Watched and Learned: My Take on Films from Whenever and Wherever
Saturday, March 30, 2019
Pickup on South Street (1953)
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Wow, not only had it been six months since my last arguable film noir ; it had been nearly a year since my last black and white film noir . ...
Wednesday, March 27, 2019
BlacKkKlansman (2018)
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My parents felt that Spike Lee's first non-honorary Oscar was a long time coming and thus were glad when he got one for Best Adapted Scr...
Sunday, March 24, 2019
Captain Marvel (2019)
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Initial reactions by others were unpromising: The movie opened with a lower IMDb score than any other Marvel Cinematic Universe entry curren...
Saturday, March 23, 2019
Five Deadly Venoms (1978)
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I'm not sure why I added this cult hit, called merely Five Venoms on Netflix, to my streaming list. Maybe I wanted to ensure that even ...
Saturday, March 16, 2019
The Prophet (2014)
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I read the Kahlil Gibran book long enough ago that I don't remember much of it, but I know I liked it. It presents some pretty unusual t...
Tuesday, March 12, 2019
Amazing Grace (2006)
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What's this, another Black history movie centered on a White man already? (Not to be confused with last year's documentary.) Well, ...
Green Book (2018)
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Wow, the latest Best Picture didn't even make the upper half of my family's expectations. Sure, it ranks high on IMDb, but based on ...
Tuesday, March 5, 2019
The Color of Paradise (1999)
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Director Majid Majidi was not a complete unknown to me. I liked Children of Heaven pretty well. IMDb confirms that I saw Baran , but I don...
Apollo 11 (2019)
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I have not seen First Man , partly because of how I feel about previous Damien Chazelle hits and partly because I don't trust its accu...
Tuesday, February 26, 2019
How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World (2019)
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After how much I enjoyed HtTYD2 , I decided that if the threequel was any good, I would not wait long to see it -- this time in a theater. T...
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