Then Playing — Trap; Heretic; Anora
Reviews of films directed by M. Night Shyamalan, Scott Beck and Bryan Woods, and Sean Baker Continue reading Then Playing — Trap; Heretic; Anora
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Then Playing — The Many Saints of Newark; George Carlin’s American Dream; Old
The Many Saints of Newark (Alan Taylor, 2021). Nearly fifteen years after an exceptional series finale that stirred controversy among people who evidently misinterpreted everything that had come before, The Sopranos gets an utterly needless revival with a prequel feature … Continue reading Then Playing — The Many Saints of Newark; George Carlin’s American Dream; Old
Playing Catch-Up — Devil’s Doorway; Split; Isle of Dogs
Devil’s Doorway (Anthony Mann, 1950). This nail-tough western from the heart of Anthony Mann’s career (released the same year as Winchester ’73) boldly examines vicious bigotry against Native Americans at a time when most Hollywood Westerns still cheerily trafficked in … Continue reading Playing Catch-Up — Devil’s Doorway; Split; Isle of Dogs
The Unwatchables: After Earth
It’s a testament to the toxic narcissistic nepotism of the Smith clan that I completely forgot After Earth is a directorial effort by the favorite whipping boy of modern cinema, M. Night Shyamalan. Under other circumstances, I might have immediately … Continue reading The Unwatchables: After Earth
Would you believe it’s a happening?
Bad Movie Nights have gotten harder to do. There are two elements to this observation. For one, when we started engaging in this diversion in dreck over a decade ago it was relatively easy to pull a night together. Out … Continue reading Would you believe it’s a happening?
Coffee for Two 