Comedy, Film
Film: Spin Me Round
Jeff Baena continues to deploy his talented troupe in his latest film, Spin Me Round (2022), an amusing anti-romcom…
September 11, 2022-
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Film, Horror, Science FictionFilm: Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978)
In retrospect, I should have gone back to the original, to better provide a legitimate comparison. Instead, I leave…
August 21, 2022 -
Film, Horror, Science FictionFilm: Prey
I have no particular affinity for the Predator franchise, and it seems I missed a whole passel of sequels…
August 21, 2022 -
Film, Mystery, ThrillerFilm: Unsane
Steven Soderbergh is always worth checking out, and while Unsane (2018) isn’t his most accomplished outing, it’s a classy,…
August 15, 2022 -
Comedy, Drama, FilmFilm: Licorice Pizza
Paul Thomas Anderson’s films can be on the perverse side — almost always striking, compelling, and immersive, but often…
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Film, Mystery, ThrillerFilm: Blow Out
Brian De Palma’s early work often engenders a schizophrenic reaction in me, enticing with cagey genre content and cinephile…
August 7, 2022 -
Film, Horror, Mystery, ThrillerFilm: The Rental
Films don’t need to be huge and flashy to be effective, and The Rental (2020) is a slick little…
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Film, Spies, ThrillerFilm: Black Sunday
John Frankenheimer’s output from the 1960s is stylish, stirring, and memorable, but his later work doesn’t tend to work…
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Drama, FilmFilm: Madame Claude
Somewhere in Madame Claude (2021) is an interesting tale of historical intrigue, but it doesn’t quite make it out.…
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Drama, Film, ThrillerFilm: Poseidon
Disaster films are all about the spectacle, of course, and if gauged on that score alone, Poseidon (2006) –…
July 31, 2022 -
Film, Horror, ThrillerFilm: Eyes of Laura Mars
Something about the grungy look and feel of seventies cinema appeals to me, and Eyes of Laura Mars (1978)…
July 25, 2022 -
Film, Horror, ThrillerFilm: Last Night in Soho
Edgar Wright has gifted us with the likes of Shaun of the Dead, Baby Driver, and Scott Pilgrim vs.…
July 19, 2022 -
Film, Science FictionFilm: Dune (Part One)
It usually pays off to follow director Denis Villeneuve wherever he goes, so how about to the planet Arrakis?…
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Drama, Film, History, Spies, World War IIFilm: Operation Mincemeat
Back during the Spy 100 Project I rather enjoyed the staid spy film The Man Who Never Was, which…
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Animation, Fantasy, FilmFilm: Encanto
While it doesn’t have particularly good control of its messaging, Disney’s Encanto (2021) is a gorgeously animated film with…
June 27, 2022