I think the title of this movie should have been Divorce Story, since that is what occurs over the space of two-plus hours. That shouldn’t be a spoiler, if you’ve seen the preview. But what is revealed during that time, […]
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Just Mercy (2019) ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆
Some films seem to be destined to be under-appreciated, and this true life tale seems to be destined to that fate. I thought it was great. I think there can be many definitions, or qualifications, for something to be considered […]
Continue reading »Oscars Predictions for 2019
When I first formulated the newsletter that became Filmbobbery back in the 1990s, it was because of the Oscars. It evolved into before- and after- issues, and then a quarterly journal which celebrated film, with two issues that continued to […]
Continue reading »Parasite (Gisaengchung) (2019) ☆ ☆ ☆ 1/2
Perhaps the most acclaimed film of the year comes from South Korea. It is a film which constantly surprises, and which gradually builds into something completely unpredictable. It is the type of film that Hollywood executives seem to fear because […]
Continue reading »Little Women (2019) ☆ ☆ ☆
Louisa May Alcott’s most famous tale has been filmed numerous times, often with great results — I gave the 1994 version four stars. This particular version jumps around in time, which I found rather distracting, but writer-director Greta Gerwig develops […]
Continue reading »Jumanji: The Next Level (2019) ☆ ☆ ☆
I daresay nobody was more surprised that Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle (2017) was as good as it is than me; I didn’t like the original Jumanji (1995) very much, but the reboot was both visually exciting and dramatically sound […]
Continue reading »1917 (2019) ☆ ☆ ☆ 1/2
How many classic World War I films can you name? I’ll list a few — All Quiet on the Western Front (1930), Paths of Glory (1957) and 1917 (2019). I don’t count Wings (1927), The Blue Max (1966) or Zeppelin […]
Continue reading »Like a Boss (2020) ☆ ☆
This is another one of those crass, rude and lewd comedies which I do not care for very much. Its strongest asset is that it is female-centric, led by believable, empathetic female characters, with a story that eventually leads to […]
Continue reading »Underwater (2020) ☆ ☆ 1/2
Claustrophobic horror films are usually fun, and you cannot get much more claustrophobic than six-and-a-half miles beneath the ocean’s surface, in the deepest area of the Pacific Ocean. This film is rather derivative, however, something along the lines of The […]
Continue reading »The Cannibal Killer: The Real Story of Jeffrey Dahmer (2020) ☆ ☆ ☆
My friend Pete Jacelone has made what I consider to be his best movie yet, one which premiered last night at the Anthology Film Archive in New York City. It is his second of three planned serial killer outings; the […]
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