Cinematic Distractions...

Luck-Key(Leokki - 2016):
It was only after I saw it that I discovered it was a remake of a Japanese movie, Key of Life, which I have not seen. I really enjoyed the range displayed by the actors here. Hae-jin Yoo and Joon Lee are quite remarkable. I'm picky about comedy, but this succeeds. It's screwy without being obnoxious, ridiculous without being dumb.

The Stranger(1946):
I was in the mood for a familiar classic. Orsen Welles, Edward G. Robinson, Loretta Young, and also, Nazis are bad. Nazis are bad, potentially hiding among us, and plotting their comeback. Standing in their way is a dedicated investigator, and the American Dream, which in this case, has something to do with hanging new drapes on your wedding day. Marvelous character actor Billy House helps things along as Mr. Potter, the proprietor of the local five and dime/lunch counter.

Ant Man and The Wasp(2018):
You can have all the other Marvel movies; I'm good with this. The great thing about Ant Man is that his backstory is so normal. He is not just average, but kind of a fuck-up, when not doing the hero thing. Throw in an adorable daughter, some quirky friends, and it's a party every time.

Cavalcade(1933):
Taken seriously, this movie can be quite a tear-jerker. Thankfully(or not), the overly dramatic performance delivered by Diana Wynyard in the role of posh living Jane Marryot makes it difficult, if not impossible to keep a straight face for very long. I could tell without doing any research that she came from stage acting to the screen. A lot of actors, especially back then, did just that. Her performance isn't just ham, it's artfully carved jamón. There are moments where it's heart-wrenching, moments where it's laughable, but by the end I quite despised her character. Una O'Connor plays a sort of counterpoint wife and mother to Diana Wynard's character. She plays Ellen Bridges. She and her husband are servants in the upper crust Marryot household. The men in their lives, Clive Brook as Robert Marryot and Herbert Mundin as Alfred Bridges, spend much of their time either going off to a war or returning from one.
Much of the timeline is guided by war, beginning with the Boer War, and ending with the aftermath of WWI. The idea being to portray the major events of the times, and how they affected these two families in particular across their generations. The film uses a device of showing a literal cavalcade of old-time, knight-like soldiers on horseback whenever the timeline makes a significant advancement. They looked too much like knights of the Inquisition for my taste. There is a recurring advertisement for Lipton's Tea that gets worked into some scenes. I screamed the product name out loud whenever it appeared on screen.
I find it surprising that Cavalcade managed to beat out nine other movies, 42nd Street and A Farewell to Arms among them, to win the 1933 Academy Award for Best Picture.

World's Busiest Cities(2017):
I find this type of show preferable to vacation oriented travel shows. It manages to showcase the cities, while focusing on important things such as the availability and quality of mass transit, air and water pollution, and waste disposal.

The Sea Hawk(1940):
Standard swashbuckler, standard Errol Flynn...I think I must have confused it with Captain Blood(1935), because I expected Olivia de Havilland to be in it.
Claude Rains, Flora Robson, Una O'Connor(Yes, twice in one list.), and Alan Hale pep things up with their supporting roles.

Ascharyachakit!(AKA: AscharyaFuckit! - 2018):
Not the worst movie I have ever seen, but I've seen a lot of movies. An unlikely hire leads to an unlikely romance, which is complicated by jealousy, and a bizarre blackmail scheme. It's a peculiar mix of softcore, drama, romance and action.