Staircase Wit

  In this sleek psychological thriller, Rosamund Pike goes Gone Girl Level 999. She portrays Marla Grayson, a predatory guardian. Her hustle? She looks for rich elderly people, "arranges" to have herself declared as their legal guardian, puts them in an overpriced retirement home, then sells off and milks their assets under the guise of "taking care" of them. Everything is going well for Marla until she chooses a prey with very powerful friends. Everyone in this film is a villain. Everyone in this film is an asshole. Marla Grayson makes herself even more unlikeable by spewing off cheesy girl power lines, when all she is is a greedy grifter. Rosamund Pike's acting is so convincing, she makes you want to shove her stupid vape stick down her throat. Why should you watch this film? 1. The scene where Marla Grayson negotiates and has a verbal showdown with a lawyer representing her latest ward/prey is worth the price of admission. 2. Peter Dinklage with a performance

  Finished watching the first three seasons of the TV series Billions. Billions ​is the perfectly addictive and entertaining mix of legal, finance, and psychological drama. Think Suits meets The Wolf of Wall Street: the two main characters are a US Attorney (the equivalent of an Assistant Solicitor General here in the Philippines) and a billionaire hedge fund mogul. They are both shady antiheroes with oversized egos. They are both stubborn, vindictive, and morally gray, and at the same time devoted husbands fiercely loyal to their respective wives. They are mirror images, but operating from opposing camps Billions does not pretend to be an intelligent show. While they may spew off legal and finance jargons left and right, it just wants to entertain you with its witty dialogue (chock-full of sneaky pop culture references), supporting characters as interesting as the leads, and a soundtrack so apt and fitting to the complex moods of our two antiheroes (ranging from Metallica to Frank Si

Husband went out to buy pan de sal  daw down the street. Returned after 40 minutes with these lovely roses. <3