Watched and Learned: My Take on Films from Whenever and Wherever

Saturday, September 29, 2018

We're No Angels (1955)

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Nuts. I try to save movies set on or near Christmas for December, or at least July, but I hadn't checked the full description. Oh well, ...
Tuesday, September 25, 2018

Gone Baby Gone (2007)

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While this movie came seven years after Gone in 60 Seconds and seven before Gone Girl , I couldn't have told you which was which. It wa...
Saturday, September 22, 2018

Lacombe, Lucien (1974)

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It's been a while, Louis Malle . Perhaps I needed that time to cleanse my palate and take another chance on you. A World War II setting ...

In Between (2016)

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I've seen a few movies set in Israel, invariably with a religiopolitical focus. But Omar had been the only one I'd seen with a Pale...
Wednesday, September 12, 2018

One-Eyed Jacks (1961)

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Marlon Brando's in a western again , thankfully as an apparent Anglo-American this time. Of greater concern is the fact that he directed...
Saturday, September 8, 2018

The Private Life of Henry VIII. (1933)

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Evidently, I have a weakness for movies that include English royals among the characters. Becket , The King's Speech , The Lion in Wi...
Friday, September 7, 2018

April and the Extraordinary World (2015)

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You might call me a casual fan of steampunk, in that I tend to like what I see of it but don't know a whole lot of works within it. Seem...
Tuesday, September 4, 2018

The American Friend (1977)

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So much for my projection about not seeing more from Wim Wenders . Guess I was too interested in yet another European adaptation of a Patric...
Wednesday, August 29, 2018

Crazy Rich Asians (2018)

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This is the first time in two years I've seen a movie set primarily in Southeast Asia. I couldn't help but be suspicious of the hyp...
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Saturday, August 25, 2018

Christopher Robin (2018)

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One can well be forgiven for mixing this up with Goodbye Christopher Robin  (2017). It even includes the latter's titular phrase more th...
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