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Missing Aunt Lucy and the Inmate Theater Group

 Friday: Paddington in Peru (2024)

      Paddington receives a letter from the Reverend Mother of the Home for Bears in Peru where his Aunt Lucy lives. It says that Aunt Lucy is missing him a lot and has not been herself. Paddington is concerned. So he and the Browns set off for Peru. Once there they find out Aunt Lucy is missing. With the help of a ship captain Paddington and the Browns set off on an adventure to find her. There is more to her disappearance than they are aware of. I thought this movie was good. They always do a good job with these movies. Some parts are cheesy but it is a kids movie. There are several references to other movies. Like Indiana Jones, The Sound of Music, and Steamboat Bill Jr.. I'm confused on the years on some of these movies. IMDB says 2024 but it just came out on Valentine's day. The next movie came out in 2024 but it says 2023. 

Saturday: Sing Sing (2023)

       Divine G was convicted for a crime he didn't commit. His only real comfort is the theater group he becomes a part of. Every 6 months they put on a play. They have done several Shakespeare plays among others. For their new play they decide to do something lighter and the director writes an original play. It involves time travel, mummies, Freddy Krueger, gladiators, and more. A new member of the group, Divine Eye, is struggling to fit in. He doesn't take any of it seriously. Somehow he gets cast as Hamlet, the role Divine G wanted. Divine G tries to help Divine Eye get into the part and let himself go. At the same time both men are working to get released from prison. This movie is good. I think it's better than most of the movies nominated for best picture. It is based on real prison theater programs. Most of the cast is made up of formerly incarcerated inmates. The real Divine G even makes a cameo.

Sunday: Flow (2024)

         This is a Latvian animated film, but  there is no dialogue. A cat loses his home to a massive flood. He is forced to take refuge on a boat with a capybara. As they travel more animals join them including a lemur, a retriever, and a great egret. They have to work together to survive. I thought this movie was good. You don't need dialogue to understand what is going on. Fun fact I found on IMDB: " The team was very adamant in getting all of the "voices" to be done by real animals, so they recorded real animals for the movie. To get the capybara sound, the sound engineer had to travel to a zoo and tickle capybaras. However, the real capybara sounds did not match the personality that the capybara character would have, so instead they used a baby camel for this one."

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