{"id":10,"date":"2021-03-05T04:53:32","date_gmt":"2021-03-05T04:53:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/billade.com\/?page_id=10"},"modified":"2023-01-03T15:49:44","modified_gmt":"2023-01-03T15:49:44","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/billade.com\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"10\" class=\"elementor elementor-10\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-8307b54 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"8307b54\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b442ee8\" data-id=\"b442ee8\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap 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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"rev-btn\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-type=\"button\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-color=\"#ffffff\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-rsp_ch=\"on\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-xy=\"x:56px;y:305px;\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-pos=\"a\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-text=\"w:normal;s:17;l:40;fw:500;\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-dim=\"minh:0px;\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-padding=\"r:25;l:25;\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-border=\"bos:solid;boc:rgba(255,255,255,0.35);bow:1px,1px,1px,1px;\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-frame_999=\"o:0;st:w;\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-frame_hover=\"bgc:rgba(0,0,0,0);boc:rgba(255,255,255,0.75);bor:0px,0px,0px,0px;bos:solid;bow:1px,1px,1px,1px;e:power1.inOut;\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tstyle=\"z-index:11;background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0);font-family:'Roboto';\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t>Continued Reading \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/rs-layer><!--\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t--><rs-layer\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tid=\"slider-2-slide-2-layer-3\" \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-type=\"text\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-color=\"#fff\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-rsp_ch=\"on\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-xy=\"x:11px;y:196px;\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-pos=\"a\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-text=\"w:normal;s:14;l:24;ls:1;\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-dim=\"minh:0px;\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-frame_999=\"o:0;st:w;\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tstyle=\"z-index:10;font-family:'Roboto';\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t>There's a saying among gardeners <br>about plants that I've learned to appreciate. <br>It goes something like this. \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/rs-layer><!--\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t--><rs-layer\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tid=\"slider-2-slide-2-layer-2\" 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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-type=\"text\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-color=\"#fff\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-rsp_ch=\"on\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-xy=\"x:11px;y:196px;\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-pos=\"a\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-text=\"w:normal;s:14;l:24;ls:1;\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-dim=\"minh:0px;\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-frame_999=\"o:0;st:w;\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tstyle=\"z-index:10;font-family:'Roboto';\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t>Realizing that you\u2019d been doing things <br>wrong for thirty years is never a nice <br>feeling. 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Blues<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-cb53e45 elementor-section-content-middle elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"cb53e45\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-4f81ba8\" data-id=\"4f81ba8\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-96bd8bd elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"96bd8bd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"333\" height=\"499\" src=\"https:\/\/billade.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/billade.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-423\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/billade.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/billade.jpg 333w, https:\/\/billade.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/billade-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 333px) 100vw, 333px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-9c37685 elementor-section-content-middle elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"9c37685\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-83c7922\" data-id=\"83c7922\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e68df73 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"e68df73\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Lincoln Fletcher might have been a different sort of man if his father's fingers hadn't the shape of bratwurst and his mother not been an angel walking the earth. Intentionally or not, they formed a man who believes all things consists of parts, and all parts have a purpose. Once you understand the nature of that purpose, you can fix anything. When his struggling Hollywood filmmaker son, Harrison, fails to sell his Sartre-inspired movie proposal, Lincoln devises a plan to cheaply make the film by using his sister, Fillie\u2019s farm in Indiana and augmenting the film crew with his wife\u2019s New York relatives. Can a novice director make cinematic art with a hodgepodge of acting neophytes, a Yiddish-spewing octogenarian, and relatives more comfortable with cows than cinema-verit\u00e9? 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I have to admit none of the films will be remembered a year from now because none are spectacular. However, there are one or two I really liked, a few that were entertaining, and the rest I\u2019ll not watch again. One film I liked best, <i>Red Rocket<\/i>, didn\u2019t make the cut.<\/p><p>My ranking reflects my degree of enjoyment after watching the film. It doesn\u2019t necessarily evaluate artistic quality. That opinion will show up in my comments.<\/p><ol start=\"10\"><li><b>Dune<\/b> \u2013 I didn\u2019t want to see it, because I\u2019m old enough to have seen the best of this genre, so I doubted Dune was exceptional. I finally gave it a try and after ten minutes I was glancing at my phone and an hour later I gave up.\u00a0<\/li><\/ol><p>\u00a0<\/p><ol start=\"9\"><li><b>King Richard<\/b> \u2013 I enjoyed it more than I thought I would, but as a biopic, it offered nothing original or revealing that you hadn\u2019t heard before if you followed the remarkable Williams sisters.<\/li><\/ol><p>\u00a0<\/p><ol start=\"8\"><li><b>Nightmare Alley<\/b> \u2013 This is one weird dark movie, part freak show, part crime noir, part Bradley Cooper in every scene.<\/li><\/ol><p>\u00a0<\/p><ol start=\"7\"><li><b>The Power of the Dog<\/b> \u2013 No, there\u2019s no dog in it. Lots of great acting, amazing scenery and slowly rolling story, however.<\/li><\/ol><p>\u00a0<\/p><ol start=\"6\"><li><b>West Side Story<\/b> \u2013 If you loved either the earlier film version or the Broadway show, then you\u2019ll rate this as the best picture. I liked it a lot but didn\u2019t gush.<\/li><\/ol><p>\u00a0<\/p><ol start=\"5\"><li><b>Licorice Pizza<\/b> \u2013 I love licorice and I love pizza, but this movie failed, in my mind, to live up to the hype surrounding it.\u00a0<\/li><\/ol><p>\u00a0<\/p><ol start=\"4\"><li><b>CODA<\/b> \u2013 We saw this earlier in the year and when you add plucky and funny deaf people versus the world, you can\u2019t go wrong. Some wags are touting this as the Best Picture favorite. I\u2019d be disappointed and justified in saying this year\u2019s noms aren\u2019t a great series of films.<\/li><\/ol><p>\u00a0<\/p><ol start=\"3\"><li><b>Drive My Car<\/b> \u2013 I\u2019m surprised this film ranked so high. It\u2019s a three-hour slug that moves fairly quickly until the two hour and twenty-minute mark. Very original concept and presentation. I guess I liked it more than I thought leaving the theater.<\/li><\/ol><p>\u00a0<\/p><ol start=\"2\"><li><b>Belfast<\/b> \u2013 I\u2019ll pick this film in my family Oscar pool as the Best Picture winner. Great acting, interesting story, and a bittersweet and appropriate ending.<\/li><\/ol><p>\u00a0<\/p><ol><li><b> Don\u2019t Look Up<\/b> \u2013 I know, I know, people may like this movie, but don\u2019t consider it an Oscar-worthy flick. Back in the day, it wouldn\u2019t have made the cut, but I\u2019ve watched it three times because it\u2019s funny and poignant. 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