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
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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
An Irish Gal, a Joker and a NBC Exec Walk into a Bar
That’s not the start of a bad joke, but three movies I saw during a wild week of Hurricane Milton. An Irish Gal…actually the movie’s THE OUTRUN and stars Saoirse Ronan in the made from memoir book The Outrun by Amy Lyptrot. The English teacher in me says the book was better than the movie… Continue reading An Irish Gal, a Joker and a NBC Exec Walk into a Bar
Megalopolis: Cosmetic Mirror Reflection of Soceity
Coppola gets a trophy, from me at least, on grandest story of the year.
The Substance: Had Some until the Two Hour Mark
I really wanted to like The Substance (written and directed by Coralie Fargeat). However, she makes Emerald Fennell look like a happy-go-lucky individual (see Saltburn and Promising Young Woman for references). Her point about the pressure on modern women to stay slim and trim until death is very well done. Relatable scenes to perfectionist types… Continue reading The Substance: Had Some until the Two Hour Mark
Sing Sing Had me at Sing
Did you know Sing Sing is from the Native American language which means stone on stone and that after Edison introduced the electric chair there in 1903 that the town changed its name to Ossining as to not be confused with the jail? And did you also know that while Joker Deux (or whatever the… Continue reading Sing Sing Had me at Sing
Between Two Temples: An Homage to Humans
Here’s a litmus test: if you see the uplifting new film by Nathan Silver and think ‘it’s weird’, you may just need to exit social media and start connecting with human beings on a face to face level. I’m just being honest here. Because if you call people simply being idiosyncratic, or constantly evolving from… Continue reading Between Two Temples: An Homage to Humans