Some movies are quite impressive or impactful when first seen, only to fall apart when they are thought about later. The Menu is definitely one of those. I was engrossed during the viewing, wondering just what the heck was happening, […]
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Say Hey, Willie Mays! (2022) ☆ ☆ ☆
Who was the greatest baseball player of all time? According to this documentary, it was the great Giants / Mets centerfielder Willie Mays. The host says it multiple times and Mr. Mays declines to demur. That status may be so […]
Continue reading »She Said (2022) ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆
She Said joins a long line of splendid dramas regarding journalism, current events and social causes — films like Five Star Final (1932), Deadline U. S. A. (1952), All the President’s Men (1976) and Spotlight (2015). These films matter because they reinforce the importance […]
Continue reading »Devotion (2022) ☆ ☆ ☆
There have only been a bit more than one hundred English language feature films made about the Korean War; about half that many if one strictly chooses combat stories. I should know; I wrote a book about this topic (Korean […]
Continue reading »Bones and All (2022) ☆ ☆ ☆
I have always argued that good movies can be about anything — even, in this case, cannibalism. The act of eating other people is certainly repulsive, yet there is a certain horrifying beauty to this story, which I think treats […]
Continue reading »Immanence (2022) ☆ 1/2
When a movie promises first contact between humans and aliens, I pay attention. This one, even with its weird title, looked like it might be dramatic and creepy, and perhaps thrilling. No thrills surfaced but it does maintain a creep […]
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