Same film as 38 years ago, just more of a blast.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2488496/
Monday, December 28, 2015
Tuesday, December 22, 2015
Quirke
An example of crafting ridiculous backgrounds to fuel your plot.
Sunday, December 20, 2015
Jurassic World
Almost like watching the cat play with her toys, but with more blood and mayhem.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0369610/
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0369610/
Tuesday, December 15, 2015
Consumed
The film came across as an issue documentary, but Nick was great!
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3760966/
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3760966/
Monday, December 14, 2015
Wild
Second time in a year that the movie was better than the book. (The other was Gone Girl.)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2305051/
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2305051/
Jessica Jones: Season 1
You GUYS. Run, don't walk, to watch this show. (Beware, a little brutal.)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2357547/
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2357547/
Saturday, December 12, 2015
Doctor Who (new): Season 9
I'm still just not yet a Capaldi fan, but I'm glad what's-her-name is now officially gone.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0436992/
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0436992/
Thursday, December 3, 2015
The Age of Adaline
Really? Did we really need the pseudo-scientific-crapola at the beginning and end? Really?
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1655441/
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1655441/
Far from the Madding Crowd
Thomas Hardy couldn't stay away from unmarried pregnant women, it appears.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2935476/
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2935476/
Z for Zachariah
Perfect example of a book that is NOT at all like the movie. (Wow.)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1598642/
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1598642/
Sunday, November 29, 2015
The Walking Dead: Season 5
As usual, the series describes what it really means to be human. Not as usual, they did a better job of depicting that this season.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1520211/
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1520211/
Saturday, November 28, 2015
Spectre
Way to keep it classic: helicopter, car, plane, train, boat.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2379713/
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2379713/
Friday, November 27, 2015
Continuum: Season 4
The best part of this confusing last season was thinking "Ooh, I just saw that while I was in Vancouver!"
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1954347/
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1954347/
Furious 7
Is RottenTomatoes having a laugh at our expense?
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2820852/
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2820852/
Sunday, November 22, 2015
Better Call Saul: Season 1
Skip "Breaking Bad" and watch this instead.
Wednesday, November 18, 2015
Homeland: Season 4
If you haven't finished watching this season yet, read "The Looming Tower" and then finish.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1796960/
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1796960/
Wednesday, November 11, 2015
Citizenfour
I find it hard to believe that POTUS is not on Snowden's side. (Hi, NSA!)
Monday, November 9, 2015
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell (mini-series)
Strangely, the book lets the imagination wander more than the rendered CGI magic did.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2548418/
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2548418/
Love & Mercy
I cannot fathom the amount of prep Dano did for this film.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0903657/
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0903657/
Friday, October 23, 2015
Cinderella
I've never been a girly-girl, but I'd be pleased as punch to wear that dress for an evening.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1661199/
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1661199/
Wednesday, October 21, 2015
Mad Men: Season 7, Part 2
And in the end, the women prevail.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0804503/
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0804503/
Saturday, October 3, 2015
The Martian
I wonder if Damon still eats potatoes.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3659388/
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3659388/
Thursday, October 1, 2015
Manhattan: Season 1
Way too much intrigue and way too little science. (Probably the right amount of sex, but that was boring, too.)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3231564/
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3231564/
Sunday, September 13, 2015
Wallander (Swedish version): Series 1, Part 2
At least I now know how to say swear words in Swedish. (But I'll miss this show dearly.)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0907702/
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0907702/
Monday, September 7, 2015
Leviathan
I'd like to say I'm mostly befuddled by the vodka drinking, but in fact I'm much more befuddled by the Russian Minister of Culture.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2802154/ (Original title: Leviafan)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2802154/ (Original title: Leviafan)
Thursday, September 3, 2015
A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night
Noir with teeth. (Only, more noir than teeth, unfortunately.)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2326554/
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2326554/
Sunday, August 30, 2015
Run All Night
The made-man-getting-sad-and-rheumy movie is about as trying as the hooker-with-a-heart-of-gold movie.
Friday, August 21, 2015
Kingsman: The Secret Service
Give me one good reason that the girl had to be the flibbertigibbet.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2802144/
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2802144/
Wednesday, August 19, 2015
Danny Collins
Wait, comedy? Drama? Tragedy? Who cares, I'll watch Al Pacino any day in anything.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1772288/
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1772288/
Monday, August 17, 2015
Veep: Season 3
As with most TV comedies, episodes that are downright hysterical, and episodes that are downright painful.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1759761/
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1759761/
Saturday, August 15, 2015
My Kid Could Paint That
It's difficult not to appear guilty when being scrutinized publicly.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0912592/
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0912592/
Ant-Man
The usual. Although, Rudd buffed up was fun to see, and Peña is, as ever, a joy to watch.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0478970/
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0478970/
Frank
If you love extremely odd things, you'll love this.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1605717/
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1605717/
Sunday, August 9, 2015
The DUFF
beepbeepbeep SEVERE IMPLAUSIBILITY ALERT beepbeepbeep
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1666801/
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1666801/
Friday, August 7, 2015
West of Memphis
More personal, and thus more gripping, than the other three documentaries.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2130321/
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2130321/
Wednesday, August 5, 2015
Broadchurch: Season 2
The oddest mix of gorgeous countryside and pure angst.
Monday, August 3, 2015
The Diary of a Teenage Girl
This is what genuine and humorous filmmaking can do for a slightly outré topic. (And it shouldn't be.)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3172532/
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3172532/
How I Live Now
Why are people not more creeped out by the lovers-with-your-first-cousin part?
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1894476/
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1894476/
The Newsroom: Season 3
Of course, he couldn't pass up an opportunity for Jeff Daniels and Friends.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1870479/
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1870479/
Thursday, July 30, 2015
The Grand Seduction
I wonder how Gleeson felt about Kitsch joining this particular little film-enterprise?
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2319580/
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2319580/
Wednesday, July 29, 2015
Get on Up
When you've started at the top with Robinson and Brown, where do you go from there?
Sunday, July 26, 2015
Bloody Sunday
I should have watched the Irish version before the British version.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0280491/
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0280491/
Sunday, July 19, 2015
Selma
While excellently acted, I am distressed there were no American actors for the top 3 parts.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1020072/
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1020072/
Friday, July 17, 2015
'71
Complicated in keeping the factions straight, but straightforward and effective in its tone.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2614684/
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2614684/
Thursday, July 16, 2015
It Follows
PSA for teenage sex? Nah, it's better than that by far.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3235888/
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3235888/
Wednesday, July 15, 2015
The Invisible Woman
Is it over yet?
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1700845/
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1700845/
Tuesday, July 14, 2015
Diplomatie
Critics loved this, but it's simply an overblown love letter to Paris from the people who live there.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3129564/
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3129564/
Monday, July 13, 2015
The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Them
The slow reveal was intriguing. The visual description of loss actually was not.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3729920/
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3729920/
Sunday, July 12, 2015
Five Broken Cameras
The buried 4 seconds of film that says it all: a toddler unwittingly handing a disbelieving soldier an actual olive branch.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2125423/
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2125423/
Magic Mike
The world now has too many McConaughey films in which he acts like some version of himself.
Sunday, July 5, 2015
Red Dwarf: Series 10
Not cute, like that last "season". Thank heavens.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0094535/
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0094535/
Thursday, July 2, 2015
Penguins of Madagascar
Aw, how can you not adore the "hidden" celebrity names?
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1911658/
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1911658/
Tuesday, June 30, 2015
Mr. Turner
I preferred the movie-as-painting vision in Girl with a Pearl Earring.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2473794/
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2473794/
Sunday, June 28, 2015
The Bletchley Circle: Season 2
Better the second time, but pleased there's not a third time.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2275990/
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2275990/
Paddington
Worth it to see the Earl of Grantham in drag.
Saturday, June 27, 2015
Inside Out
Ooh, that "facts vs. opinions" joke was sadly right on the money.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2096673/
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2096673/
Thursday, June 25, 2015
The Internet's Own Boy: The Story of Aaron Swartz
One-sided, but how can it not be?
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3268458/
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3268458/
Tuesday, June 23, 2015
The Bletchley Circle: Season 1
More like Blech-ley Circle.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2275990/
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2275990/
Monday, June 22, 2015
Inherent Vice
So now they're giving Oscar nominations to screenplays that obscure rather than clarify?
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1791528/
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1791528/
Sunday, June 21, 2015
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1
At least in this installment (and the next) you forget about the Hunger Games themselves. (Now, it's just revolution.)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1951265/
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1951265/
Big Eyes
I don't know - I think leaving two husbands points to quite a bit of ballsy-ness.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1126590/
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1126590/
Thursday, June 18, 2015
American Sniper
No true patriot should have that kind of ending.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2179136/
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2179136/
Monday, June 15, 2015
Into the Woods
It is clear that you'd only hire Meryl Streep to deliver the line "Who cares! Cow's gone! Get it back!"
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2180411/
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2180411/
Project Almanac
That's right, the lesson is that romance (and loud music) is more important than scientific discovery.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2436386/
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2436386/
Thursday, May 28, 2015
Modern Family: Season 6
"Connection Lost" is one of their best episodes ever, proving they have not jumped the shark.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1442437/
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1442437/
Tuesday, May 26, 2015
Tim's Vermeer
I'm certainly convinced. Do people really think it makes Vermeer any less of an artist?
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3089388/
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3089388/
Monday, May 25, 2015
Mad Max: Fury Road
Best design of a final battle sequence I've seen in years.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1392190/
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1392190/
Sunday, May 24, 2015
St. Vincent
McCarthy's deadpan retelling of her sorrows is what clinched this one for me.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2170593/
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2170593/
The Spectacular Now
Excellent leads, trite story.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1714206/
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1714206/
Saturday, May 23, 2015
Ex Machina
And if the genders had been reversed? That would have a vastly different message.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0470752/
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0470752/
Friday, May 22, 2015
Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.: Season 2
This time it was a freakin' ship instead of a plane. But at least MacLachlan was fun to watch.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2364582/
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2364582/
Wednesday, May 20, 2015
Trance
Intricately twisted or decidedly nonsensical?
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1924429/
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1924429/
Tuesday, May 19, 2015
Call the Midwife: Season 4
Well, finally, they add some scenes about prostitution (rampant in the East End in the 50s).
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1983079/
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1983079/
Monday, May 18, 2015
Avengers: Age of Ultron
My movie-going experience: I enjoyed it, but I guess the guy who snored through the final battle sequence sure didn't.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2395427/
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2395427/
Saturday, May 16, 2015
Particle Fever
What a terrifying ending. (Not really - there'd be zero time for terror.)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1385956/
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1385956/
Friday, May 15, 2015
Like Stars on Earth
Everything in Bollywood is exactly twice as long as it should be: the scenes are, the songs are, the movies are.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0986264/ (Original title: Taare Zameen Par)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0986264/ (Original title: Taare Zameen Par)
Thursday, May 14, 2015
Hannah Arendt
Having the ability to deftly step outside your own experience is likely the truest mark of intellect.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1674773/
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1674773/
Wednesday, May 13, 2015
The Immigrant
Learning Polish should be commended. Too bad it was overshadowed by the banality of the filmmaking.
Sunday, May 10, 2015
Taxi to the Dark Side
Distressed that he couldn't find the 3 minutes to fit in President Carter's interview.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0854678/
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0854678/
Monday, May 4, 2015
Starbuck
French films usually irritate me. Not French Canadian films, apparently.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1756750/
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1756750/
Sunday, May 3, 2015
The Tale of Princess Kaguya
The moral being that life is to be lived? Or at least not squandered?
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2576852/ (Original title: Kaguyahime no Monogatari)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2576852/ (Original title: Kaguyahime no Monogatari)
Thursday, April 30, 2015
Warrior
The best of the sports clichés: a method of wrapping you up in the action without you noticing.
Wednesday, April 29, 2015
A Walk Among the Tombstones
As a Block/Scudder fan, I can say this was sufficiently gritty and morbid.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0365907/
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0365907/
Frances Ha
It's good not to be a disaffected youth any longer.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2347569/
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2347569/
Monday, April 27, 2015
Song of the Sea
Gorgeously stylized, but too rote of a story.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1865505/
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1865505/
Pride
In many respects, I've seen this film before, but it never hurts to see it again.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3169706/
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3169706/
Sunday, April 26, 2015
The Way Way Back
I prefer Carell in his dramatic roles and Rockwell in his comedic roles, so this suited me fine.
Friday, April 24, 2015
Restrepo
Label me blasé, but the images here did not move me to feel the fear these men felt.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1559549/
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1559549/
Thursday, April 23, 2015
Foxcatcher
In this particular circumstance, I wonder if knowing zilch about the story would have been way, way better.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1100089/
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1100089/
Wednesday, April 22, 2015
Whiplash
I didn't want to bang on things around the house, but it did make me appreciate jazz a lot more.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2582802/
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2582802/
Monday, April 20, 2015
Calvary
Resonant, powerful, unforgiving description of the Catholic Church in this day and age.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2234003/
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2234003/
The Wolf of Wall Street
All the normal reasons to be wary of this film aside, at its heart it has heart (or at least wisdom).
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0993846/
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0993846/
Sunday, April 19, 2015
The Grandmaster
Another in his long line of unrequited-love epics.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1462900/ (Original title: Yi Dai Zong Shi)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1462900/ (Original title: Yi Dai Zong Shi)
Saturday, April 18, 2015
The Railway Man
Ever since reading Unbroken, Japanese WWII POW war films are the only ones I can't stomach.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2058107/
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2058107/
Friday, April 17, 2015
The Skeleton Twins
Ending = crap crappity crap. Rest of this = mostly amusing.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1571249/
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1571249/
Thursday, April 16, 2015
Le Week-End
Excellent job describing the mess of marriage, but the film shouldn't also be a mess.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2392326/
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2392326/
Tuesday, April 14, 2015
A Single Shot
It might be full of dread, but it's also full of cliches.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1540741/
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1540741/
The One I Love
That is the most instructive and clarifying movie poster ever created.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2756032/
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2756032/
Monday, April 13, 2015
A Most Violent Year
Chandor is the master of the procedural reveal.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2937898/
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2937898/
Love Is Strange
While a sweet portrayal of aging love, thematically muddled.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2639344/
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2639344/
Saturday, April 11, 2015
Fruitvale Station
It only being semi-Hollywood, I trust it as a realistic portrayal.
Friday, April 10, 2015
Predestination
I wish they hadn't followed the short story to a T.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2397535/
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2397535/
Thursday, April 9, 2015
Peaky Blinders: Season 2
More soap-opera-y than last season, and not surprisingly, more fun to watch.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2442560/
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2442560/
Tuesday, April 7, 2015
Nightcrawler
Something you really don't want - criminals with business acumen.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2872718/
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2872718/
Monday, April 6, 2015
Kill the Messenger
Hollywood doesn't know how to create a film without bias. (Although, granted, what's the truth here?)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1216491/
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1216491/
Sunday, April 5, 2015
The Lizzie Bennet Diaries
So much to love - my favorite parts were Fitz and the new media meta-ness of it all.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2392261/
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2392261/
Friday, April 3, 2015
Big Hero 6
Nothing is new. This one: Stargate meets The Iron Giant.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2245084/
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2245084/
Thursday, April 2, 2015
Lucy
Mulefritters! 20% capacity is not the joke, it's that you'd gain knowledge out of the electrical ether from a chemical.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2872732/
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2872732/
The Homesman
The term "feminist western" sounds like a post-feminist oxymoron.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2398231/
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2398231/
Tuesday, March 31, 2015
Gone Girl
Far more appealing (gosh, that's the wrong word) than the novel.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2267998/
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2267998/
Monday, March 30, 2015
John Wick
The dog scenes impacted me way more than all those shoot-em-ups.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2911666/
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2911666/
The Phantom Tollbooth: Beyond Expectations
Not surprisingly, Juster has a droll sense of humor.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2586062/
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2586062/
Maidan
One of the best visual definitions of order (and organization) in chaos.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3675486/
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3675486/
The Royal Road
The history lesson was valuable, at least.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3062620/
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3062620/
The Iron Ministry
Want to learn more about current Chinese culture? Watch this film.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3907314/
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3907314/
The Creation of Meaning
I hope this area of Italy remains as un-touristy as our protagonist desires.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3905022/ (Original title: La Creazione di Significato)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3905022/ (Original title: La Creazione di Significato)
Episode of the Sea
Excellent example of a documentarian going with the flow.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3973638/
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3973638/
Häxan: Witchcraft Through the Ages
Believe it or not, there were scholarly treatises masked as silent films in the 1920s.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0013257/
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0013257/
Glee: Season 6
Glee may have devolved into chaos, but where else will I find new songs?
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1327801/
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1327801/
Monday, March 23, 2015
Laggies
Shelton is no Holfcener, but she also makes quirky and uplifting films.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2034031/
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2034031/
Sunday, March 22, 2015
Game of Thrones: Season 4
HBO is now acting like Martin - killing off characters before their time.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0944947/
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0944947/
Saturday, March 21, 2015
Wallander (Swedish version): Series 3
Not an easy season to watch, and I don't mean for the crimes.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0907702/
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0907702/
Sunday, March 15, 2015
The Captains
Painful to watch, surprisingly revealing, and as a documentary style, utter garbage.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1946421/
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1946421/
Wednesday, March 11, 2015
House of Cards: Season 3
I would bet quite a lot that that final walk out the door ends up being a very short one.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1856010/
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1856010/
Sunday, March 8, 2015
The Angel's Share
What better movie to get prepped for a visit to Scotland? (Except maybe the crime does pay part.)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1924394/
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1924394/
Thursday, March 5, 2015
Agent Carter: Season 1
The 2-minute plane crash scene in the first Captain America movie resonates better than this entire 8-episode series.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3475734/
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3475734/
Star Trek: Enterprise: Season 4
Irritated that they dashed all hopes of the Tucker-T'Pol tryst, in the end. To what purpose?
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0244365/
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0244365/
Tuesday, March 3, 2015
Downton Abbey: Season 5
Best LOL line so far (sacrilege that it's not a Countess line, I know): "We can't have you wobbly at both ends."
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1606375/
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1606375/
Monday, March 2, 2015
Hachi: A Dog's Tale
Nice, but #195 on IMDB's Top 250? How about instead anything by Greta Garbo?
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1028532/
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1028532/
The Book of Life
Whimsical animation, same-as-usual story.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2262227/
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2262227/
Sunday, March 1, 2015
Birdman: Or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
Man oh man, multitudinously meta.
Friday, February 27, 2015
Star Trek: Enterprise: Season 3
The more serious nature of this season gave us more interesting conundrums, at least.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0244365/
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0244365/
Wednesday, February 25, 2015
Parks and Recreation: Season 7
There's no doubt about it: my favorite comedy series of all time.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1266020/
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1266020/
Tuesday, February 24, 2015
The Boxtrolls
Smart, funny, quirky and with the best Easter egg in a long while.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0787474/
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0787474/
Monday, February 23, 2015
Fury
Can we be done with telling the same WWII story a very slightly different way? (Also, did you know Americans are awesome?)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2713180/
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2713180/
Sunday, February 22, 2015
The Drop
Lehane provides multiple hints, but you really have to be on the lookout for them.
Friday, February 20, 2015
Saving Mr. Banks
You have to think Mary Poppins is the bee's knees first.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2140373/
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2140373/
Wednesday, February 11, 2015
Star Trek: Enterprise: Season 2
They're so focused on highlighting early Earth struggles with spaceflight, they forget to make it thoughtful as well.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0244365/
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0244365/
A Most Wanted Man
As with most movies made from le Carré books, it took me a while to catch on.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1972571/
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1972571/
Monday, February 9, 2015
Rush
They must have blown their entire budget on insurance.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1979320/
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1979320/
Sunday, February 8, 2015
Last Days in Vietnam
If you don't end up more optimistic about humanity at the end of this, we didn't watch the same doc.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3279124/
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3279124/
Friday, February 6, 2015
Me and Earl and the Dying Girl
You'll need to brush up on your classic films before watching this clever little independent.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2582496/
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2582496/
Wednesday, February 4, 2015
Enough Said
Holofcener gains wisdom and skill as the years progress. And I dearly wish more guys would watch her stuff.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2390361/
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2390361/
Finding Vivian Maier
Style and the doc's different "feel": A+. Controversy surrounding photo rights: C-. Never knowing the whole story from a doc = well, duh.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2714900/
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2714900/
Monday, February 2, 2015
The Rover
In the end, a misguided Western? Is that supposed to be humorous?
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2345737/
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2345737/
Sunday, February 1, 2015
Only Lovers Left Alive
The film geeks I know would kill for every movie to be this movie.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1714915/
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1714915/
The Guest
Agent: Dan, no one will be reminded of Downton Abbey after this! Dan: OK! Result: Should have stuck with your day job.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2980592/
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2980592/
Thursday, January 29, 2015
The Maze Runner
Harry Potter meets Cloverfield, and not in a good way.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1790864/
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1790864/
Wednesday, January 28, 2015
Bears
[sticky note in Disney office] Remember! Reilly plus cute bears plus clams = box office gold!
Tuesday, January 27, 2015
Neighbors
Some spot-on jokes, but the lesser of the RoFrHiCe comedy genre.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2004420/
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2004420/
Sunday, January 25, 2015
Wallander (Swedish version): Series 1, Part 1
Henriksson is correct- Season 1 is not as polished as Season 2.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0907702/
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0907702/
Monday, January 19, 2015
Cold in July
Who knew Don Johnson was a comedian? Or at least a comedian in tandem with Sam Shepard?
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1179031/
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1179031/
Sunday, January 18, 2015
Belle
It's impolitic of me to say, but Mbatha-Raw's lack of joy when good things were happening to her really bothered me.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2404181/
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2404181/
Friday, January 16, 2015
The Imitation Game
I know too much about the life of Turing to watch this film without presumption.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2084970/
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2084970/
Wednesday, January 14, 2015
Doctor Who (new): Season 8
So, the way it works is, the Doctor and his companion are supposed to have chemistry.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0436992/
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0436992/
Wednesday, January 7, 2015
Star Trek: Enterprise: Season 1
This is not your grandfather^73's Star Trek.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0244365/
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0244365/
Sunday, January 4, 2015
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
But, you see, you can put in all the great effects you like, but if the story is obvious, you end up with nothing.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2103281/
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2103281/
Saturday, January 3, 2015
The Grand Budapest Hotel
How does Anderson create humor out of shapes (specifically, squares) with such finesse?
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2278388/
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2278388/
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