LICORICE PIZZA – A pointless, uninteresting film depicting teenage life in Los Angeles in the ’70s. And it’s long….2 hours and 15 minutes. I fell asleep for half an hour near the end. On the positive side, it was interesting to see Philip Seymour Hoffman’s son in the lead role, Leo DiCaprio’s dad in a cameo and Bradley Cooper in a lesser supporting role. Bradley’s performance is priceless and worthy of an Oscar nomination, but it’s not enough to warrant sitting through this film. Michael liked the movie a lot. He found it’s quirky, off-beat story engaging. He says all of Paul Thomas Anderson’s pictures leave the audience saying WTF and that appeals to him. Perhaps our opposite reactions have more to do with Mike being a 20-something and me being…….older. He liked Sean Penn’s work as a narcissistic movie star. He enjoyed the lead girl and her real life family playing her on-screen family (apparently she and her sisters are in a band he is quite familiar with). And, as we were reading the credits, we discovered one of Stephen Spielberg’s daughters played a small role as well. The only two things we agreed on are Bradley Cooper stealing the film and Licorice Pizza is not a good title. Toast from Mike, none from me. Boyfriends – 1 (me); Girlfriends – 0.