Apr
25
Challengers
Challengers is a sexy sexy drama about a trio of tennis player over a decade. As a guy who is forever perplexed by the rules of tennis, I can say that the film is about as much about tennis as … Continue reading
Tag Archives: High 80s
Apr
20
Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare, The
With the collapse of the DCU and the troubles with the MCU, pretty soon half of all movies will be Guy Ritchie flicks. Don’t know what they put in his tea, but four movies in three years is quite a … Continue reading
Mar
27
Monster (2023)
After a somber and frustrating first act, I was surprised and curious to realize I was watching Jim Henson’s Rashomon Babies. A film that unfolds in an elementary school across three different points of view, slowly folding out to reveal … Continue reading
Feb
15
Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy
I loved Drive My Car from Japanese director Ryusuke Hamaguchi so I was curious about his other films. Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy has a title that sparked my interest so it was a good spot to take a second … Continue reading
Feb
02
Fitting In
Fitting In is a coming-of-age film about a teen girl who discovers that she was born with some internal female parts missing. She has a choice to tell her friend and boyfriend about her differences or keep it a secret… … Continue reading
Jan
01
Color Purple, The (2023)
The Color Purple is about a pair of poor black Southern girl who are separated in the late 1910s. One vanishes while the other is stuck in an abusive marriage which she struggled to free herself from over the course … Continue reading
Dec
30
Anatomy of a Fall
Anatomy of a Fall a courtroom drama where the wife of a guy who died in a household fall is on trial for his murder. There are a lot of accusations, suppositions, blame, and recrimination. There’s not a lot of … Continue reading
Dec
09
Leave the World Behind
Leave the World Behind borrows heavily from dozens of other paranoia thrillers that had much lower budgets. But you add Julia Roberts, Mahershala Ali, and Ethan Hawke plus get the Obamas to executive produce, and you suddenly have a big … Continue reading
Dec
02
May December
May December is about a sleazy tabloid topic that’s too smart and too subtle to be about what it’s about. On the one hand, it’s quiet and introspective and then it delivers a soundtrack that suggests its 200% more melodramatic … Continue reading
Dec
01
Godzilla Minus One
I’m not an expert on all the eras of Godzilla, but it feels to me like Godzilla Minus One is unique among the films I’ve seen. Godzilla originated with, and sometimes returns to, the idea of Japan’s national trauma from … Continue reading