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King Pun and the Bad Guys

 Sunday: Crush (2022)

       Paige is young teenage girl in high school. She dreams of being an artist. At her school there is someone going around leaving drawings and murals. They go by the name King Pun. The track coach is convinced it is Paige. To keep herself from being suspended Paige agrees to join the track team and find out who the real King Pun is. This also works to her advantage because her crush, Gabriela, is also on the track team. Paige wants be closer to her. She ends up training with Gabriel's twin, AJ. The two girls get along. And while she is focused on Gabriela, Paige starts to have feelings for AJ too. She has to make a choice. I thought this movie was cute. 

Monday: The Friends of Eddie Coyle (1973)

     Eddie is a gangster. He mostly acquires guns for the leader. Eddie gets caught one day. He has a family and doesn't want to do anymore time. So he makes a deal with a detective. He will snitch on the other gang members in exchange for not going to prison. Eddie knows of a gun deal selling automatic rifles. He helps the police catch the dealer. This movie was ok.

Friday: The Bad Guys (2022)

      Wolf and his gang, the Bad Guys, are famous criminals who  are known for doing heists. After one such heist the governor calls them out for being small time. To show her up Wolf decides they will steal the golden dolphin award at the big charity event coming up. While on the heist Wolf ends up saving an old woman. He likes the feeling of being good. Then when they are caught he comes up with a plan. He and his gang will go good. Then when they have convinced everyone, they can steal the golden dolphin back. Secretly he wants to go good for real. Wolf and his gang struggle to go good. Also there are others who try to sabotage them. I thought this movie was good. Better than I thought it was going to be. The animation was cool. A mix of the now normal CGI animation and comic book like animation.

Saturday: A Rainy Day in New York (2019)

     Gatsby is a young student at a small private college in upstate New York. He is more interested in gambling than school. He is dating a journalism student named Ashleigh. Ashleigh gets an assignment to interview a film director in NYC. Gatsby decides to go with her and make a weekend of it. Her interview ends with her going to see the directors new movie. Gatsby waits for her to be done, but she keeps being drawn away. Gatsby reunites with the sister of his ex-girlfriend. He also does his best to hide the fact he is in town from his parents. Ashleigh ends up consoling the writer of the film and going on a date with  a famous actor. When the weekend is over nothing is the same between them. I thought this movie was alright. 

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