There's been lots of rain lately, and the temperatures dropped so much that there could be a freeze. I hope it will warm enough that any ice melts and we don't get snow.
I wasn't going to go out today, but then I saw that an animated film called Inspector Sun and the Curse of the Black Widow was playing. This a kids mystery film from Spain that has been dubbed into English. The characters are all insects and arachnids living in a tiny world parallel to the human world. It reminds me a little bit of The Great Mouse Detective, but mixed with Miss S Mysteries. The movie is set in 1934 Shanghai, where Inspector Sun thinks he's great, but he's actually more of a bumbling detective like Inspector Clouseau. After getting fired, he tries to take a plane to New York, but is delayed by a young girl Janey eager to be his sidekick. Sun then boards a flight to San Francisco instead, and Janey stows away. During the flight there is a murder, and they learn to work together. It's a fairly nice whodunit but sometimes gross, and I will warn any animal lovers that there's an implied death of a dog. I loved all the period details like the costuming and the Golden Gate Bridge not being finished yet. Even the credits were in an Art Deco font. It's very much inspired by Agatha Christie stories, though some people call it noir.
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