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We reviewed two episodes - Jibaro & Three Robots - Jibaro wasn't Louisa's cup of tea but she was a trooper and gave an objective analysis.  I blow your mind with a simple apple appetizer that only has 4 ingredients and one of which is the limited edition Albizia Rose Apple honey (Hawaiian single pollen). 

These were only 2 episodes of a 3 season set.  If you like animation and you have not dipped your toes in the water yet.... Get. Your. Life.  Start consuming this series at a rabid pace.  No WB rabbit or Road Runner here.  Think Black Mirror meets Heavy Metal.  Enjoy.

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Ethan Hawke & Sally Hawkins tell the story of an arthritic Nova Scotia woman who, while working as a housekeeper, develops a talent for painting and slowly becomes a beloved community figure - all the while dealing with an acerbic relationship with her husband and a contemptuous brother and aunt.  

Then we show you how to do shrimp stir fry followed by this week's Blacklist - the historical retelling of the Dancing Plague of 1518 from the script 'VITUS'.  


#ethanhawke #sallyhawkins #maudie #novascotia #shrimpstirfry #painter

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Patricia Arquette and U Aung Ko head up the cast of this 1995 release that lends a narrative to the backdrop of the 8888 Uprising in Burma (now known as Mayanmar).  Arquette's Laura Bowman visits Burma in an effort to assuage the pain of her recently murdered husband and son.  After losing her passport, she becomes entangled with a small group of peaceful students protesting for democracy led by an aged student leader.  While Burma's military junta applies pressure from all sides, Bowman witnesses the brutality as she and her cohorts attempt to flee to Thailand.

P.S. 
Take a pause at the 1 hour mark and I'll teach you how to make the best coffee cocktail you've ever experienced.  And guess what else?  We have another black list casting session for you!  Big shock!

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Yes - it's a documentary.  Yes - it's about painting.  Yes - the recorder failed multiple times!  And Yes - Jay had a tantrum.  You might think that this would be a natural snooze fest but prepare to be mistaken and mesmerized.  Whoever said they have no interest in  seeing a millionaire obsess over discovering an unknown painting technique used by a 17th century Dutch master to achieve near perfect photorealistic imagery just has no imagination.  This one was Louisa's pic. 

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Going back to 1982 for this Werner Herzog classic starring Klaus Kinski and Claudia Cardinale as Brian Sweeney Fitzgerald and Molly - two German expats living in the Amazon.  Brian is a fanatical lover of opera who is having mixed success trying to bring refrigeration to the jungle.  He schemes to enter the lucrative rubber trade and use the profits to build an opera house in the middle of the jungle and host the greatest European Opera stars for the day. With a loan from Molly, he commissions an old river boat and a drunkard crew to execute his plan.  The big challenge, he has to get the boat from one river into another parallel river with nothing more than the Peruvian jungle and a mountain standing in his way.  In the end, is it really a question of will?

Then, for, Dinner and a Movie' I have appetizers.  Don't worry, this one has a short ingredient list. 

Then, on The Blacklist, we cast the hotly anticipated, The Homestead.
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#fitzcarraldo #wernerherzog

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Irrfan Khan and Nimrat Kaur make us wish that happenstance and chance encounters were a regular occurrence.  Ila's marriage is loveless and going nowhere.  Saajan is a widower who quietly continues to morn the loss of his wife while he teeters on the edge of retirement. Everyday Ila preps a lunchbox for her husband which is picked up by the lunchbox delivery system. it is mistakenly delivered to Saajan who is blown away by the quality of the dishes.  Notes are soon exchanged with the lunchbox acting as courier. The audience witnesses the blossoming of an unusual romance between two people who are both desperately in need of love for two wildly different reasons.

While it is a heartwarming story, by the end of it, you'll need a cocktail.  Don't worry, I've got you covered.

#irrfankhan  #nimratkaur  #thelunchbox

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Jennifer Aniston stars as Claire Bennett, a woman determined to uncover the truth about Nina, a woman who committed suicide in her chronic pain support group.   While struggling with her own demons and a poignant, personal tragedy, Claire develops a relationship with Nina's widowed husband.  Once a powerful L.A. defense attorney, Claire has been reduced to a pill popping misanthrope.  Suffering from hallucinations, often involving Nina, Claire stives to answer why Nina took her own life and how she can take control of her own pain which is slowly driving her to madness.

Then - I teach you how to make Lemon Cheesecake Overnight oats.

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Adam Driver drives a city bus but moonlights as a poet while on his lunch break.  His wife has an obsession with everything black and white and rebrands herself mid-movie as the Elon Musk of farmers market cookie bakers.  There dog is a nitwit that SOMEHOW helps these two maintain a relationship. In short, it's a relatively healthy (and leisurely) character study on staying grounded.  It's good for you - have a listen.

Also, I'll teach you how to make a spicey pizza and turn you into a snob (the recipe has truffles in it).

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Let me preface this episode by saying, if you have an interest in checking out our recommendations, please be aware that Soft White Underbelly (YouTube channel by Mark Laita) can be ROUGH. Mark was a corporate brand photographer who switched gears to document the decay in Skid Row in Los Angeles by interviewing all manor of homeless people.  From drug addicts to child molestation survivors and perpetrators, to sex workers and Mob bosses, Mark casts a light on the members of our society who are broken, abandoned, or ignored but are undeniably, a symptom of a troubled childhood.

#softwhiteunderbelly
#marklaita

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Bill Hader (Milo) and Kristen Wiig (Maggie) are estranged siblings who get the wacky idea to kill themselves on the same day.  Their respective plans get fucked up and, through a series of events, these two nut jobs try to fix one another (no flaw in that plan). 

Then, I teach you how to make a cake that is so delicious, you'll want to beat up a vegan.