The Holdovers (2023) Paynless and Underwhelming.
“The Holdovers” is such a jumble of feel-good cliches that it doesn’t have a genuine bone in its body. As for the ending, it negates everything that went before it.
Read MorePosted by Patrick | Oct 26, 2023 | Drama, Film Reviews, Genres, New Releases |
“The Holdovers” is such a jumble of feel-good cliches that it doesn’t have a genuine bone in its body. As for the ending, it negates everything that went before it.
Read MorePosted by Patrick | Oct 23, 2023 | Action, Drama, Epic, Film Reviews, Gangster, Genres, Historic Events, Mystery, New Releases, Romance, Thriller, Western |
Scorsese directs all of these multiple storylines with great flair. from the broad vistas to the most minute period detail in costume and production design.
Read MorePosted by Patrick | Oct 21, 2023 | Drama, Film Reviews, Genres, Mystery, New Releases, Thriller |
The film boasts in German actress Sandra Huller’s prime suspect, one of the cinema’s great performances.
Read MorePosted by Patrick | Oct 26, 2023 | Action, Amazon Prime Video, Apple TV+, Best International Film, Criterion Collection, Drama, Epic, Film Reviews, Genres, Historic Events, Horror, Masterpieces, My Favorites, Queer Film/TV, Queer Film/TV, Road Movie, Thriller, TV / Streaming |
Pálmason, his cinematographer (Maria von Hausswolff), and his composer (Alex Zhang Hungtai), bring back colonial memories of such movies as “Black Robe”.
Read MorePosted by Patrick | Oct 13, 2023 | Drama, Film Reviews, Genres, Historic Events, New Releases, Romance |
The only part of the movie that works – and gives you a look at what the movie could have been – are the opening scenes on the United States Army Base in Germany.
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