Kevin C. Wong

Spot Reviews 12/13/24

Love 911 (2012) [/] South Korean romantic drama film. In order to defeat a lawsuit, Doctor Mi-soo (Han Hyo-joo) has to convince firefighter Kang-il (Go Too) to file a complaint against the guy to ruin his credibility. When Kang-il reacts poorly and refuses Mi-soo becomes a volunteer medic and instead tries to seduce him. All the pretend and closeness and shared danger starts to bond the two together… It's a nice enough film, entertaining but not great.

To Your Last Death (2019) [/] Animated horror film. Terminally ill industrialist Cyrus (Ray Wise) lures his three wayward children to his high rise offices intent on killing them through various means. Miriam (Dani Lennon) is the sole survivor but is arrested by police. The Gamemaster (Morena Baccarin) offers to send Miriam back to redo it with her current knowledge but she has to be entertaining or the game will keep changing… It's very low budget with Adobe Flash-level animation. The story has a good premise though it is rather confusing. On the plus side it's very gory and has good voice acting. Overall I wouldn't recommend.

The Alamo: 13 Days to Glory (1987) [-] An old tv movie on The Alamo starring James Arness as Jim Bowie, Brian Keith as Davy Crockett, Alec Baldwin as Bill Travis, and Raul Julia as Santa Anna. Lots of character moments and subplots, probably all fictionalized. Battle scenes are ok — good action but hard to tell the various phases of the final battle. For the time it's not that bad but today it's rather dated.

Trader Joe's Root Vegetable Fries [/] This is sweet potatoes, carrots, beets, parsnips. Tastes just fine (i.e. can't tell it's carrots or beets). The bag I got had been thawed and refrozen so the fries were clumped together making it harder to cook right. I got four snack-sized servings and once it was perfect, three times ok.