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Silly, stupid and fun. Lots of familiar gags and faces but that is the point of a reboot I guess and we are constantly reminded of that. I like Kevin Smith and good to see him working in this universe again.

Another very good entry from the Pixar folks. It works on several levels, fun and entertaining as it tackles questions about mortality and the meaning of life.

It’s got the looks of a good movie and the noir-ish plot should’ve been interesting but it does not really work.

This is one of the best films from last year. The story of Ruben, the heavy metal rock drummer, who loses his hearing. It’s a movie with amazing performances all around especially by Riz Ahmed as Ruben and his girlfriend Lou played by Olivia Cook. The story is about how much we yearn for “normal”Continue reading “Sound of Metal (Darius Marder – 2020) A”

Good mixing of genre and themes in this rough, grimy, violent and excellent Brazilian film. It is not clear what it is going to be about till maybe a third of the way through. It’s like nothing else that I’ve seen. Sure it borrows from Seven Samurai and others I suppose but the location, aContinue reading “Bacurau (Juliano Dornelles, Kleber Mendonça Filho – 2019) B+”

I expected a horror movie, as in a haunted house type thing. It is not. It’s a much more effective tale about grief, guilt and how difficult it is to be a stranger in a strange country. Sure it has elements of the horror genre but like the best of them it is about muchContinue reading “His House (Remi Weekes – 2020) B+”

Some fun action scenes and a cool opening 10 minutes or so, but this is an overlong, silly, weird (not in a good way) mess.

The best thing about Mank is that it made me re-watch Citizen Kane. As well-made and charming this film is I did not think it came together very well. It’s got great performances, excellent set pieces here and there and really good dialogue. Yet, it left me a bit cold. The parts were really muchContinue reading “Mank (David Fincher – 2020) B-“