Exploring Food and Movies

 Thursday: Holland (2025)       Nancy seems to have the perfect life. She lives in the picturesque town of Holland. Michigan with her husband and son. They are both respected in the community and are very involved. He is an ophthalmologist and she is a home economics teacher.  Nancy is unhappy. She starts to suspect her husband is cheating on her. She gets help from the shop teacher who is also her friend, Dave. They start to investigate her husband. He is not what he seems. I thought this movie was ok. I only kept watching it because I was curious about the husband. It's not really worth it. Interesting idea, just not executed well. Friday: Death of a Unicorn (2025)       A young college student, Ridley, and her father, Elliot, are traveling to the Canadian wilderness retreat of a wealthy family. Odell and his family make their money in pharmaceuticals. They pretend to be philanthropists. While they are driving Elliot and Ridley accidentally hit ...

 Tuesday: The Good Half (2023)       Renn has to fly home for his mother's funeral. On the plane he meet Zoey. They hit it off and exchange numbers. When Renn arrives at his dad's house, he at first tries to avoid his dad and his sister. He doesn't know what to say to them and feels guilty for not being around. His sister doesn't let him hide and convinces him to help her the next day with funeral arrangements. Unable to deal Renn meets up with Zoey in the city. She is his escape from his real problems. Renn struggles to be there for his family and really face his grief. I thought this movie was alright. Friday: Black Bag (2025)       The marriage of two special agents is put to the test when the wife, Kathryn is suspected of stealing a top secret weapon. Her husband, George, has to investigate. He wants to protect her. He is unsure if she did it or not. George hosts a dinner with all the agents he suspects, hoping to figure out who did it. The situati...

 Tuesday: Ghostlight (2024)       Dan is a construction worker. He and his family are dealing with the aftermath of a family tragedy. His teenage daughter, Daisy, is acting up at school. He's having communication problems with his wife. Dan finds it hard to focus at work. One day he stumbles upon a local theater group. They are putting on a production of Romeo and Juliet. They need someone just to come in and read. Dan is reluctant at first to join in. But he keeps coming back. He feels accepted by them. They really support him. He ends up in the role of Romeo. Dan struggles with it because the story mirrors what happened to his family. I thought this movie was alright.  Friday: Novocaine (2025)       A bank manager named Nate has a condition where he can't feel pain. This has made him very cautious. He ends up going on a date with Sherry, a bank teller. They hit it off and have a great night. The next day the bank is robbed by three men in Santa ...

Wednesday: Last Breath (2025)     This is based on a true story. Chris is deep-sea diver. He works off the coast of Scotland. The divers work on the pipe lines on the floor of the ocean. Chris sets off on a job. He is paired with Duncan and Dave. When they are sent down a storm comes on. Chris gets cut off from the ship's air supply and is lost. He only has a limited back up supply. Duncan, Dave, and the rest of the crew have to work to save Chris. I thought this movie was good. It's intense but not as intense as I was led to believe. It's an incredible story. The divers have to spend over 20 days in a special compression chamber so their bodies can handle being so far down. I could never do that. Saturday: Mickey 17 (2025)      Mickey signs up to go on a mission in space to find a livable planet. Without really looking at all that is involved he applies to be an expendable. Mickey's body and memories are copied and stored. He is given all the horrible and dange...

 Friday: Paddington in Peru (2024)       Paddington receives a letter from the Reverend Mother of the Home for Bears in Peru where his Aunt Lucy lives. It says that Aunt Lucy is missing him a lot and has not been herself. Paddington is concerned. So he and the Browns set off for Peru. Once there they find out Aunt Lucy is missing. With the help of a ship captain Paddington and the Browns set off on an adventure to find her. There is more to her disappearance than they are aware of. I thought this movie was good. They always do a good job with these movies. Some parts are cheesy but it is a kids movie. There are several references to other movies. Like Indiana Jones, The Sound of Music, and Steamboat Bill Jr.. I'm confused on the years on some of these movies. IMDB says 2024 but it just came out on Valentine's day. The next movie came out in 2024 but it says 2023.  Saturday: Sing Sing (2023)        Divine G was convicted for a crime he didn't ...

 Tuesday: Hans Christian Andersen (1952)     Hans was a cobbler in a small village in Denmark. He had an assistant named Peter. Hans loved to come up with stories to tell the children. The children were often late for school because they were listening to his stories. The school master was upset by this. He complained to the town officials. They told Hans to stop. But he didn't. Peter overheard that they were going to banish Hans. So he convinced Hans to go to Copenhagen before that happened. Hans had always dreamed of owning a shop there. When they arrived one of their first jobs is to fix some shoes for a ballerina. Hans falls for her. He writes  The Little Mermaid for her. He misreads the situation. Later he goes on to write many beloved stories. I thought this movie was alright. It's based on his life. Not a direct biopic. It is a musical. Thursday: Didi (2024)      Set in 2008 this movie is about a Taiwanese American teenager named Chris. It's the...

 Tuesday: Artists and Models (1955)      Rick and Eugene are roommates. Rick is an artist. Eugene is a child book author who is obsessed with comic books. They struggle to find work. Eugene's obsession is usually what ends up getting them fired. He's not paying attention and messes everything up. Then they discover that the writer, Abby, of Eugene's favorite comic book, Bat Lady, lives just upstairs. Rick falls for Abby. The model Abby uses for Bat Lady, Bessie, believes Eugene is her soulmate because her horoscope told her so. They all struggle to get along. Rick gets picked up by the comic book publisher that Abby worked for to write a comic book. He gets the idea for the comic from Eugene's dreams. Little does he know how much trouble it will get him in. I thought this movie was alright. It is a fun slapstick comedy. Jerry Lewis is Eugene and Dean Martin is Rick. I didn't know they used to have an act together and also did so many movies together. When I think of...