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I was surprised no one mentioned the handcuff belt that went through at least three characters in the movie! Here's a couple of shots of it and I'm sure there are more. Also, I love that Ice-T is credited in the first Breakin' as simply Rap Talker.

Please make a wise choice. We don't want protests.

Oh, nice! I love this movie!

I Hate It But I Love It did this early on I've been intruded by it ever since!

Was it just me, or did Turbo somehow heal a broken leg in roughly 36 hours' time? His leg is in a cast and elevated in the hospital bed, but then later that day he's out there dancing with the crowd. Is Turbo an X-Man?

It's widely available in the States.

It's called THE Guest, not A Guest! There can be only one.

I wanted to pick a good Halloween-themed movie with an emphasis on the soundtrack, so I went with... The Guest (I don’t think we’ve done it, or at least I didn’t see it on Cameron’s Letterboxed list)! it’s unfortunately rental-only, as far as I can tell, so if people object to that (which I totally get, given our national shitshow) I can come up with choices that are more widely available (my second choice would be Us, but again that’s only on HBO).

That was my other thought: perhaps the Boogaloo itself has healing properties.

It is on Netflix!

There might be other guests, but that’s the one I’m talking about! He’s kind of a psycho, so watch out.

OK @GrahamS., you're up!

OMG.

June might not know the difference between popping and locking and "doing the robot," but clearly, the actor who played Turbo did. Actor Michael "Boogaloo Shrimp" Chambers, played "Good Robot Bill" in the now classic Bill and Ted's Bogus Journey.

The actor who plays Turbo is billed as Michael 'Boogaloo Shrimp' Chambers . Is that where they got the Electric Boogaloo from?

I just took it that this movie is about Miracles.

I'm just catching up but here's a video of a Kristin Scott Thomas interview where she talks about Under the Cherry Moon. Both Kristin and her mom realized it wasn't a very good movie.

Which The Guest is this? With Dan Stevens? nm - I guess that’s the only one. It looks like it’s on Netflix.

In regards to Lucia, Turbo's paramour, and why she was hiding in the hospital linen closet, I think I have an explanation. The movie takes great pains to show us that Lucia cannot speak English, and it is abundantly clear, based on the nurse's reaction, that the hospital staff has no interest in bilingualism. I think what we can infer from this is that Lucia probably probably came to visit Turbo in the hospital, but was unable to communicate her intention to the hospital staff. This means, in order to see him, she most likely had to sneak in. She was hiding because if anyone caught her, she would be unable to answer their questions. And even if she was able to non-verbally express her feelings, there was no telling that they would allow her to stay. I also think we are meant to believe she was so smitten with Turbo, she was unwilling to leave his side. I think she may have been hiding so she could be with him outside visiting hours. She only reveals herself when it is his friends in the room and there is no hospital staff present. I mean, yeah, I guess it is a little bit weird, but I think you need to put yourself in her position. If a loved one fell into a coma and was hospitalized in an area or country with a language other than your own, and with no interest in trying to communicate with you, what lengths would you go to to be by their side?

Quick correction, this wasn't Ice-T's film debut as he was in the first Breakin' as well as the third film in the trilogy, Rappin'. He was the only person to appear in all three films so he is essentially the Brock Simpson of the Breakin' universe. Another person that was in the film was Christopher Denis, who was the long time Superman impersonator in front of the Chinese Theater in Hollywood and one of the subjects of the great documentary Confessions of a Superhero. IIRC he said when he was trying to get into acting he did a lot of work as an extra on movies hoping to get noticed as a lookalike of Christoper Reeve to get bigger parts, only to then turn to dressing as Superman and getting paid for photo ops with tourists.

This is a difficult time for me.

I hate to agree with June on this one, but in the end Kelly really didn't contribute anything to saving the building. Once the city decided to pull out of the deal selling to the developer, the 30 day time limit to raise the funds is meaningless. Even if Kelly's parents didn't write a check, Miracles could start doing whatever work they could afford while continuing to raise funds because it is clear that the city will not be rushing to tear it down. Also, if the city was in a position to pull out of the deal, that means the property had not yet officially been condemned and sold to the developer, so it seems that the plan was to destroy city property before it was even purchased.

I haven’t watched the movie yet, but does June have a side job involving Paris’ tourism board? Or did she have a traumatic experience in her life involving an inability to travel to Paris? June seems to care so deeply about Kelly’s disinterest in Paris that it’s clear this film hit some emotional chord for her. I pray for June’s emotional recovery and I might watch this movie to shed light on this mystery (I’m agnostic, so I don’t know who/what I’m praying to, but I shall perservere! Also, I somehow doubt that the film will provide me with any answers at all, but I must try!).