Friday: Young Woman and the Sea (2024) This is based on a true story. Trudy was born in 1905 and raised in NYC by her parents who were German immigrants. She was tenacious from a young age. She was very ill as a child but pulled through. During that time women weren't taught to swim. But after a major accident on a ferry Trudy's mom was determined that her daughters would swim. Trudy loves to swim. Later after some obstacles she joins a women swim team. Through hard work she becomes a record breaking competitive swimmer. Even competing at the 1924 Olympics and medaling. Still no one took woman athletes seriously. So in an attempt to gain attention for them Trudy decides to swim the English Channel. It is a very difficult swim. Spoiler alert: she becomes the first woman to swim the channel. I thought this movie was alright. A very interesting story. She was an incredible woman. Trudy broke the men's record for crossing the channel by 2 hours. Saturday: Th...
Saturday: Power Ballad (2026) Rick is an American living in Ireland. He was in a band when he was young that never took off. Now he is the lead singer in a wedding band. At a big wedding Rick meets Danny Wilson. Danny is an American pop star who was part of a band now trying to go solo. He is friends with the groom. At first Rick is annoyed by Danny's presence at the wedding. But then they get to talking about music and get on well. They spend the night talking and playing each other their songs. After the wedding Rick returns to his life. Danny goes back to the US. He struggles to write songs. He ends up using a song that Rick wrote. It becomes a hit. Rick hears it and knows it's his song. No one believes him. He is determined to prove he wrote it and get some credit. I thought this movie was good. Nick Jonas is Danny. He is acting is alright. It's just hard to know with him. He is reserved. So most of the time he comes off as either not really committi...