice near the Arctic by a boat team. He is running from the Creatu...

 Friday: Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere (2025)         This movie is about Bruce Springsteen writing his album Nebraska in 1982. Bruce's fame was on the rise. After his latest tour he was going to take a brake. He rented a house in New Jersey. The studio wanted singles but Bruce had something different in mind. He was struggling to face dark parts of his past. As well as his current mental state. Through all that he made an album. I thought this movie was good. It was well done. Saturday: To Catch a Killer (2023)           Eleanor is a young cop with a troubled past. She works in Baltimore. On New Year's Eve a shooter goes on a killing spree. Shooting people on decks and in higher floor apartments. Eleanor is one of the first cops on the scene. Later the FBI shows up. Lammark, the agent in charge, is impressed with her insight and asks her to work with them. They have to track down the shooter before he strikes again. This movie wa...