Kevin C. Wong

Spot Reviews 01/09/26

In Love and Deep Water (2023) [/] Japanese light murder-comedy-romance movie. On a cruise ship (sailing from Tokyo to the Aegean Sea) butler Ubukata Suguru (Yoshizawa Ryo) meets passenger Banjaku Chizuru (Miyazaki Aoi) who tells him that their significant others are cheating on them (well, not quite cheating from their text messages but getting there). As they try to decide what to do a murder occurs in front of the two and five other witnesses. But then body disappears so was there a murder? Especially since other than Ubukata no one admits to seeing the murder (each for their own reasons). Ubukata and Banjaku try to convince the other witnesses to testify (though in a nice twist the real murderer is a bit of a surprise unless you paid some attention). It's an entertaining movie.

Very Little Nightmares+ (2023) [+] Apple Arcade version which I guess is the same but "free". Puzzle game where you are a little girl trying to escape a horror mansion of 18 areas. Tap to move, tap to interact if you're next to a relevant object (there are no useless objects to interact with), double tap to run. Most puzzles require interacting/rearranging a few things -- perhaps switches (to open doors or turn on/off water or electricity) or furniture so you can climb up to reach things (you can't even reach the top of a table without something to climb up). Not too hard of puzzles though I did use a walkthrough four or five times. It's about 3 hours to play through.

Espostos Catering [/] We had them cater our HOA holiday party. $1200 including delivery charge for the hot food. I think enough food for 50 people though we only had 20 or so. Sliders of two types, meat balls with bbq sauce, various cheeses with bread and crackers, a few other things. Food was ok considering it had to be prepared then transported then setup and then another half hour as people arrive to eat (hot food had warmers and water trays).