My finicky Goldie Locks routine continues…last week it was The Brutalist, not best picture, and this weekend’s discovery was September 5, not best original screenplay. It’s a simple Script Doctor prescription this time Tim Fehlbaum. If you’re going to make a suffocatingly small surroundings film, for the love of the Netherlands (where Tim is from)… Continue reading September 5, Goldie Locks continues
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Foghorn “Jackie” Horn
“Jackie”, directed by Pablo Larrain, has given me fits and starts as far as purpose. Was the purpose to show Jackie Kennedy as a 60’s Stepford Wife, who after her husband’s assassination decided to try to assert herself, only to feel defeated? If so, then, Jackie decides to preserve the fantasy of Camelot through an… Continue reading Foghorn “Jackie” Horn
Pawn Sacrifice, seats available
I saw Pawn Sacrifice a week ago, and attempted to laugh a most intellectual snicker when I heard the woman in front of me at the box office complain that now that recliners were installed ‘good’ movies are sold out. She was lucky to be saved from The Intern, subtitled DeNiro Doesn’t Care About His… Continue reading Pawn Sacrifice, seats available