The job portrayed in Worth would not typically be described as beautiful… it’s doing about creating the cold equations needed to determine the financial payout to people who have suffered from a disaster. But this movie challenges that idea and, … Continue reading
Coda is a movie I want to hug… and a movie I wanted to go on for another hour, get a sequel, or binge watch a season of. I really engaged and connected with this film and its multiple ideas … Continue reading
I found Woodstock ’99 documentary to be a fantastic narrative about the concert that went up in flames. Definitely a doc with a pre-determined angle and opinion but they gave enough people time for the defense in this trial. And … Continue reading
It took me awhile to finally narrow down what this movie was and what it was doing… but I got there. I’m not sure I’ll go there again since sometimes I enjoy life, you know? This movie, however, does not. … Continue reading
Can’t hardly believe I’m giving this one such a good review… but, darnit, this is the kind of big idea fun pulpy science fiction I like. Don’t get me wrong, I’d prefer something smarter and more erudite – but when … Continue reading
What an incredibly special movie. A drama about learning to not hate yourself, to understand others, to become a better person, to change, and to grow. All done with drama – and melodrama – but not in the usual, expected … Continue reading
Nomadland is a unique special film that’s about nothing less than life, death, time, and existence. It’s a tone poem full of small vignettes, only lightly connected, about what it is to live a particular type of life. It’s a … Continue reading
Promising Young Woman seems to be one type of movie before slyly becoming another and then another. The log-line of the flick makes it sound like a sordid feminist (or maybe pseudo-feminist) revenge flick that’s all about sick visceral thrills. … Continue reading
Soul is a pretty marvelous film from those fine folks at Pixar. I’d say this is their best movie in recent years and inadvertently the best Christmas movie released this (miserable) year. Not actually a Christmas movie but released on … Continue reading
I only partially recall HBO’s Conspiracy: The Trial of the Chicago 8 (from 1987) which was a movie based on the same trial as the new Netflix film The Trial of the Chicago 7. Having seen that movie so long … Continue reading