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Day 115: To hot to handle

The thermometer made it all the way into the upper nineties today, which meant that there was very little happening outdoors. 

What I'm watching today

Desperados (2020, Netflix streaming) - I love everyone in this cast. Everyone. And it's a funny enough movie to keep me engaged. My only gripe is that Lamorne Morris has such brilliant comedic abilities, it's a shame that he played the straight man for most of the film. However it was great to see him rekindle his New Girl romance with Nasim Pedrad's character by the end of the movie. (I don't think that's a spoiler. Morris has third billing, and you can see it coming from a mile away during his second or third appearance in the movie.) In a nutshell this film is Road Trip, but with thirtysomethings instead of college bros. 

Uncut Gems (2019, Netflix streaming) - This is a movie about a bunch of detestable scumbags who work in and around the New York diamond market. Adam Sandler plays the most disgusting of them all, as he lies, cheats, and scams his way into and out of debt. The broken kneecaps kind of debt. The movie really demonstrates Sandler's acting range--Billy Madison this ain't--and many have argued that this film was snubbed by the Academy for last year's Oscars. I don' t know about that. I can't see putting this movie in the same class with 1917 and Parasite, but it still deserves some form of recognition.

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