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Pizza: A Love Story (2019)
Spoiler alert! This film may make you want to drive to New Haven, eat great pizza, and in doing so ruin your ability to enjoy mediocre pies elsewhere.
This is a wonderful movie about pizza, specifically pizza in New Haven Ct, it's three famous pizzerias, their history, their fans, and their culture. It is full of lively interviews, many of which are with celebrities, archival photos and interior shots of the kitchens (and ovens) that have made these places famous. This is not a boring history lesson, nor is it a how make pizza video, it is an exploration by a pizza lover what makes this pizza so special, why do people love it so much, why do the fans do things like wait in line for two hours in the rain, where di it come from and why New Haven Ct? I never felt that the film dragged - it would seem that with such a seemingly limited focus - one dish in one city- it would be hard to make a feature length film but trust me, it is a subject that could be explored for hours and not get boring. There is a lot here for foodies and non foodies alike. It is a break from all the heavy documentaries, it is a glimpse into a world and culture that rewards even those who think they know it well, and rekindles the feeling that here is something special.
Jack Ryan (2018)
Season 2 dreadful!
Season one was fun. What happened? There are so many parts of season two that make no sense. What happened to Cathy Mueller? Why does Jack, who has to struggle to call Muller up for a date, suddenly have no problem picking up some stranger in a far away bar and taking her up to his hotel room? Why are both Greer and Ryan seemingly heading off to Moscow and no suddenly both are in Venezuela- did the new writer such decide Moscow was boring? Spies and assassins abound but the presidential candidate sits by the window and appears always on a balcony and Greer picks someone he knows nothing about to head her security detail? The "buddy" style dialogue between Greer and Ryan is atrocious there is not a single character we have any interest in. Last season's French woman detective was at least interesting even if we had no background or motivation. No one in season two rises to even that low bar.