Glad to Meet You, Too: Gladiator 2

Here’s a PSA for movie goers with osteoporosis: No matter how tired you are, don’t throw yourself in to the far side of your movie seat, trying to avoid sitting on the ten sweaters you brought to keep warm. Because what might happen is you clock your elbow so violently on the wooden armrest that… Continue reading Glad to Meet You, Too: Gladiator 2

Emilia Perez, Like the Terrain in Mexcico-Audaciously Uneven

Jacques Audiard is not a director or screenwriter of which I’m familiar even though he’s raked in two BAFTA Awards (The Prophet and The Beat that My Heart Skipped). But I thoroughly enjoyed Emilia Perez which makes me want to seek out the aforementioned films. In a nutshell, the story is: a drug lord who… Continue reading Emilia Perez, Like the Terrain in Mexcico-Audaciously Uneven

A Real Pain; Jesse’s Mural

Did you get my musical allusion: Jesse’s Girl=Jesse’s Mural? I try. A Real Pain is Jesse’s mural of modern day Poland. Ok, it seems the populace seems to just want light on heavy stories this year: Anora, and now A Real Pain. Which is fine I guess, it’s like a holiday gathering where polite folks… Continue reading A Real Pain; Jesse’s Mural

Anora and Christmas Eve in Miller’s Point

Real life can’t help but blend into my blog, so this week’s difficulties are from the people who can’t seem to plan ahead and schedule anything…property sellers, Fedex, etc. But that’s why movies are crucial, they take us away to witness other people’s problems so we can forget about ours. Let’s talk about Anora. Sean… Continue reading Anora and Christmas Eve in Miller’s Point

Here by Zemeckis and the Hank-Wright Reunion

Ever wonder if society is simply disintegrating (a la the ‘character’ they created for the Catholic Church?) and if your broken family and relationships are just a reflection of all this? Well, add Robert Zemeckis to the family circus. He took a beautifully understated Graphic Novel titled Here by Richard McGuire, whose entire premise was… Continue reading Here by Zemeckis and the Hank-Wright Reunion