Exploring Food and Movies

 Sunday: The Testament of Dr. Mabuse (1933)         This is a German film. Inspector Lohman investigates several crimes that lead back to a mental institution. He learns about a patient, Dr. Mabuse. Mabuse was a criminal mastermind who one day became almost comatose. He would just sit in his bed. Then he started to make writing gestures. They gave him paper and a pencil. Scribbles became words. Those words started to make some sense. Lohman realizes that somehow Mabuse is behind these crimes. He believes hypnotism might be involved somehow. Lohman has to figure out how this insane man is getting people do commit crimes from his locked room. I thought this movie was alright. Tuesday: The Ice Follies of 1939 (1939)        Larry and his friend Eddie are ice dancing performers. After meeting Mary, Larry brings her into the act to sing and skate. They are not a success. Mary and Larry are madly in love and decide to get married. After a while Mary...

 Sunday: The Weekend Away (2022)          Beth flies to Croatia to spend the weekend with her college friend Kate. Beth has recently had a baby and is unhappy in her marriage. She is eager for a weekend away. Kate seems determined to relive their partying past. Beth goes along with it, even agreeing to flirt  and spend time with two men. The next day Beth wakes up and Kate is missing. Beth searches for her. When Kate's body is found she somehow becomes a suspect in Kate's murder. Beth has to prove her innocence and find the real killer. I thought this movie was alright. Tuesday: Two Weeks with Love (1950)           A 17 year old girl named Patti goes on vacation with her family to the Catskills. Patti is desperate to be an adult. She's tired of being a kid. On her first night she sees a handsome Cuban man named Demi. Patti falls hard and makes a fool of herself. Her friend, Valeria, also has eyes for Demi. She is older and is m...

 Sunday: My Life as a Dog (1985)         This is a Swedish film. Ingemar is a young boy growing up with his older brother and single mother in the 50s. His mother becomes very ill. His crazy antics cause his mother even more stress. So he is sent to spend the summer with his aunt and uncle. They work in a glass blowing factory. Ingemar meets some v strange people. A boy with green hair, a man constantly fixing his roof, a girl pretending to be a boy to play soccer, and more. He also learns about women. Ingemar grows up, but still struggles at home. I thought this movie was good. Monday: Stealing Home (1988)        Billy grew up loving baseball. He had a babysitter, Katie, who was wild but also wise and supportive. They became good friends. Before his senior year of high school  tragedy strikes. Billy loses his love of baseball. Years later as an adult he is brought home after Katie dies and he is given her ashes. He has to reevaluate how...

 I didn't post last week because I had only watched two new movies that week. So this is last week and this week. Sunday: Tokyo Twilight (1957)        This is a Japanese film. Shukichi is a banker. He had to raise his daughters by himself after his wife abandoned them. Shukichi has done the best he can. His daughters are grown. They are both struggling. Takako fled from her abusive husband with her child back to her father's house. Akiko, the youngest, is a student. She is out late every night and hangs out with the wrong crowd. Then the two women discover their mother is back in town. They both have a hard time with this news. I thought this movie was alright. Tuesday: Malaya (1949)        During WWII there is a rubber shortage. After returning from Asia a reporter named John tells government officials that he knows where they can get rubber. He will team up with a smuggler to get it out of Malaya. The only problem is the smuggler, Carnahan,...

 Monday: The Innocents (1961)         Miss Giddens is a young woman living in Victorian England. She is hired to be the governess of a rich man's niece and nephew. He has no interest in them and has sent them to live in his country estate. Miss Giddens loves children and is excited to work with them. She firsts meets Flora who is a sweet little girl. Later Miles is expelled from school and sent home. He is very charming. Miss Giddens soon starts to suspect something is not right with the children. She learns about the deaths of the former gardener and governess. She starts to see their ghosts and is convinced they have possessed the children. She wants to get rid of the evil spirits. I thought this movie was ok. I have seen it before but I haven't written about it on this blog. I remember it being better. I think I'm confusing it with The Others, as far as the storyline. Wednesday: Walkabout (1971)      Two British children are out for a picnic wi...

 Monday: Vivacious Lady (1938)            Peter is a professor in the city to get his cousin. Kieth, his cousin, was supposed to return to the college city they live in. Instead he was staying out all night going to clubs. Peter tracks him down at a club. There he meets a singer named Francey. They end up spending the night together getting to know each other, and get married. Peter brings her home with him. He knows his parents won't approve. Until he can tell them he pretends she is with Keith and is a new student. Peter struggles with finding the right time to tell his parents and not making Francey feel unwanted. I though this movie was alright. Tuesday: The Stepfather (1987)          Jerry kills his whole family. Then he changes his appearance and moves to a new town. A year later he is married to a widow who has a teenage daughter. The daughter, Stephanie, has never gotten along with her stepdad. She starts to suspect som...

 Monday: Days of Heaven (1978)           Bill is a laborer who loses his job at a factory. So he travels to the country. He travels with his little sister and his girlfriend Abby. Because it is the early 1900s he calls Abby his sister. It was frowned upon to live with a woman you weren't married to. They find work on a farm run by a single man. Bill finds out the farmer is dying. The farmer also has taken a liking to Abby. So Bill comes up with a plan to have Abby marry the farmer and then they will get the money when he dies. It doesn't go as planned. I thought this movie was alright. I didn't realize it was a Terrence Malick film till I was half way through it. I normally don't like his films. But this one wasn't too bad.  Tuesday: Big City (1948)         A cantor, a reverend, and a police officer find a baby on the streets. They can't find the parents. So they decide to raise the baby girl together. A judge approves it. But the f...