In Search of Perfection (24-Hour Style)

February 28, 2024

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Drinkin’ in those perfect days (CREDIT: NEON/Screenshot)

Starring: Koji Yakusho

Director: Wim Wenders

Running Time: 124 Minutes

Rating: PG

Release Date: February 7, 2024 (Theaters)

After watching Perfect Days, I feel compelled to now ask: would I like to have my own perfect days? Hirayama (Koji Yakusho) certainly seems a fellow worth emulating in particular ways as he gets on by as a toilet cleaner. (It certainly helps that the public Japanese facilities are much more whimsical than those in America, at least in the park where he’s assigned to.) While a series of perfect days would by definition sound pretty great, in practice I worry that they would instead be exhausting. But of course then they wouldn’t actually be perfect! Maybe we should all just take some inspiration from Hirayama and his lack of concern about paradoxes and see where that takes us.

Grade: 2 Lous out of 3 Reeds

Entertainment To-Do List: Week of 2/9/24

February 9, 2024

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Final seasons have me like… (CREDIT: CBS/Screenshot)

Every week, I list all the upcoming (or recently released) movies, TV shows, albums, podcasts, etc. that I believe are worth checking out.

Movies
–Lisa Frankenstein (Theaters)
–Perfect Days (Theaters)
–The Taste of Things (Theaters)
–Turning Red (Theatrical Re-Release)

TV
-Puppy Bowl XX (February 11 on Animal Planet)
–Resident Alien Season 3 Premiere (February 14 on Syfy)
–Ghosts Season 3 Premiere (February 15 on CBS)
–Young Sheldon Season 7 Premiere (February 15 on CBS) – Final Season Alert!

Music
-Ducks Ltd., Harm’s Way – I’ve just heard of this band, but now I have to listen to them to find out how they quack.
-Dhani Harrison, Innerstanding
-Brittany Howard, What Now

Sports
-Super Bowl LVIII (February 11 on CBS and Nickelodeon) – Will the Nick version also have memorable commercials?