Not every home-cooked feature has to be elaborate. One Mobile Bay evening called for breakfast at supper time, a folded omelet built for comfort, followed by The Bling Ring, a based-on-true-events teen caper.
In the kitchen
The dish could hardly have been simpler. The cook cooked sausage and bacon until extra crisp, then cracked two eggs into a bowl, salted and whipped them, and poured them into a medium-hot pan filmed with olive oil.
- Once the eggs set, the cooked sausage and a generous spread of whipped cream cheese were added to one half of the omelet.
- The other half was folded over, cooked a few minutes, then turned to finish.
- The extra-crispy bacon was served alongside.
The result was hard to argue with. The kitchen handed it a rare four thumbs up, a reminder that eggs, sausage and a little cream cheese can outshine far fancier plates.
On the screen
The feature was The Bling Ring, a dark comedy drawn from real headlines. Bored, affluent high school students track celebrities’ whereabouts through their social media, then burglarize their homes while they are away, going so far as to party with the very stars they have robbed. The obvious question hangs over every scene: what could possibly go wrong?
The cast included Emma Watson, Israel Broussard, Katie Chang, Taissa Farmiga, Claire Julien, Georgia Rock, Leslie Mann and Carlos Miranda. The reviewers found the acting and direction well handled and the film’s mix of comedy and social commentary worth the time. It earned two thumbs up, a satisfying finish to an unfussy night at home on the Gulf Coast.