Our introduction to dressmaker Reynolds Woodcock's (Daniel Day-Lewis) world is a lyrical dance. Early in the morning women line up outside the front door of his London house to be let in by Reynold's sister and business manager Cyril at precisely the right moment. They file up the stairs into his house in quiet order …
In a lot of classic Hollywood monster movies, from King Kong to Dracula to The Mummy to The Creature From the Black Lagoon, there is always the implied threat that these monsters, as horrific as they are may have the power to seduce and steal our weak-willed women and that it is the role of our straight-laced men to …
As the title of the post suggests, these were the last few movies I watched before I put together Version 2.0 of the "Best of 2017" list. I did watch a few more, but these were the movies that I felt warranted commenting on: COLUMBUS (2017) dir. Kogonada At one level Columbus is about two individuals randomly …
Continue reading 2017 Movie Round-Up Part 3 (Last Minute Cram Edition)
As we draw to the end of another year in the film industry, the lid has been blown open on a long-held secret in Hollywood: It is an unequal work environment in which women are severely underrepresented and thus specifically vulnerable to exactly the kinds of sexual harassment and assault cases that have sprung forward …
First things first: One should not take one's daughter to this movie on a daddy-daughter date without mentally preparing oneself for Pixar's penchant to deliver devastating emotional gut punches. Otherwise that same hypothetical person should also be prepared to give an explanation for why her daddy is a blubbering mess. Speaking entirely hypothetically and not …
(Disclaimer: Although I am going to refrain from going into any true spoiler-territory, plot details will be discussed. If you don't want to hear any details of the movie then first of all, what the heck are you doing here? And secondly, those things will be discussed so get out, watch the movie, and then …
Continue reading Star Wars: The Last Jedi (Big Screen Review)
Even though I have given myself until after after the Oscars in March to put together my final Best of 2017 list (due to how hard it is for this amateur critic to actually catch up with all the contenders sans "For-Your-Consideration" screeners and press screenings) there is undeniably a peer-pressure inspired rush to the …
Continue reading 2017 Movies Catch-Up Rapid-Fire Part 2 (Increasingly Panicked Edition)
The purpose of this post is self-explanatory. I take a look at some of the Netflix originals on offer and review them. Unlike some of the more obscure fare that I sometimes indulge in, these movies are instantly available to anyone who has a subscription (or mooches of the accounts of parents and friends – …
Halfway through the film Christine "Lady Bird" McPherson (Saoirse Ronan) is told by her teacher Sister Sarah Joan that "It's clear from your writing that you love Sacramento." This comes as a complete surprise to Lady Bird because she has spent a good chunk of her high school life talking about how much she hates …
Nostalgia is a strange beast as it has the wonderful capability of giving everything in your past a rose-colored tint and smoothing over a whole bunch of things that were problematic or just plainly sucked. In many ways 1997 is peak nostalgia for my movie watching days as it represents the year when I went …
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