Exploring Food and Movies

 Tuesday: Father's Little Dividend (1951)         This is the sequel to Father of the Bride. Stanley has finally come to terms with his daughter being married. He is starting to really enjoy life. He feels young and ready to take on anything. Then he finds out his daughter is pregnant. Suddenly he has to accept that he will soon be a grandfather. Stanley struggles to be there for his daughter while trying to convince himself he is still young. I thought this movie was alright.  Friday: The Little Mermaid (2023)        The plot is fairly similar to the original. There are even some lines that are the same. The changes are small. Ariel is stronger and more of a hero in this. The actress who plays Ariel did a great job. I liked the diverse casting. It's exciting that little black girls can look at her and see themselves. I had heard they were going to change some lyrics in the song Kiss the Girl to make it less controversial.  Making i...

 Tuesday: Vigil in the Night (1940)        Anne and Lucy are sisters who are nurses that work at the same hospital. One night Lucy takes over for Anne. Lucy steps away for a moment and in her absence there is a death. When they are both brought in Anne takes the blame. She has to leave the hospital. Anne ends up taking a job at a poorly run hospital. She meets a handsome doctor with big ideas for the hospital. Anne continues to have a rough time with another tragedy and an epidemic. But she and Lucy pull through. I thought this movie was good. Wednesday: Matinee (1993)        Gene is a teenager living on a naval base in Florida. It is around the time of the Cuban Missile Crisis. Everyone is on edge. Gene loves horror films. After seeing a movie with his little brother he finds out a movie producer is going to have a special screening of his new horror film at Gene's local theater. The producer wants to add special effects to the theater, like...

 Tuesday: Mid90s (2018)       Stevie is a thirteen year old boy living in LA in the 90s. He doesn't have any easy home life. His older brother is abusive and his mom is absent. He notices a group of skateboarders hanging at a skate shop. Stevie wants to be part of their group. He trades his brother for a skateboard and starts hanging with the group. They soon take him under their wing. The group is not a good influence but are loyal to him. I thought this movie was alright. Wednesday: The Last Wave (1977)         Strange weather comes to Sydney and the surrounding area. Like a massive thunder storm with huge hail, while the sky is clear and blue. In the city an indigenous man is killed. A lawyer named David is brought in the on case. A group of indigenous men are suspected of killing the man. But there is some doubt to that. Some say it was a mystical death. David starts to have dreams about the case. He sees one of the suspects before he mee...

 Tuesday: Deathtrap (1982)         Sidney is a famous playwright known for his murder mystery plays. Recently he has had flop after flop. He's becoming desperate. Then he receives a script from a former student. It is a great play. Better than anything Sidney has done in a while. He starts to formulate a plan to steal the play and call it his own. He invites the student to his home. Sidney has to be careful not to tip off the student to his plan as he comes up with the last parts of it. He goes back and forth between trying to kill the student and working with him. You aren't sure which way he will go. I thought this movie was alright. It was fun and has a good twist. Wednesday: Local Hero (1983)        A big oil company from Texas wants to buy a Scottish town that would make a prime drilling spot. They send a man named Mac to negotiate. Little does he know the town is eager to sell. It would help everyone. So both sides have to be careful to...

          I had lunch at a food cart called Baon Kainan on Friday. It is on NE Couch. It is a Filipino food cart. The cart itself is decorated simply. Just black with the logo. There are some picnic tables to sit at. The parking is ok. I got Pancit Palabok. It's a noodle dish with a rich sauce, shrimp, and pork chicharrones. I got it without shrimp and added an egg. I remembered to ask for no onions. I'm proud of myself. It was good. It has the thinnest noodles I've ever had. It's simple yet comforting. The service was good. I would go back.  Tuesday: Superman (1978)        As an alien planet is dying and a couple send their baby in a pod set for Earth. The baby is found by a farmer and his wife. They raise the boy, Clark, as their own. Clark has special powers. Like super speed, flight, and super strength. He has to learn to hide his powers. As he becomes an adult he realizes he needs to learn more about his origins. So he goes to the F...

 Tuesday: Summertime (1955)          Jane is a single middle aged woman finally going on her dream vacation. She has always wanted to go to Venice. Jane puts up a front that she is independent and confident. Really she is very lonely. On one of her first nights she meets a handsome Italian man. They continue to run into each other. Soon they fall hard for each other. All seems well. But the romance is doomed. He is married and she has to go home. I thought this movie was good. Katherine Hepburn is Jane. Wednesday: Anything's Possible (2022)          A confident black trans girl named Kelsa is in her senior year of high school. She has mostly been focused on school and her friends. Then she learns that the guy she has a crush on, Khal, likes her too. Unfortunately her friend, Em, likes him as well. After a mix up Em thinks Khal likes her and is about to ask her out. Instead he asks Kelsa out. This causes a rift between the two friend...

 Tuesday: Raising Arizona (1987)         H.I. is a criminal who favors robbing convenience stores. Over his multiple stays in prison he falls in love with a female cop named Ed. They end up getting married. Ed leaves the force. They decide to try for a baby. Soon they discover they are unable to have children. Ed is devastated. Later she hears on the news of a couple who had quintuplets. She comes up with the idea to take one of their babies. Surely they won't miss one. For a time they are able to live as a family of three. But soon complications arise that put it all in jeopardy. I thought this movie was alright. It's a screwball comedy which I don't always like. Wednesday: Catch the Fair One (2021)         Kaylee is a young Native American woman who used to be a boxing champion. She has fallen on hard times. Her younger sister was taken. Kaylee has been searching for her. She discovers her sister was taken by sex traffickers.  There is...