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Private Concert and the List

 Tuesday: One Life (2023)

      This is based on a true story. Before WWII started a young British broker wanted to help the people of Czechoslovakia. It was being occupied by Nazis. Once there he saw how poorly the Jewish people were living. They were living in camps in the cold and the mud. He knew it was only going to get worse as the war was due to start any day. So he came up with a plan to get the children from these camps out of Czechoslovakia. Much later as an old man Nicky is trying to clear out all his documents from that time. He wants some of it to go to a museum. No one seems interested until he meets a wealthy woman. After hearing his story she gets him on a talk show. To his surprise one of the children he saved is there to meet him. Nicky meets more of them and finally gets the recognition he deserves. I thought this movie was good for the most part. Some of it didn't feel fully developed. Nicky helped save over 600 children. That's amazing.

Friday: The Ballad of Wallis Island (2025)

       Charles is an eccentric man living on a remote island off the coast of England. He won the lottery and became very wealthy. Charles hired his favorite singing duo, McGwyer and Mortimer, to perform a concert on the island. Herb McGwyer arrives first. Charles puts Herb up at his house. He has no sense of boundaries. McGwyer and Mortimer broke up many years before. They never resolved their issues. To Herb's surprise, Nell Mortimer and her husband show up on the island. There is tension between the two. Despite this they do their best to move past it to perform the concert. Which turns out to just be for Charles. This movie was good. There are lots of awkward moments but they aren't uncomfortable. Charles is so charming that you don't mind his weirdness. I'm usually not a big fan of awkward comedy but they really pulled it off in this movie.

Saturday: The Life List (2025)

        A young woman named Alex is struggling. She has lost her way and has settled to work at her mom's company. Despite her true passion of teaching. Her mother then passes away from cancer. Alex won't get her inheritance until she completes a life list she wrote when she was 13. After each item she finishes she gets a message from her mom. By working through the list Alex finds herself again and is able to move forward. I thought this movie was good.

Sunday: Tokyo Godfathers (2003)

        This is a Japanese film. Three homeless people live together in Tokyo. A drunk named Gin, a trans woman named Hana, and a runaway teen girl named Miyuki. On Christmas Eve while going through some trash they find an abandoned baby girl. They decide to try and find her mother. There isn't much to go on but they do their best. They go on a crazy adventure tracking the mother down. This movie was good. 

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