Watched and Learned: My Take on Films from Whenever and Wherever
Thursday, June 26, 2025
Slap Shot (1977)
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I have never watched an entire hockey game in my life, nor had I watched a movie that concerns hockey principally . I don't recall who r...
Sunday, June 22, 2025
Pete's Dragon (2016)
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Amid all the hype for How to Train Your Dragon , I thought I'd watch a different live-action remake of a family flick about a boy and hi...
Thursday, June 19, 2025
Tár (2022)
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I was surprised to discover that this is not based on a true story or, indeed, any preexisting thing. It also is a primarily American produc...
Sunday, June 15, 2025
Touchez pas au grisbi (1954)
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I wondered why I found this DVD in the H section of my library. The answer came at the title screen when the British subtitles read, "H...
Wednesday, June 11, 2025
Heat (1995)
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Another movie I liked before but couldn't remember well. This one stops streaming on Netflix at the end of June. Only after I started re...
Wednesday, June 4, 2025
Lost in Starlight (2025)
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I don't think I ever saw a South Korean animation of any length before. This new one is presently the most popular on IMDb. I did not kn...
Thursday, May 29, 2025
Crazy, Stupid, Love. (2011)
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This title had turned me off for a long time, especially with the silly punctuation, which does not appear on the poster. Nonetheless, it st...
Sunday, May 25, 2025
Mission: Impossible -- The Final Reckoning (2025)
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So much for calling it Dead Reckoning Part 2 . Just as well. Once again, I watched at the earliest opportunity, only this time, it was to ce...
Wednesday, May 21, 2025
Blue Giant (2023)
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This title is better known for a manga series. Indeed, the film adaptation doesn't get its own Wikipedia page; it rates merely a few par...
Sunday, May 11, 2025
Are You There, God? It's Me, Margaret. (2023)
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Judy Blume's classic was one of my favorite assigned reads in junior high. My sister probably liked it better still, and my mom has look...
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