I like it. It's a semi-autobiographical film about Spielberg's childhood and adolescent days. We learn about his love of movies and we share in the ups and downs of his family life starting in New Jersey, then Phoenix then Northern California. It's all fine. I usually love those "power of movies" movies. Some of the …
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This is Where I Leave You (Shawn Levy – 2023) C-
A waste of talent this one (all across the board but really Timothy Olyphant is here why?). Has some funny scenes but it is a by the numbers and mostly dull exercise no matter how much I like Bateman, Fey, Driver and the rest of the cast.
Crimes of the Future (David Cronenberg – 2022) C+
Weird and has that signature Cronenberg style that mixes sex with body horror and dark themes. Set in a future where humans are evolving, growing new organs and using that for profit through...performance art. Evolution takes different forms and there seems to be a group of people evolving to consume inorganic material (you know like …
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The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (Andrew Dominik – 2007) A+
I think this one is a masterpiece of a movie. Robert Ford (Casey Affleck) is a young man of about 20 who idolized Jesse James (Brad Pitt). Robert had all those books written about him extoling the adventures of the famous bandit that he kept under his bed. In April 1883 he shoots Jesse and …
3 Women (Robert Altman – 1977) A-
Set in the California desert the whole film feels bleached and parched and...hazy. The young teenager Pinky (Sissy Spacek) just moved there and is getting a job at a physical therapy spa for old people. She meets the person who is tasked with training her, Millie (Shelley Duval) and is instantly mesmerized and seemingly obsessed …
Triangle of Sadness (Ruben Östlund – 2022) A
A sharp satire of the rich, modern fame and the crazy class and social media culture. It is divided into several chapters and all are so well written and acted. One of my favorites is probably the dinner scene where a male model and his girlfriend (also a model) are arguing about how come he …
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The Square (Ruben Östlund – 2017) B+
As he is trying to put up a controversial art exhibit an art museum curator runs into a couple of issues. Christian (Claes Bang) is the charming and well-respected art curator for a modern art museum in Stockholm. The Square is a simple exhibit, a literal square that invites observers to think about the world …
Sharper (Benjamin Caron – 2023) C+
Ok while you are watching it. Fun way to tell the story of a con, a few cons and con artists. The cast is great too. However as soon as it is all over and you give a little bit of thought it kind of falls apart and I don't like that in this type …
Tar (Todd Field – 2022) A
I cannot remember any movie that is more about a personality than Tar. Cate Blanchet is in every scene as the highly-acclaimed Berlin orchestra conductor. We are with her for the entire duration. The performance is an absolute masterwork and she has to be a shoe in for the Academy Award this year. What is …
Ikiru (Akira Kurosawa – 1952) A
A beautifully made simple story with a message that rings true for any generation. When Watanabe learns he is dying of cancer and realizes he has spend his entire life in a meaningless bureaucratic government city job he starts wanting to make the most of what he has left. He wants to maybe find some …
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