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   Some of the most interesting of the 28 or so films I caught this past   
   weekend during the free Showtime/The Movie Channel preview.   
      
   Infinite Storm (2022)  Based on a real person, Naomi Watts is a fearless   
   New Hampshire mountain rescuer with a tragic personal history who helps   
   another heartbroken soul down a treacherous mountain.   
      
   Minari (2020)  A family of Korean immigrants travel from California to   
   Arkansas to find their own slice of the American dream, unfortunately   
   their only skill is "chicken sexing" -- yes there is actually such a job   
   title (and those poor doomed male chickies who "don't taste as good" as   
   the females, such is the way of modern industrial agriculture I guess).   
      
   Stillwater (2021)  Matt Damon plays an Okie who travels to France   
   determined to get his estranged daughter, convicted of a murder which   
   she claims she did not commit, out of jail.   
      
   The Mauritanian (2021)  Jodie Foster (really beginning to show her age   
   BTW) plays a New Mexico attorney who signs on to get an alleged 9/11   
   terrorist, never charged with a crime, out of the horrible Gitmo prison   
   after 9 years. Based on a true story.   
      
   The Circle (2017)  A stark warning about how unchecked modern technology   
   can invade personal privacy with Tom Hanks in a "Steve Jobs"-like role   
   and Emma Watson as his naive protege.   
      
   Wifelike (2022)  Interesting futuristic sci-fi yarn with Jonathan Rhys   
   Meyers who works for an AI corporation and the gorgeous Elena Kampouris   
   who plays his robotic wife. Could be the No. 1 movie on the "Me Too"   
   movement hitlist.   
      
   Miles Ahead (2015)  Don Cheadle (one of my favorite Black actors) stars   
   in, co-writes and directs this tribute to jazz great Miles Davis. Not a   
   conventional biopic which is what I was expecting, it actually has a   
   plot with Ewan McGregor as a Rolling Stone reporter who helps Davis   
   retrieve a stolen tape of his music.   
      
   East Of The Mountains (2021)  Excellent drama with Tom Skerritt as a   
   retired heart surgeon with terminal cancer who travels with his beloved   
   dog back to his home in rural eastern Washington.   
      
   Pleasure (2021)  Probably one of the raunchiest movies you'll ever see   
   that doesn't have a straight X rating, a young Swedish girl named Bella   
   Cherry travels to Hollywood determined to make it in the world of   
   "extreme porn."   
      
   George & Tammy (2022)  Michael Shannon and especially Jessica Chastain   
   shine in this 6-part series about the famous country music couple,   
   unfortunately I only got to see two episodes before the free preview   
   expired.   
      
   Blue Collar (1978)  I can't believe I've never come across this 1978 gem   
   until now. The great Paul Schrader writes and directs this late '70s   
   drama about corruption in a Detroit auto workers union with good acting   
   from Richard Pryor (not someone I was expecting to see in a straight   
   drama), Harvey Keitel and Yaphet Kotto.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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