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Love Curse and the Acme Lawsuit

 Friday: All Good Things (2010)

        This movie is based on true events. David is the son of a wealthy real estate tycoon. He wants nothing to do with the business. He dreams of opening a natural foods grocery store. One day he meets Katie while repairing her sink. She is a tenant in one of his dad's buildings. They hit it off. They have a whirlwind romance and are soon married. David starts to change. His becomes controlling. Clearly he has mental health issues that he's not addressing properly. After he finally goes to work for his dad, things get worse. Then Katie disappears. David is a suspect. I thought this movie was alright. It's based on the case of Robert Durst.

Saturday: Practical Magic 2 (2026)

         Sally has done her best to keep herself and her daughters away from magic. It's not easy. Her aunt Jet discovers a magic book that talks about ending the curse on their family. Anyone the Owens woman fall in love with dies. Sally's daughter Kylie has been raised knowing love is not possible for her family. She doesn't believe in the curse. Then after telling her boyfriend she loves him, he gets hit by truck and is put into a coma. Kylie is desperate to save him. She discovers the magic book. To get the answers she needs she has to travel to England where their ancestors are from. After discovering Kylie gone, Sally and Gillian follow her to England. This movie was alright. It's fun like the first one. Just the plot wasn't always the best. Especially with the villain. Not enough time was spent on them for all the trouble they were causing. Also Sandra Bullock, Sally, seemed to be playing herself more than Sally for a lot of the movie.

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Friday: Coyote vs. Acme (2026)

            Wile E. Coyote is tired of Acme products backfiring on him. He can never seem to catch the Road Runner because the products malfunction. Wile sees an ad on TV for a real human lawyer who represents cartoons affected by Acme products. So he travels to hire the lawyer. The lawyer, Kevin, is lazy. He takes on the case but only to try and get a couple hundred dollars for Wile. That's not good enough for him. With some sneaky tactics he forces Kevin to take Acme on for a much larger case. This forces Kevin to investigate. He finds a much bigger plot going on. I thought this movie was alright. It actually has a complex storyline. It's fun to see Looney Tunes in the real world. It's well done. This movie was almost completely scrapped. Despite being completely done and testing well with audiences, the studio wanted to pull it. Luckily fans were able to get enough attention on it and it was released.

Sunday: Lucky Them (2013)

              Ellie is a Seattle based rock journalist. She is spiraling. Having several flings with musicians. Her writing isn't what is used to be. The magazine she works for is struggling. They need a big story. Her editor wants her to find the musician Matthew Smith and write a piece on him. Matthew was a star on the rise who one day up and left. Many believed he had killed himself. That was never confirmed and there have been sightings. Her editor wants her to write it because Matthew was her ex. Ellie reluctantly agrees. She sets out to find him, even though she's not very motivated to do it. This movie is alright. I mostly watched it because Johnny Depp is in it as Matthew. Even though I knew it was a very small role for him. Still the story was interesting. 

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