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Auntie Lenora.

Dripping in Chocolate (Amazon Prime)

2012

1 hr 32 min

Australian

4 stars

This wasn’t quite a cozy mystery, the cop does figure it out, but barely in time. All roads lead back to Juliana Lovece and her Chocolate shop. The first murder victim was found outside her shop, with one of her candy wrappers, as other corpses appear, her candy becomes the tie-in. And when a local politician is murdered, she is the primary suspect. I truly enjoyed this movie but would have loved to have had captions. Sometimes the Aussie accent was too thick to easily understand. Fortunately, not often, but it was frustrating at times. Light romance. Good acting. Enjoyable.

Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rTJ9sLw-rpA

Rocketman (Amazon Prime)

2019

2 hr 5 min

R

Biopic/Fantasy/Elton John

5 Stars

 

Not your standard bio pic, lots of fantasy, but very entertaining, and full of his music. It tells the story of how Reginald Dwight became Elton John, how he and Bernie Taupin met and after something like 50 years of collaboration, they still haven’t had an argument. For me, it was a great movie to watch during the “National Lockdown.” It follows John through his most drug addled times (probably the R rating) and how he became sober (for 28 years and counting). To be honest, I cried as he sunk further and further into his addictions and cheered when he had his breakthrough moment. He is one of my all-time favorites both for his music and for admitting he has a problem, facing it, and dealing with it.

 

 

Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S3vO8E2e6G0