Exploring Food and Movies

 Friday: Good Luck, Have Fun, Don't Die (2026)         A man claiming to be from the future holds a crowded diner hostage. He is there to recruit people to help him on his mission. In the future AI has taken over and destroyed everything. It is starting at the time he goes back to. If they can plug in safe guards at the beginning then it will save the future. The people who end up going with him have started to see troubling signs. A teacher couple are run out of their school by teens under the control of their phones. A mother who lost her son in a school shooting discovers a horrible new program for parents like her. Along with the others they have to work together to stop the future events from happening. I though this movie was good. I was not expecting to like it as much as I did. It is very weird. It is like different episodes of the show  Black Mirror that end up all coming together. It comments a lot on the current state of the world, and technology...

 Saturday: Sorry, Baby (2025)         Agnes is a young woman living in small college town. A traumatic event took place while she was in grad school. She struggles to move on. Everyone else has moved on like nothing happened. As time goes by she gets a job at the college and starts to see someone. Still it takes time for her to move on. I thought this movie was alright. It has a lot of awkward moments. The writing is unusual.  Sunday: Double Feature- Sentimental Value (2025) and Bonus Track (2023)           Sentimental Value is a Norwegian film. Nora is an actress. Her father, Gustav, is a well known film director. When she was little her parents got a divorce. She didn't see much of her dad after that. Later when she is an adult her mom passes away. Gustav comes back into their lives. He still owns the family home and wants to shoot a movie there. He wants Nora to star in it. She refuses. Gustav ends up running into an American act...

 Friday: No Other Choice (2025)         This is a Korean film. Man-su was let go after working at a paper factory for many years. He struggles to find a new job. Without his income his family has to start making cuts. It really starts to wear down on Man-su. There is a position at another paper factory. There are only a few men qualified for the job. Man-su realizes if he eliminates the competition he will get the job. So he eliminates them, permanently. I thought this movie was alright. Weird and violent. The acting is good. Saturday: Merrily We Roll Along (2025)          This is actually a broadway musical that they filmed. It shows the friendship of a lyricist, Frank, a playwright, Charley, and a writer, Mary. The plays starts in the mid 70s. Frank is a big shot in Hollywood. Mary comes to visit him after the success of his most recent movie. Their relationship is strained. He doesn't even talk to Charley anymore. From there the story...

 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:...