Monday: Vivacious Lady (1938)
Peter is a professor in the city to get his cousin. Kieth, his cousin, was supposed to return to the college city they live in. Instead he was staying out all night going to clubs. Peter tracks him down at a club. There he meets a singer named Francey. They end up spending the night together getting to know each other, and get married. Peter brings her home with him. He knows his parents won't approve. Until he can tell them he pretends she is with Keith and is a new student. Peter struggles with finding the right time to tell his parents and not making Francey feel unwanted. I though this movie was alright.
Tuesday: The Stepfather (1987)
Jerry kills his whole family. Then he changes his appearance and moves to a new town. A year later he is married to a widow who has a teenage daughter. The daughter, Stephanie, has never gotten along with her stepdad. She starts to suspect something is wrong with him. Jerry finds out that she is looking into his past. His quest for a perfect family has failed again. There is only one way to end it, kill them too. This movie was ok. I mostly recorded it because it takes place in the Pacific NW. So of course it was filmed in Canada.
Wednesday: Chattahoochee (1989)
This is based on a true story. Emmett is a Korean War vet. After being back at home for a while he shoots up the neighborhood and then tries to kills himself. His goal was to get insurance money for his wife. Emmett is taken to a criminal insane asylum prison. He is not as severely mentally ill like most of the inmates. He makes friends with other inmates who are there only there because there wasn't room for them in a normal prison. Emmett starts to notice how poorly the other inmates are treated. He writes to their families to let them know what is happening. Emmett wants to make some real changes in the prison. I thought this movie was ok bordering on bad.
Friday: The Batman (2022)
Bruce Wayne, aka Batman, is brought in by James Gordon to help on a case. The mayor has been killed. There is a card addressed to the Batman. Inside is a riddle and a cipher. It leads to the next victim. A man calling himself the Riddler is killing city officials to reveal the corruption in the city. Most of it seems to revolve around a club run by the mob. At the club Bruce meets Selina, who is friends with a woman who was with the mayor. They team up to find out what is happening. Bruce starts to realize why the Riddler involved him in it. This is a good movie. It is really well done. The cinematography is amazing. It's beautiful. Not words I would think of using for a superhero movie. There is this great shot in the beginning when Bruce first goes to the club. He is fighting and the red club lights illuminate their silhouettes. It also feels like a film noir detective movie.
Saturday: Turning Red (2022)
Meilin is a Chinese Canadian teenager. She has a group of friends who are obsessed with a boy band. Meilin also helps her parents run the temple by her house. Her mother is very overprotective. One day after being embarrassed by her mom Meilin turns into a giant red panda. Now anytime she gets over excited she turns into a red panda. Her mom reveals it's something all the women in her family have. There is a way to contain it. Meanwhile Meilin and her friends are determined to go the the upcoming concert of their favorite boy band, even if their parents won't let them. So they decide to raise the money themselves. Meilin has to decide if she wants to get rid of her red panda. This movie is cute.
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