Movie Monday 10/14/2024

Hey, hey Peeps! Lots is always going on around here; so, movie watching hasn’t been a priority lately. I did watch one film this past week.

 

The Last of the Sea Women is a documentary about the Haenyeo divers on Jeju Island in South Korea who harvest seafood without diving gear – just their own breath. I talked about a novel here by Lisa See based on these women, The Island of Sea Women. The film explores how their livelihood is facing extinction. It’s a dangerous job and less people are willing to risk their lives to gather sea creatures. It was interesting.

MK out.

Book Chat - 10/3/2024

I promised y’all I would discuss the books I read in July a couple of years ago. Here they are:

 

Just for the Summer by Abby Jimenez

Two people, unlucky in love, make a pact to date for the summer and then move on to find their happily ever afters. If that sounds cryptic, read the book and it will make all kinds of sense. I don’t want to give too much away. It was pretty good.

 

It Starts with Us by Colleen Hoover

This book is the sequel to It Ends with Us and picks up where the first one left off. Can Lily overcome her ex-husband’s hold? Will she be able to live the rest of her life fully and peacefully? It was very good.

 

The Last Time I Saw You by Liv Constantine

A woman’s mother is found murdered. She reaches out to her estranged best friend for help. The two of them try to solve the mystery of who killed the mother. It was alright. I’ve enjoyed their other books more.

 

Where the Grass Is Green and the Girls Are Pretty by Lauren Weisberger

This novel has nothing to do with music. The reference to green grass in the title has to do with appearances and perceptions. A man is arrested for attempting to buy his daughter admission into a prominent university. It was pretty good.

 

The Five Star Weekend by Elin Hilderbrand

I so enjoyed reading Elin’s next to last book set on Nantucket Island. I will be sad after I finish the last one. After her husband dies, a woman wants to gather her friends from different stages of her life to share a special weekend on Nantucket. It was so good.

 

I read four books in August. Stay tuned.

 

MK out.

 

 

 

Movies - 9/30/2024

How is everyone? I’ve been out and about, living the dash, celebrating the Birthday Season, but not watching all that many movies. My ADDness is better suited for streaming series these days. I have watched a couple of flicks recently, though.

 

Our (Almost Completely True) Love Story is about how an unlikely couple got together. It’s a mostly true version of how Mariette Hartley and her husband, Jerry Sroka came to be. It was cute.

 

In The Humans, a close family gathers for Thanksgiving. Of course, interesting dynamics tend to prevail at that time of year. Such fun. It was engrossing.

 

Will Ferrell goes on a road trip with long-time friend Harper Steele in Will and Harper. Will has known Harper for many years, but this adventure presented the opportunity for Will to get to know her better now as a trans woman. It was poignant and real. I like it.

 

Good Streamer Alert:

The Perfect Couple - Netlix

 

MK out.

Book Chat - 9/12/2024

I read these two books and a short story (besides the books I already told y’all about) in June.

It Ends With Us by Colleen Hoover

A young woman moves to Boston and starts her own business. She meets a handsome neurosurgeon who seems too good to be true. The two start dating and soon, his major flaw is revealed. This book has been adapted into a film. It was good.

Cut & Thirst by Margaret Atwood

Three women are bent on avenging the snub of their dear friend’s career by a group of male poets. This short story was very clever.

This Impossible Brightness by Jessica Bryant Klagman

A woman moves to an island to grieve the disappearance of her love. The community of Violette is quirky. They believe that they receive messages through their appliances coming from the radio tower, while the island is slowly being overtaken by the sea due to climate change. It was interesting.

I’ll try to tell you about the books I read in July next week.*

MK out.

*No promises have been made.

Movie Monday - 9/2/2024

It’s a Monday holiday Y’all! I hope you are having a good one!

In Find Me Falling, a rockstar with a comeback album that bombed, needs to recalibrate and change scenery for a while. Little did he know that his getaway in Cyprus would be so complicated. Harry Connivk, Jr., Ali Fumiko Whitney and Agni Scott star in this precious romcom.

Lily Rabe, Hampshire Linklater, Ed Harris and Vanessa Hudgens star in Downtown Owl. Based on the novel by Chuck Klosterman, it’s about three lonely-ish people who bop along, not knowing about the whiteout blizzard heading their way. It was a little quirky and entertaining.

Alice and Peter’s children have given them a cruise to celebrate Peter’s retirement in Golden Years. It’s a delightful film, that explores long term relationships and unconventional ways of continuing along. It was cute.

That’s all for this week.

Happy Labor Day!

MK out.

 

Book Chat - 8/29/2024

Lordy, Lordy! When was the last time I told y’all about the books I’ve read? It was the beginning of May. 

May, People!!! 

And I’ve read many books since then. I’ll tell you about a few of them now.

Mayluna by Kelley McNeil

A young writer gets the chance of a lifetime to interview the lead singer of Mayluna. They begin a torrid relationship. Years later, her grown children come across a picture of the rock band with her and there are questions to be answered. It was good.

The Paris Apartment by Lucy Foley

You might remember me discussing another book with the same name, but by a different author. The two stories are very dissimilar. In this one, a girl heads to Paris to crash with her half-brother. When she gets there, he’s gone. The longer he stays gone, the more his living arrangements seem strange. Read it to find out what happened. I liked it.

The McAvoy Sisters Book of Secrets by Molly Fader

Two estranged sisters have to work together to take care of their ailing mother. An incident finally forces them to address the reason they became estranged. It was good.

When We Were Enemies by Emily Bleeker

Her mother is an award-winning actress and her grandmother went from being a USO singer to a celebrated icon. Elise, however, who prefers to stay away from the spotlight, is convinced to document her upcoming wedding in conjunction with a documentary being made of her grandmother’s life. It was pretty good.

Stay tuned for more.

MK out 

Movie Monday - 8/26/2024

It’s been a while (again). I really don’t mean to neglect the three of you who actually read my blog - it’s just that my dash gets in the way most of the time.

I have watched some movies lately:

The Re-Education of Molly Singer was kinda dumb. An attorney has to make her boss’s son popular in college or she loses her job. OK, it was really dumb. Don’t ask me why I watched it. I was kinda bored. Dumb.

In Wicked Little Letters, residents of Littlehampton, including Edith Swan (Olivia Colman), have been receiving crude letters. Foul-mouthed single mother Rose (Jesse Buckley) gets charged with the crime. Did she do it? You’ll have to watch to find out. This film was based on a true story and it was good.

Brooke Shields and Benjamin Bratt star in Mother of the Bride. A young couple is getting married. When everyone starts assembling for the wedding weekend, they find out that his dad and her mom were a hot item in college. It was cute.

Recent streamers:

Seaside Hotel Season 10 - PBS Passport

Bodkin - Netflix

Expats - Prime

Mr. Bates vs. The Post Office - PBS Passport

MK out.