My scanner was dinging for all these, but I only short things that go up … there’s no challenge in shorting stuff that just goes down down down. It’s all about the challenge for me (this is sarcasm). DISCA, GSX, IQ, VIAC, and VIPS … click any chart to enlarge it.
Movies Watched -- The Cakemaker (2017)
105 minute running time … this was a very quiet, sweet, gentle movie … well done, I enjoyed it … a homosexual love story, but it gets complicated … this was a John Farr reco and I thank him for it; I would have never heard about this movie without him … yes, the story was a little contrived, or far-fetched, but it doesn’t matter, it gets a coveted green-go from me. Love, tragedy, loss, grief, loneliness, and… love again?
SPOILERS: Oren’s mother knew that her son was gay and that Thomas was his lover, but she kept his secret. She put a lid on it.
You have to make it warm….
Movies Watched -- Magic Mike XXL (2015)
115 minute running time so at least 20 minutes too long … this inexplicably was in my queue (ah, I think I was supposed to see the original and this was a sequel) … male strippers, simulated sex shows, etc., this is a culture that I am not familiar with … White Chocolate, er, Channing Tatum, can dance though … note that the gorgeous Matt Bomer (who is gay), from season three of The Sinner, was one of the strippers … anyway, just a weird one. I guess if you’re interested in the world of male strippers and can stand non-stop swearing and general crudity and dumbness, then you might want to see it.
Rex hated it: “Feeble attempts at plot or character revelation are laughable. There is no climax. Magic Mike XXL just fades to black….“
Never Heard of her…
Movies Watched -- On the Town (1949)
98 minute running time… I got this because I thought Sono Osato, the beautiful half-Japanese dancer, was in it, but of course Osato was in the Broadway show, not the movie (you dummy). Anyway this was cute, you can’t really go wrong with a Stanley Donen musical, esp. with Gene Kelly, but I don’t think it’s good enough for a recommendation (if you like musicals, it is). Bosley enjoyed it, as did John Farr.
Main Street
Movies Watched -- Leviathan (2012)
87 minute running time … the operations of a commercial shipping boat as performance art … boat based out of New Bedford, Mass … it was an interesting idea, it was cool, but I sure didn’t watch it at normal speed … no dialogue, no narration, and sound design and camera placement to maximize the horrors (and wonders). As one critic wrote, it’s a “nightmare vision” and “hallucinatory” … if you know anyone who is interested in working on a fishing boat, show them this movie and they’ll drop the idea fast. I didn’t hate it; this is capital A.R.T. art.
Bye by-catch
Going with the Flow
Laville singing Easy … I dig it.
Movies Watched -- Requiem for a Dream (2000)
102 minute running time … I wasn’t in the mood for a druggie movie, but this looked interesting … I liked the parallel of the mother popping diet pills and the kid shooting smack … sort of a scared straight, don’t-do-drugs-kids story. My disc didn’t have subtitles so watching it on fast forward I wasn’t able to read along as I usually do, which didn’t help.
Love those choke necklaces
V8150 Plays, Week Ending March 19, 2021
scAMEX excluded:
3/15 Monday — CHEK, FAMI, NTEC, SGLB, RUBY (shooting star), LKCO, OCG
3/16 Tuesday — STRM, JILL (unsatisfying into close), SVRA (massive size available)
3/17 Wednesday — ZCMD (amazing), IMTE (sorta)
3/18 Thursday — OCG, JFIN (amazing purple), MOXC (no GZ entry), WKEY (no entry, required O/N hold)
3/19 Friday — SPCB (no GZ entry)
scAMEX Plays, Week Ending March 19, 2021
3/15 Monday — GBR (6.78), TKAT (6.30 — did test trend two days later, then mega squeezed)
3/16 Tuesday — CANF (2.96), AMPE (2.14), SSY (3.92, 7.62 high, squeezed V8150 max loss then gave three opps to “get it back” above stop during RTH), BIOX (17.00), BGI (5.04)
3/17 Wednesday — TMBR (2,51), TKAT (6.97, 24.90 high, mega squeeze, multiple max losses then hit 40.54 during OR next day, ultimate scAMEX crush, max loss on max loss black swan)
3/18 Thursday — TKAT (21.20, 40.54 high), CANF (3.14), DXF (2.02)
3/19 Friday — TKAT (31.60, AH high 43.90)
BOLD are V8150 plays.
Movies Watched -- Papillon (1973)
150 minute running time … it’s very long, like an epic … a prison movie and an escape movie … it’s pretty good, memorable for sure, I’m sure some consider it a classic … but it’s too long, maybe cut out the Steve McQueen going native section, among others … for this reason it doesn’t get a green-go, but if you split it up to watch over three nights, say, then you should see it. Papillon calls for a fan edit.
Oh, very much.