Another science fiction failure is the latest Marvel movie, a franchise that peaked fighting Thanos but has struggled to find worthwhile foes since then. Expansion into “the multi-verse” is a mistake (but will happen anyway; they have to make movies […]
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Don’t Worry Darling (2022) ☆ ☆ 1/2
One of 2022’s most discussed films is Don’t Worry Darling, which is good because ambitious and ambiguous projects like this should be seen and discussed for years to come, and bad because most of what is being talked about is the […]
Continue reading »Knock at the Cabin (2023) ☆ ☆ 1/2
Moral conundrum as performance art has a long history dating back to the Greeks, I believe, but that doesn’t make watching it any easier. For viewers understand quickly that in these parables everything pales to the central question the story […]
Continue reading »80 for Brady (2023) ☆ ☆ 1/2
Evidently women love football just as much as men do; at least that is true of the four female characters who lead 80 for Brady, which is inspired by a true story. This film boasts a whole lot of girl power; […]
Continue reading »The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent (2022) ☆ ☆ 1/2
I find it strange when movie stars portray fictionalized versions of themselves; thankfully it doesn’t happen very often. When it does, the results can be spectacularly weird and flamboyant (Being John Malkovich for one, this for another). I can report […]
Continue reading »Plane (2023) ☆ ☆ ☆
It’s always an interesting surprise when a film takes an unexpected turn. or heads off in a different direction. Sometimes it’s a good thing (Changeling, 2008), sometimes it’s a bad thing (Changeling, 2008) — depending on your point of view. […]
Continue reading »The Banshees of Inisherin (2022) ☆ ☆ ☆
Garnering nine Academy Award nominations, the Irish comedy-tragedy The Banshees of Inisherin has become one of 2022’s must-see movies. I missed it the first time around but finally saw it last night. It is not what I expected. Martin McDonagh’s film […]
Continue reading »Living (2022) ☆ ☆ ☆
It wasn’t until the opening credits rolled that I realized that Living was an English-language remake of Akira Kurosawa’s Ikiru (1952). That makes it a big deal; I saw Ikiru in the early 1980s and immediately classified it as one of the greatest […]
Continue reading »The Woman King (2022) ☆ ☆ ☆
Education is great — it is necessary as a foundation for knowledge of anything and everything in this world. But it is also highly selective. Until I saw The Woman King I was completely unaware of the African kingdom of Dahomey, […]
Continue reading »Puss in Boots: The Last Wish (2022) ☆ ☆ ☆
Whoever decided to bring the fairy tale characters Puss in Boots and Kitty Softpaws to life on the big screen, and to do it in this fashion, was brilliant. I love these flamboyant kitty characters, the way they dance and […]
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