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Jangle and the Faceless Woman

 I was out of town and only watched two new movies this week.

Saturday: Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey (2020)

           Jeronicus Jangle is a toy inventor. He has a great imagination and is always coming up with new ideas. He runs a toy store with his wife and daughter. One day he gets the finishing piece for his greatest invention. The toy is a matador that can talk and move on it's own. It is called Don Juan Diego. Don Juan is full of himself and craves fame. He doesn't like idea of Jeronicus making more of him. He wants to be one of a kind. Jeronicus ignores him and goes off to celebrate. Gustafson, his apprentice, is also tired of being ignored. Don Juan convinces Gustafson to take him and steal all of Jeronicus's ideas. He does. Jeronicus is heart broken, he doesn't know what to do. Nothing goes right for him after that. His wife dies and he drives his daughter away. His store turns into a pawn shop. Meanwhile Gustafson has become a famous toy inventor. Years pass. After reading a letter from her father Jessica sends her daughter to spend time with him. Jeronicus is about to lose his store if he can't come up with a new invention. His granddaughter, Journey, is an inventor too. She inspires him to finish a long forgotten invention. Gustafson has run out of Jeronicus's inventions and his own are no good. So he needs to steal from Jeronicus again. Who will get the invention first? I thought this movie was ok. Some of the acting wasn't very good. It's sort of a mix between A Christmas Carol and The Nutcracker. It was cool to see a children's Christmas movie like this with a predominately black cast.

Sunday: Eyes Without a Face (1960)

          This is a French film. After a terrible accident Dr. Genessier's daughter is left with a severally scarred face. He specializes in skin transplants. He fakes her death to cover up what his is doing. With the help of his assistant he is kidnapping young women who look like his daughter. Then he is transplanting their face onto his daughter. The first subject died. He is determined to keep trying until he gets is right. Christine, his daughter, is depressed. She can't look at herself in the mirror. Even the mask she wears scares her. As much as she wants a new face it doesn't feel right. This movie was alright. 

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