One Hundred Years of Solitude (TV 2024)

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One Hundred Years of Solitude (TV 2024): Spanish. Adaptation of Gabriel García Márquez's classic, multi-generational, 1967 novel (or at least part one). The magical realism makes it surreal. The family stories make it a soap opera. The revolution makes it a war movie. All together, it's an epic. B+

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Lonely Planet (2024)

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Lonely Planet (2024): Romance at a writers' retreat between an unlikely couple. The Morocco setting drew me to this movie, but the plot put me off. Laura Dern isn't given enough to work with. And if Liam Hemsworth was cast for anything other than his looks, he never shows it. A trifle. C+

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No Good Deed (TV 2024)

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No Good Deed (TV 2024): Couple wants to sell their house. Audience first wonders what's wrong with the house, then what's wrong with the couple? Show morphs into an absurd black comedy murder mystery that eventually finds its way to a more or less satisfactory ending. C+

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The Brutalist (2024)

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The Brutalist (2024): Hungarian architect who is a traumatized Holocaust survivor rebuilds his life in America. He gets a major commission for a community center. Are we seeing an immigrant success story? Or a story of an arrogant, obsessed, artistic genius? Deeper study reveals it may really be a love story. A-

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City Charter: Ending Pretext Stops

On December 2, 2024, the Richardson City Council appointed eleven members to a Charter Review Commission, as required by law every ten years to review and suggest changes to Richardson's City Charter. Here, in a series of posts, I am presenting my own suggestions.