Never heard of “Mac Miller,” but he was apparently a white rapper who died young … I like this cover of his song, Small Worlds, by a hip dude named Rayland Baxter:
Distance Ain't No Friend Of Mine
Love her voice and the song, Nyah Grace singing Black Coffee. I don’t drink coffee, but I do have the occasional chai as a treat. I hear some Norah Jones notes on the piano … I wonder if Nyah is half Indian (subcontinent)?
Movies Watched -- Nobody Knows (2004)
141 minute running time which means it was only 40 minutes too long … I liked this one though, I could easily cut out 40 minutes with a fan edit and turn this into a green-go recommended movie, but Kore-eda does not have a ruthless editor (which he needs) so the record will reflect that I liked it but can’t recommend it, Farr did though (“a film of strange, disarming beauty that packs a wallop”) … once again, Kore-eda exploring unusual family situations, in this case a mother abandoning four kids (totally unthinkable, especially in Japan), but it’s based on a true story … the child actors are good, but no women or children should watch this (tough guys only).
I really should do a fan edit of this one and cut out 40 minutes of fat and turn it into a fantastic movie, but who has the time for that? (I do.)
She has grown
Movies Watched -- Our Little Sister (2016)
127 minute running time which means that it’s 30 minutes too long … this is a Kore-eda movie recommended by John Farr … this one was a little too cutesy for me, Kore-eda is forever interested in unusual family structures, and in this movie he injected a 15-yo step-sister into a trio of young adult women … I wondered if they would have been so welcoming if their little step-sister wasn’t so beautiful … Japan’s demographic problem on full display here because these three young women, who were all attractive, were unmarried and didn’t have children … I wasn’t thrilled with this, of course I didn’t hate it, but it was a little more heartstring-tuggy than I like.
Dad was kind but useless
Movies Watched -- Suspiria (1977)
99 minute running time but felt like an eternity … didn’t help that both the picture and audio quality on my DVD were terrible, but this was clearly an awful movie … low budget, dumb story badly told by someone named “Dino Argento,” and the soundtrack by the “Goblins” was unbearable, they could use it to break detainees at Guantanamo … I guess this is a cult movie (because it’s so bad) since some hip dude recommended I watch it, but you don’t have to make the same mistake that I did … avoid.
Are those glowing eyes outside my bedroom window?
I Would Do It All For You
Panamanian girl singing in Engrish … I dig the song and her voice:
I Hate That I Love You So Little
Credit to the Spotify algo … Mathilda looks a bit like Nicole Kidman, pity about the tats … I dig the song and her voice:
Why Come Down When There's Nothing To See?
I dig Lucy Rose … not a fan of these pandemic/Zoom videos, but I love this song and her voice…
Authors and Their Ages
Jonathan Ames — March 23, 1964
Stephen J. Cannell — February 5, 1941
Reed Farrel Coleman — 1956
Eoin Colfer — May 14, 1965 (Irish male)
Michael Connelly — 1956
John Connolly — 1968
Robert Crais — June 20, 1953
Tim Dorsey — January 1, 1961
John Dufresne — January 30, 1948
Allen Eskense — 1963
Michael T. Harvey — 1958
Joe Ide — 1958 (Japanese-American)
Stephen Mack Jones — 1954 (black)
D. Daniel Judson — 1962
William Scott Landay — July 23, 1963
Danny Lopez (pen name) — N/A
Walter Mosley — January 12, 1952 (light-skinned black)
T. Jefferson Parker — December 26, 1953
James Patterson — 1947
George Pelecanos — February 18, 1957
Mercedes Rosende — January 13, 1958 (female)
Alex Segura — 1980 (male)
Karin Slaughter — January 6, 1971 (female)
Martín Solares — 1970
David Swinson — N/A
Joseph Wambaugh — January 22, 1937
William Wells — 1945
Dave White — 1979
Michael Wiley —1961
Movies Watched -- Diabolique (1954)
In French … 116 minute running time so at least 20 minutes too long … this is a movie with a twist and bits and pieces of it have been endlessly copied and imitated ever since, so it’s a classic in that sense … I liked it and you should see it, but it doesn’t get a green-go, since it’s too long and evil at its heart … French censors handled nipples under thin nighties differently from American censors, but you still couldn’t get away with crime in 1954.
Il est si laid