Movies Watched -- The Rapture (1991)

100 minute running time but I didn’t make it far in before going to 8x fast forward … Mimi Rogers is a handsome woman with a great pair of jugs, but this was just terrible … a W.D. By movie, I can’t believe Michael Tolkin got funding for this, it’s just mind-boggling that anyone gave him money … I pray he was never able to make another movie. Whom do I have to blame for this? John Farr. Farr usually gets things right, but when he gets it wrong, it’s very wrong. Agent Fox Mulder, with a mullet, couldn’t act his way out of a paper bag. Great abs though … might explain the Farr reco. Geez.

Dick Brody got it all wrong: “It’s one of the most terrifying of religious films; an astounding synthesis of style and subject, it merges the meticulously practical and the terrifyingly visionary with a breathtaking audacity.” No, Dick, it’s just crap.

(I didn’t realize until perusing Mimi’s IMDb that she played “Money” Chandler in “Bosch” (an Amazon TV show I enjoyed.))

Don’t take the Lord’s name in vain.

Movies Watched -- The Boss Of It All (2006)

99 minute running time … a TWTR buddy suggested this Lars Von Trier comedy (?!?) since I loved Breaking the Waves … maybe this was funny if you knew Danish, sort of a “The Office” vibe, workplace humor, and pretentious theater humor, I guess. I didn’t make it very far in before throwing in the towel. A waste of a borrow really, but I’m used to that. Skip it.

There will be no f*cking until you get a proper bl*w job….

You Left Me BRKN

Spotify algo suggested … strong voice, talented singer … and she’s beautiful. Interesting article about Madison Ryann Ward in the University of Oklahoma magazine.

Movies Watched -- Minari (2020)

115 minute running time so at least 20 minutes too long … immigrant story, Korean couple with two kids who go to Arkansas (?!?) in the 1980s … Dad wants to be a farmer, not just a chicken sexer, and his more practical wife isn’t thrilled … lots of heart-warming piano music … trials and tribulations, but they don’t face any real racism or nastiness, it was all pretty sunny stuff … I wasn’t thrilled. John Farr reco’d this, but I sure wouldn’t.

God please save our family.

The Ability To Lose Money

Nice discussion about poker and day trading:

Movies Watched -- Ammonite (2020)

117 minute running time so at least 30 minutes too long … a W.D. By movie (I think he’s gay) … a lesbian love story set in the 1840s … Kate Winslet plays the handsome man (who’s stacked) and Saoirse Ronan plays the elven princess … there’s some serious muff diving, but I just didn’t care about any of it, and it’s slooooww … it wasn’t badly made, in many ways it’s very good, but it just wasn’t for me. This was a John Farr reco, but I say give it a miss.

Adam Graham gets it right: “[It] never really catches fire. It's just a lot of smoke, which makes it even harder to see through the film's hazy lens.”

Rex liked it, but writes: “The movie is also ponderously slow—the cinematic equivalent of liquid valium.” And: “Ammonite has moments of delicacy and beauty, but it’s not a movie for everybody.”

We should share the bed

My Six Screen Layout

This is what I look at all day long. I love it so much I’d do it for free, which is exactly how much I make, after borrow costs.

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Throw Dirt Upon Your Name

Lizzie McAlpine singing “Give Me a Minute” … love her voice and the song.

Movies Watched -- Sullivan's Travels (1941)

90 minute running time … Paramount 1941 … cute movie, charming, made before America went to world war (the second time) … Veronica Lake is something else … it’s worth seeing for her alone .. W.D. By Preston Sturges … unfortunately Criterion had Noah Baumbach (?!?) do the commentary instead of someone qualified and learned, so I couldn’t listen to it … this is a green-go, recommended. John Farr liked it too.

Don’t get ritzy.

Got Borrows, Got Ways, Got Money

Skip to 11:00 … Shorty what you want? Shorty what you need?