Watched and Learned: My Take on Films from Whenever and Wherever
Sunday, March 27, 2022
Tunes of Glory (1960)
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I haven't seen many movies that depict the military outside of wartime. This one is set in Scotland in 1948, so only the freshest soldie...
Tuesday, March 22, 2022
Hamoun (1990)
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Allegedly, Iranian critics in 1997 selected this as Iran's best picture ever, tho I can't find a solid citation for this repeated cl...
Tuesday, March 15, 2022
White Nights (1985)
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The title refers to the far-northern phenomenon of sunlight way into summer nights. Sure enough, the story takes place in that setting, and ...
Saturday, March 12, 2022
The Adam Project (2022)
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Having nothing to do with Adam , this brand-new release didn't tempt me until a friend and I were perusing our Netflix options. He's...
Tuesday, March 8, 2022
Shaolin (2011)
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This must be the first movie I've seen because it was excerpted in a video where an expert rates on-screen kung fu veracity . I decided ...
Saturday, March 5, 2022
Triple Feature: Smallfoot (2018), Missing Link (2019), Abominable (2019)
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When I realized that I could watch all three of these dueling movies on one flight, I couldn't resist. They all came out within a year o...
Friday, March 4, 2022
The Mitchells vs. the Machines (2021)
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For some reason, on my return flight, I felt like watching only animated features. Eh, different airline, different options. This animation ...
Star Wars, Episode IX: The Rise of Skywalker (2019)
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Boy, how unpopular does a modern Star Wars movie have to be for me to wait more than two years to check it out? This isn't even a stand...
Tuesday, March 1, 2022
The Suicide Squad (2021)
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Given the underwhelming performances of Suicide Squad (2016) and Birds of Prey (2020), I figured that this would be OK at best. I took mor...
Sunday, February 27, 2022
No Time to Die (2021)
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So much for my prior perception that Spectre would be Daniel Craig's last turn as James Bond. Well, it makes sense that an agent like ...
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