Exploring Food and Movies

 Sunday: Chungking Express (1994)        This is a Hongkongese film. There are two stories. The first is about Cop 223. He has just broken up with his girlfriend of five years. He is desperate to get back together with her. He does strange things like buying a can of her favorite food everyday and talking to her whole family on the phone. Also he runs into a mysterious woman who is always wearing a trench coat and sunglasses, as well as a blonde wig. We see that she is a drug smuggler struggling to get by. The second story is about an older cop, Cop 663.  He has also just broken up with his flight attendant girlfriend. He copes by talking to different objects in his house. Like his dish rag or his bar of soap. At his local sandwich shop he meets a young woman who just starting working there. She becomes obsessed with him. He may like her back. I thought this movie was alright. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------...

 Friday: Bullet Train (2022)         Ladybug is an assassin known for his bad luck. After being out of the game for a while he decides to take a job. It's supposed to be simple. He gets on the bullet train in Japan, retrieves a briefcase, and gets off at the next stop. The job ends up being anything but simple. There are other assassins on the train all going after the same case. It call comes back to a Russian crime boss who is feared by all. Ladybug must do his best to survive the night. I thought this movie was good. Weird and violent but fun. It's by the same director who directed Deadpool 2 . So the action and comedy are similar. He also was Brad Pitt's (Ladybug) stunt double in a couple movies. Sunday: Birdy (1984)       The movie begins after Al has come back from Vietnam. He's going to visit his friend Birdy, who also recently came back from Vietnam. Birdy has had a mental break and thinks he is a bird. We see flashbacks of when they becam...