From: arthur@alum.calberkeley.org   
      
   On 1/31/2026 3:52 AM, The True Melissa wrote:   
   > I watched "The Polyamory Problem: Why Do People In Open Relationships   
   > Always Look Like That?"   
      
   Look like what?  I think this may say more about the people who made the   
   movie if they are traveling in circles where they know so many people   
   who are in polyamory relationships that they can recognize a specific   
   look.  And how big was their sample size anyway?   
      
      
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   > What did everyone else watch?   
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   I watched:   
      
      
   Hard Eight (Paramount+) 1996 movie written and directed by Paul Thomas   
   Anderson.  I'm about to dive into the Paul Thomas Anderson movies in my   
   collection, but first I watched one of the ones not in my collection.   
   This was PTA's first movie and features a lot of the regular actors who   
   would show up in his later movies.  This one stars Philip Baker Hall as   
   an older professional gambler who takes under his wings two broken   
   people, John C. Reilly, and Gwyneth Paltrow.  Samuel L. Jackson also   
   pops up in a larger than expected role.  While not as good as PTA's   
   later work, it's an interesting movie and still worth a watch.   
   Especially to see where it all began.   
      
      
   Shelter (theatrical) New action movie starring Jason Statham.  Statham   
   plays a tough guy hero who doesn't say much.  He's a government assassin   
   who has retired from the business and now lives alone with his dog.  But   
   when MI6 discovers his location they send a team to kill him, but end up   
   killing his dog.  That was a mistake because now John Wick, I mean   
   Statham, goes after the people who killed his dog.  That's close enough   
   to the plot.  There is also a young girl in danger thrown into the mix   
   that Statham has to save. Fortunately for the girl in danger Staham's   
   character has a very particular set of skills. Skills that he acquired   
   over a very long career. Skills that make him a nightmare for people   
   like that.   
      
   Look, it's an action movie starring Jason Statham.  In the movie Statham   
   shoots, stabs, and beats people to death with a chain wrapped around a   
   pipe.  He kills the bad guys and saves the girl.  What more could you   
   want?  The script practically writes itself.   
      
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