Here is a different example of violence, or the threat of violence, in film, and it is a far, far better film than the ridiculous mayhem of Birds of Prey, the most recent movie I reviewed. Suspense, excitement and anxiety […]
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Birds of Prey . . . (2020) ☆
Its full title is Birds of Prey: Or the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn; however, I find nothing fantabulous about it. A long time ago — in the 1990s, I believe — I used to rant quite a bit […]
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Another of Sean Connery’s great performances being celebrated after his recent death is that of Russian submarine skipper Marko Ramius, in the first Tom Clancy adaptation to reach the big screen. Thirty years later it remains top-notch entertainment, and the […]
Continue reading »The War with Grandpa (2020) ☆ ☆ 1/2
I didn’t know anything about this title before seeing it, other than that Robert De Niro was the star. I have since learned that it has been on the shelf for three years, boasts more than thirty-five producers (including chef […]
Continue reading »Goldfinger (1964) ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆
One of the few silver linings of this crummy year is that theaters have chosen to turn to older classics in order to lure viewers back. This week, in the wake of Sean Connery’s death at 90, some theaters are […]
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Small-scale, independent dramas do not often attract actresses the caliber of Annette Bening to headline them, but this British production has managed it. Bening and Brit favorite Bill Nighy star as a couple married twenty-nine years who suddenly reach an […]
Continue reading »Tenet (2020) ☆ ☆
One of the most revered filmmakers working today is Christopher Nolan, a man who makes dark, complex, challenging, time-twisting tales that have captured our national imagination. I thought the “Dark Knight” trilogy was overrated, but loved Inception; I didn’t care […]
Continue reading »Infidel (2019) ☆ ☆ 1/2
I’ve seen a lot of movies, but some of them confuse me as to the points they are trying to make. Or I just don’t get them. Sometimes it’s because they are too convoluted or specious for their own good; […]
Continue reading »Unhinged (2020) ☆ ☆ 1/2
Seven months after my last recent release review, I’ve finally been back to an actual theater. Theatres are open again, although there isn’t much to see yet, and I will be making the effort to see what I can and […]
Continue reading »No More Entries for a While
Emma is the final “recent release” I shall probably review for a while, because within two days of that viewing, all the movie theaters around me, including the one at which I worked, closed due to the coronavirus scare. Naturally, […]
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