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Alice and the Candlesticks

 Tuesday: Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore (1974)

       Alice used to be a singer but gave it all up when she married her husband and had a son. Her husband is abusive. He dies in an accident leaving Alice and her son with nothing. She is determined to support herself and her son by being a singer again. They plan to go west to California. On the way they stop in towns so Alice can make money. She ends up in Arizona working as a waitress. She makes friends and meets a nice man. I thought this movie was alright.

Wednesday: The Emperor's Candlesticks (1937)

       A Polish secret agent, Stephan, is tasked with taking a letter to the czar of Russia. It is from his son who is being held by Polish nationalists. Before he leaves for Russia he meets up with an old friend. The friend asks Stephan to take a pair of candlesticks to the princess in Russia. The candlesticks have a hidden compartment. Stephan thinks this will be a perfect place for the letter and puts it in one of the candlesticks. Then his friend says he will have the candlesticks delivered to the train station. Stephan agrees only because he can't explain that he has hidden something in them. Olga is a Russian secret agent. Her organization has recently learned the identity of a Polish agent working against them, Stephan. She is to travel to Russia with evidence proving who he is and arrest him. She is also friends with Stephan's friend with the candlesticks. After learning about the secret compartment Olga convinces the friend to let her take the candlesticks. She hides the evidence in one. Later on the train Stephan learns what has happened. They both try to get to the candlesticks. They discover who each other is and it leads to more. This movie was good.

Sunday: Foxfire (1996)

       Maddy is a senior in high school. Her biology teacher is well known for sexually harassing female students. One day a drifter, nicknamed Legs, wanders into their classroom. She witnesses the teacher being mean to a girl named Rita. Later after class she learns that multiple girls have problems with him. So Legs, Maddy, and some other girls catch him in the act feeling up Rita in is classroom and beat him up. They threaten him if he ever does that again. After more trouble the girls are all suspended.  They become close friends and help each other out. I thought this movie was ok. It was filmed in Portland. It's one of the few films I've seen filmed in Oregon that actually shows it raining.  

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