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The Bookshop

Chicken Parmesan with baguette. Intermission dessert; quadruple chocolate cookies and coffee. The Bookshop, 2017, directed by Isabel Coixet. Starring Emily Mortimer, Patricia Clarkson and Bill Nighy. Good storytelling. Won a lot of awards in Europe, none in the United States. Not highly rated by Imdb or Rotten Tomatoes. Go figure.

The Accidental Tourist

Chicken Parmesan. And a piece of baguette from Bosque Baking Company, Albuquerque. "The Accidental Tourist," 1988, directed by Lawrence Kasden, starring William Hurt, Kathleen Turner, and Geena Davis. Ms. Davis won an Academy Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role.  Here's a question for you. And I'm speaking in a 1988 scenario; Geena Davis or Kathleen Turner? The first time I saw The Accidental Tourist, and I was enchanted by the Muriel Pritchett character. Part of that, of course, is the beautiful, statuesque Geena Davis. But it's really what Geena Davis brings to the role that makes the movie. She gives us such a great Muriel Pritchett. If you study the backstory you find out why. Geena loves the books of Anne Tyler, and immediately latched on to the Muriel Pritchtt character in The Accidental Tourist. Geena started a hunt for that film role in the same determined fashion that Muriel immediately sets her sights on Macon Leary. Geena's Muriel Pritchett

There's Something About Mary

Lasagna with baguette from Bosque Baking Company, Albuquerque. Also double desserts; cheesecake and a brownie. There's Something About Mary, 1998, directed by the Farrelly brothers, starring Ben Stiller and Cameron Diaz. Also Matt Dillon and Chris Elliott. Wonderful musical narration by Jonathan Richman. Good comedic performances, lots of laughs, a great Sunday matinee. If I remember correctly, this was Cameron Diaz's first comedic lead role.

High Sierra

Spaghetti and meatballs. High Sierra, 1941, directed by Raoul Walsh, starring Ida Lupino and Humphrey Bogart. Warner Bros put their top shelf production people on this, and cast Lupino and Bogart in the lead roles. Really, no shabby talent in front of the lens. An entertaining movie.