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Goat and the Romance Writer

 Saturday: Sorry, Baby (2025)

        Agnes is a young woman living in small college town. A traumatic event took place while she was in grad school. She struggles to move on. Everyone else has moved on like nothing happened. As time goes by she gets a job at the college and starts to see someone. Still it takes time for her to move on. I thought this movie was alright. It has a lot of awkward moments. The writing is unusual. 

Sunday: Double Feature- Sentimental Value (2025) and Bonus Track (2023)

          Sentimental Value is a Norwegian film. Nora is an actress. Her father, Gustav, is a well known film director. When she was little her parents got a divorce. She didn't see much of her dad after that. Later when she is an adult her mom passes away. Gustav comes back into their lives. He still owns the family home and wants to shoot a movie there. He wants Nora to star in it. She refuses. Gustav ends up running into an American actress who admires hime. He casts her in the role. Nora struggle with the whole situation. This movie was alright.

            Bonus Track is a British film about a teenager named George. He is obsessed with music. George wants to enter the talent show. He struggles in school. Both with his grades and fitting in. Then one day Max, the son of a famous musical duo, comes to his school. For some reason he takes a liking to George. He asks George to tutor him. George agrees if Max in turn will help him write a song for the talent show. They start to hang out a lot and become fast friends. The friendship changes to something more. I thought this movie was alright. Cute.

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Thursday: Ne Zha 2 (2025)

            Ne Zha and Ao Bing have been saved but are only spirits. Ne Zha's master is able to make them new bodies with a magical lotus. But before Ao Bing's is done they are attacked and the lotus is damaged. Ao Bing's father believes he is dead so they attack Ne Zha's village. To save Ao Bing, Ne Zha takes his soul into his body. His master will be able to restore Ao Bing's body but first they must complete three trails to become immortal and get the antidote for the lotus as a reward. So they set off on their mission while the village is still under attack. This movie was alright. About the same as the first one. I heard this movie was really good. But I wasn't that impressed.

Friday: Goat (2026)

            Will is a young goat living in a big city. He loves basketball. One day he hopes to play for his home team, the Thorns. The team is struggling. The star player, Jett, is frustrated with her team. She's also worried about being able to continuing to play as she ages. Jett begs her team owner for a new player. Meanwhile Will hears that Mane Attraction, a player from another team, is challenging players at the local basketball court. Will takes him on and actually does well in the beginning. He goes viral online. The team owner decides to sign him hoping it will bring attention back to the team. Will will be the first small to play on a team. Most players are panthers, bears, etc. Jett is not happy about a goat playing on the team. Will soon proves he deserves to be on the team. I thought this movie was good. Not as good as the Zootopia movies but still good.

Saturday: Paperback Hero (1999) 

             This is an Australian film. Jack is a truck driver. He writes a romance novel that gets picked up by a publisher. It does really well. Jack knew the book wouldn't do as well with a male author. So he wrote under the name Ruby Vale. Only problem is Ruby really exists. She is the fiance of Jack's best friend. One day someone from the publisher shows up looking for Ruby. Jack convinces Ruby to go along with it and will share the profit. The publisher will also help for the her wedding. Ruby agrees and goes on a press tour. Jack goes with her to help. Along the way their friendship changes to something more. This movie was alright. Hugh Jackman plays Jack. Might be the youngest I've seen him.

Sunday: Twinless (2025)

             Roman had a twin named Rocky who was killed in a car accident. Roman is struggling. He finds a support group for twins who have lost their twin. While there he meets Dennis. Dennis also lost his twin in a similar way. They bond over their loss and become friends. Roman struggles with his identity. He doesn't know how go from being a "we" to being an "I". Dennis is hiding something and is not quite right in the head. I thought this movie was alright. Weird. I mostly watched it because it was filmed in Portland. They filmed in Hopscotch, which I have been to. 


        

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