another 5 for the may a*list

Yes, I'm going to go ahead and call it: no last minute movie Thursday.

With my actual birthday fast approaching, I simply have too much going on to try to fit in a movie or two.

Last week, I managed to see two movies, and the same is true for this week as it turns out.

Busy, vibrant woman, even with a hitch still in my giddy up!!!

Oh, have I told you Dr. Whipple's explanation for that?

The protrusion of the inguinal hernia into my left upper thigh distorted the muscles there for seven months until I had the surgery to repair it.

The repair put those abdominal contents safely into the Teflon mesh bag, so that was the good thing.

However, that left an empty space in those distorted thigh muscles.

The body doesn't like empty spaces, so that got filled with fluid...

which still put pressure on the thigh muscles of my right leg...

which has continued as that liquid is slowly redistributed out of that hole...

as my thigh muscles return to their former, proper, shape.

I'm finding that doing squats seems to help the best.

Now, back to the movies, shall we? 

 

So, here's what is listed on my A*List dance card on the AMC website for the week of 15 through 21 May.

I've already mentioned seeing "The Sheep Detective" with friends for Sandy's birthday.

For Tina Tuesday last week, I took myself to see "Into The Grey", primarily because I just love Henry Cavill and Jake Gyllenhaal.

What a wonderful, fast-paced, crime caper it was, too!

Their principal mission is to protect 'Mother' (Eiza Gonzalez) as she attempts to convince a mob boss to repay the money he stole from an asset management firm. 

I had hoped to see that one again, but it only stayed one week.

Then there's that third movie - the one I bought an advance ticket for but didn't get to see because the hospital didn't release me in time.

 

That worked out okay, though, as it was the first one I saw this week.

I want to state upfront that I've never seen the TV series upon which that movie is based, as it airs on a streaming service I never bought.

Even so, I never felt lost for a minute while I watched "Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu".

I don't know if it's a summation of the story in the series or if it's a unique, stand-alone offering, but I very much enjoyed it!

That said, I'll know in the future when it's safe to get up and go pee during this overly long movie.

There's at least a ten-minute sequence when the bounty hunter (Pedro Pascal) is flat on his back in the forest, having been poisoned.

That means at least ten minutes of the muppet bouncing around looking cute and trying to make sure the comatose man is safe from others.

The emphasis is definitely on 'Grogu' looking cute.

Otherwise, it's a pretty nifty piece of Western-styled scifi.

Then there's Keke Palmer's latest, "I Love Boosters", which is a totally different type of science fiction!

I'd very much liked her last movie, "One Of Them Days", about two roommates who have to deal with fashion-collecting gangsters, but this one was nothing like that.

I should have noticed that Boots Riley was the writer, and that LaKeith Stanfield was also in it.

Then I would have expected the scifi shenanigans!

After all, those two were responsible for "Sorry To Bother You" several years ago, one that left an indelible mark on my memory.

Seen with the physicist, I'd loved it!!!

I liked this one, too, but the whole bit with the stealing of fashionable clothes, with Demi Moore as the designer, just didn't draw me in.

Will I watch it again if I see it on Peacock?

Most likely... I do like LaKeith.

He has such nice eyes!

(smile!)