Spot Reviews 01/31/25
Jan 31 2025
Angel Cop (1989) [+] Six-part OVA of half an hour each released over five years. In a near future Japan the Special Security Force combats the terrorist group Red May who start turning up dead due to a mysterious third group with super-power. Angel Mikawa (Sharon Holm) is the newest member of the SSF though she doesn't work well in teams. Though I'd say this isn't a story about Angel but about the SSF. It's a bloody and rather adult language series that is one self-contained story. It's fairly good.
Trigger Warning (2024) [/] CIA combat field agent Parker (Jessica Alba) returns home after her father dies mysteriously. Her investigation leads her to a local arms smuggler whose brother is town sheriff and her old boyfriend. It's an action film so that's about it for characterization. Kind of like that she's mostly a knife fighter, using the knife her father gave her. But still, an average action movie released on Netflix, though I'm not sure where it fails.
On Your Wedding Day (2018) [-] South Korean, uhm, romantic comedy film? The story covers the relationship between Hwang Woo-yeon (Kim Young-kwang) and Hwan Seung-hee (Park Bo-young). They meet in high school where Woo-yeon convinces Seung-hee to date him. But after a few months she has to leave abruptly and they don't see each other again until college where she has a boyfriend. Then a few years later after he's back from military duty he has a girlfriend and she's single. But they do end up dating and in a relationship that unfortunately does not last. A few years later she's getting married and he finally realizes they are not mean to be together… I found this to be a bit dreary. The characters have no chemistry especially when they were in a relationship (and I guess that's intentional to show they weren't that compatible). This is not a story where I was at any point wanting these two characters to end up together. The comedy is very light, the romance is not, and I was glad when the movie finally ended.
Tugboat Fish and Chips, Pleasant Hill [/] We got takeout of the 9 piece family meal plus a corn dog and lumpia for $85 or so. Fish was ok (and their old menu had catfish strips but they don't currently offer it). Fries were good and lumpia was good (though the lumpia looked like premade not made there). Corn dog is frozen food corn dog. Overall probably would not recommend though it was ok food.
Trigger Warning (2024) [/] CIA combat field agent Parker (Jessica Alba) returns home after her father dies mysteriously. Her investigation leads her to a local arms smuggler whose brother is town sheriff and her old boyfriend. It's an action film so that's about it for characterization. Kind of like that she's mostly a knife fighter, using the knife her father gave her. But still, an average action movie released on Netflix, though I'm not sure where it fails.
On Your Wedding Day (2018) [-] South Korean, uhm, romantic comedy film? The story covers the relationship between Hwang Woo-yeon (Kim Young-kwang) and Hwan Seung-hee (Park Bo-young). They meet in high school where Woo-yeon convinces Seung-hee to date him. But after a few months she has to leave abruptly and they don't see each other again until college where she has a boyfriend. Then a few years later after he's back from military duty he has a girlfriend and she's single. But they do end up dating and in a relationship that unfortunately does not last. A few years later she's getting married and he finally realizes they are not mean to be together… I found this to be a bit dreary. The characters have no chemistry especially when they were in a relationship (and I guess that's intentional to show they weren't that compatible). This is not a story where I was at any point wanting these two characters to end up together. The comedy is very light, the romance is not, and I was glad when the movie finally ended.
Tugboat Fish and Chips, Pleasant Hill [/] We got takeout of the 9 piece family meal plus a corn dog and lumpia for $85 or so. Fish was ok (and their old menu had catfish strips but they don't currently offer it). Fries were good and lumpia was good (though the lumpia looked like premade not made there). Corn dog is frozen food corn dog. Overall probably would not recommend though it was ok food.