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Puss in Boots and the Aspiring Astronaut

 Monday: Rosaline (2022)

         Rosaline is the daughter of a wealthy man. She is smart and opinionated. He wants to marry her off. Rosaline does was she can to get out of these matches. She is in love with Romeo. They are from feuding houses so they have to hid their romance. Rosaline plans to meet him at a masked ball. But first she is stuck meeting her father's latest match Dario. They go sailing. She is late to the ball. In that time Romeo meets her cousin Juliet. They fall for each other. Rosaline is determined to break them up and get Romeo back for herself. She does whatever she can to keep them apart. Along the way she learns what she really wants. I thought this movie was alright. It was interesting take on the classic tale.

Tuesday: The Swimmers (2022)

       This is based on a true story. Sara and references are sisters living in Syria. They are both swimmers. Yusura is the more talented and devoted of the two. Her dream is to go to the Olympics. Then the war comes. Syria becomes a very dangerous place to live. There is no way for Yusura to train or compete. There is a program where teens under 18 can go to Germany and then apply for family reunion. Then the rest of their family will be flown over. Yusra is not yet 18 so it could work for them. Yusra, Sara, and their cousin Nizar leave for Germany. First they fly to Turkey and then try to find a smuggler to take them to Greece. They get on a boat and almost don't survive the journey. From Greece they have to make their way to Germany. It is not an easy journey. They are in constant danger and trust the wrong people. They do eventually make it to Germany. Yusra finds a coach who will help her train. She is determined to get to the 2016 Olympics. This movie was alright. It's a great story. It's crazy what happened (is happening?) in Syria. How many refugees there were.

Wednesday: Luckiest Girl Alive (2022)

       Ani has the life of her dreams. She is a reporter at a magazine on her way to working for the New York times. She is about to marry a rich man. Then her dark past comes back to haunt her. A documentary is being made about a mass shooting that happened when she was in high school. Despite the trauma Ani decides to tell her side of the story. She was a scholarship student at a private high school. Tensions ran high. She was friends with the boys who later became the shooters. People think she was involved. Ani has to come to terms with her trauma that came before the shooting and was only made more complicated by it. This movie is good. It's dark. Not exactly what I was expecting, but well done.

Friday: Puss in Boots: The Last Wish (2022)

         Puss has become a legend. After a fight he is killed. When he wakes up the doctor told him he is on his last of his nine lives. Puss becomes scared and runs to a cat sanctuary. There he meets a dog, Perrito, pretending to be a cat to get food. Puss becomes depressed. Then Goldilocks and the Three Bears show up to find him. They are on a quest for a wishing star. If found they will be granted one wish. They need Puss to steal the map to the star. Puss hides and they leave. After they are gone Puss decides to find the star himself and wish for the rest of his lives back. Perrito tags along. Puss also runs into Kitty Softpaws who is also looking for the star. They join forces to get to the star first. I thought this movie was good. They always do a good job with these Shrek and Puss in Boots movies. I love all the fairytale refrences.

Saturday: Gattaca (1997)

         This movie is set in the not too distant future. Children are not born naturally. They are designed and made to be perfect. Vincent is born naturally and deemed inferior. His younger brother is born in the new way and is better in every way. Despite that Vincent is determined to be better. He wants to travel to space. But because he is inferior he isn't even allowed to apply. He is desperate to find a way. Vincent meets a man who will set him up with the life of another man. This other man, Jerome, is superior; but his drinking has caused problems for him. He was also in an accident that paralyzed him. Vincent will become Jerome. Jerome gets to live how he wants and gets some of the money. This allows Vincent to become part of the space program. After his boss is killed he becomes a suspect. Vincent has to work extra hard not to be discovered. This movie is good.

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