The Life of Chuck, I Don’t Understand You, The Phoenician Scheme

Movie 1: The Life of Chuck

This is a surprisingly touching and very effective three part story based on the Stephen King short story of the same name.  It follows the life of an accountant, played brilliantly by Tom Hiddleston.  While King is known for his horror and supernatural stories, this one shines a light on how we live our lives.  

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Movie 2: I Don’t Understand You

This is a comedy, horror, road trip that goes very, very bad.  A gay couple travels to Italy for one more vacation before they adopt a baby.  With obvious language issues they settle into a beautiful farmhouse.  And then a Michelin star dinner goes very wrong.  There is some genuine intrigue and suspense amongst the humor.   

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Movie 3: The Phoenician Scheme

Another Wes Anderson movie with the usual cast of hundreds.  Set in a Mediterranean village in the 1950’s, Benicio del Toro plays a father trying to leave his business to his only daughter, who is a nun.  As with other Anderson films we found this one slow and rather boring.  But also with his other movies, this one is visually stunning and beautiful.  It gets one globe for del Toro’s perfect Oscar caliber performance.

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