About Dry Grasses (2023) A Triumph for Director Nuri Bilge Ceylan Rated A-
Dizar’s performance as Nuray, a woman who has lived through things that Samet can only imagine, takes over the film’s second and more impressive half.
Read MorePosted by Patrick | Mar 8, 2024 | A-, Drama, Film Reviews, Genres (Action - Music Scene), New Releases, Ratings: Movies and Television |
Dizar’s performance as Nuray, a woman who has lived through things that Samet can only imagine, takes over the film’s second and more impressive half.
Read MorePosted by Patrick | Feb 13, 2024 | Film Reviews, New Releases |
I honestly cannot remember a year that has opened with such an abundance of riches from around the world. Mostly International Films and Documentaries.
Read MorePosted by Patrick | Nov 6, 2023 | A-, Comedy, Drama, Film Reviews, Genres (Action - Music Scene), MUBI, Mystery, New Releases, Queer Film/TV, Ratings: Movies and Television, Romance, Thriller, TV / Streaming |
Walker’s film follows three teenage girls on vacation in Greece. Mia McKenna-Bruce delivers a heartbreaking performance as Tara. One of the year’s best.
Read MorePosted by Patrick | Nov 6, 2023 | A+, Drama, Film Reviews, Genres (Action - Music Scene), Genres (Musical-Western), Historic Events, Mystery, New Releases, Queer Film/TV, Queer Film/TV, Ratings: Movies and Television, Romance, Science Fiction, Thriller |
The direction of Haigh in this film is exceptional, creating an enthralling atmosphere that visually amazes the audience.
Read MorePosted by Patrick | Dec 29, 2023 | A, Awards Season, Best International Film, Drama, Film Reviews, Genres (Action - Music Scene), Genres (Musical-Western), Mystery, New Releases, Ratings: Movies and Television, Thriller |
Thrilling edge-of-your-seat entertainment, all the while touching on such themes as racism, immigration, and freedom of speech.
Read MorePosted by Patrick | Oct 21, 2023 | A-, Drama, Film Reviews, Genres (Action - Music Scene), Mystery, New Releases, Ratings: Movies and Television, Thriller |
The film boasts in German actress Sandra Huller’s prime suspect, one of the cinema’s great performances.
Read MorePosted by Patrick | Oct 23, 2023 | A-, Action, Drama, Epic, Film Reviews, Genres (Action - Music Scene), Historic Events, Mystery, New Releases, Ratings: Movies and Television, 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 | Nov 22, 2023 | A-, Comedy, Drama, Film Reviews, Genres (Action - Music Scene), Mystery, New Releases, Ratings: Movies and Television |
Moore and Portman circle each other in a hypnotic dance while the standout performance in the movie is by Charles Melton as Joe, Gracie’s husband.
Read MorePosted by Patrick | Dec 7, 2023 | A-, Best International Film, Drama, Film Reviews, Historic Events, New Releases, Ratings: Movies and Television, Thriller |
The banality of evil winds its way around every scene. However, we do feel something. Tension, perhaps, mixed with boredom.
Read MorePosted by Patrick | Nov 21, 2023 | B+, Drama, Favorites, Film Reviews, Genres (Action - Music Scene), Genres (Musical-Western), Historic Events, Music Biography, Netflix, New Releases, Queer Film/TV, Queer Film/TV, Ratings: Movies and Television, Romance, TV / Streaming |
Leaving out vast chunks of the great conductor’s life, Cooper gives a vain impersonation of a vain man while Carey Mulligan takes the acting honors.
Read MorePosted by Patrick | Oct 26, 2023 | B, Drama, Film Reviews, Genres (Action - Music Scene), New Releases, Ratings: Movies and Television |
The film has three very good performances. Dominic Sessa is a real discovery, Da’Vine Joy Randolph says hello Oscar and Mr. Giamatti anchors the film.
Read MorePosted by Patrick | Oct 15, 2023 | B, Drama, Favorites, Film Reviews, Genres (Action - Music Scene), Historic Events, Netflix, New Releases, Queer Film/TV, Queer Film/TV, Ratings: Movies and Television, TV / Streaming |
Both actresses are marvelous with Foster giving her best performance in decades.
Read MorePosted by Patrick | Dec 8, 2023 | B, Comedy, Drama, Film Reviews, Genres (Action - Music Scene), Horror, Mystery, New Releases, Ratings: Movies and Television |
No matter how spectacularly Emma Stone performs as the doll-like creature who is created by Willem Dafoe’s scientist, the movie has no soul.
Read MorePosted by Patrick | Nov 21, 2023 | B-, Comedy, Drama, Film Reviews, Genres (Action - Music Scene), New Releases, Queer Film/TV, Queer Film/TV, Ratings: Movies and Television |
What was originally smart and biting becomes cliched and soppy. Wright, however, who never sets a foot wrong, keeps you watching.
Read MorePosted by Patrick | Jul 21, 2023 | B-, Comedy, Film Reviews, Genres (Action - Music Scene), Max, New Releases, Ratings: Movies and Television, TV / Streaming |
Major kudos to production designer Sarah Greenwood, costume designer Jacqueline Durran, cinematographer Rodrigo Prieto, and Barbie herself, Margot Robbie..
Read MorePosted by Patrick | Dec 5, 2023 | B-, Drama, Film Reviews, Genres (Action - Music Scene), Musical, New Releases, Queer Film/TV, Queer Film/TV, Ratings: Movies and Television |
Taraji P. Henson does a good Shug Avery while the astonishing Danielle Brooks shines as Sofie, a proud lady who always speaks her mind.
Read MorePosted by Patrick | Jul 21, 2023 | B-, Drama, Film Reviews, Historic Events, New Releases, Ratings: Movies and Television, Thriller |
In the midst of all this history and all of this chaos, Cillian Murphy gives one of the most intimate and internalized performances on film.
Read MorePosted by Patrick | Dec 29, 2023 | Action, Awards Season, B-, Best International Film, Drama, Film Reviews, Genres (Action - Music Scene), Genres (Musical-Western), Historic Events, Mystery, New Releases, Ratings: Movies and Television, Thriller |
The movie is narrated by a dead man, law student Numa Turcatti, who was the last person to die on the mountain. Disappointing but worth seeing.
Read MorePosted by Patrick | Nov 18, 2023 | C+, Drama, Film Reviews, Genres (Action - Music Scene), Genres (Musical-Western), Historic Events, Netflix, New Releases, Queer Film/TV, Queer Film/TV, Ratings: Movies and Television, Thriller, TV / Streaming |
Unfortunately, the movie never takes off because of a cliche-ridden screenplay despite Domingo’s great performance.
Read MorePosted by Patrick | Nov 22, 2023 | Action, D+, Drama, Epic, Film Reviews, Genres (Action - Music Scene), Genres (Musical-Western), Historic Events, New Releases, Ratings: Movies and Television, Romance |
An epic disaster of Waterloo proportions. The movie has no style and makes no sense. If you are looking for a history lesson, go elsewhere.
Read MorePosted by Patrick | Dec 3, 2023 | D+, Drama, Film Reviews, Genres (Action - Music Scene), Genres (Musical-Western), New Releases, Ratings: Movies and Television, Romance |
Laughable when it should be serious, the movie has no drive. All the artistry in the world is useless if the underlying story is not up to scratch.
Read MorePosted by Patrick | Nov 23, 2023 | A+, Apple TV+ Amazon, Archival Posts, Drama, Film Reviews, Genres (Action - Music Scene), MUBI, Ratings: Movies and Television, Romance, TV / Streaming |
The leads are just about perfect, and the film is enlivened at every turn by the director’s usual penchant for deadpan humor.
Read MorePosted by Patrick | Oct 26, 2023 | A+, Action, Apple TV+ Amazon, Archival Posts, Criterion Collection, Drama, Epic, Favorites, Film Reviews, Genres (Action - Music Scene), Genres (Musical-Western), Historic Events, Horror, Masterpieces, Queer Film/TV, Ratings: Movies and Television, Road Movie, Thriller, TV / Streaming, Underappreciated |
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 21, 2022 | A+, Apple TV+ Amazon, Archival Posts, Comedy, Drama, Film Reviews, Genres (Action - Music Scene), Historic Events, Hulu, Max, Ratings: Movies and Television, TV / Streaming |
Condon is breathtakingly good, capturing every scene she’s in with a mixture of common sense and sadness, but always with a drollness lurking in the background.
Read MorePosted by Patrick | Jan 3, 2023 | A+, Apple TV+ Amazon, Archival Posts, Drama, Film Reviews, Genres (Action - Music Scene), Historic Events, Hulu, Masterpieces, Ratings: Movies and Television, TV / Streaming, Underappreciated |
As for Judy Davis she gives what is probably her most outstanding performance, which means it’s one of the greatest performances ever captured on film.
Read MorePosted by Patrick | Dec 28, 2021 | A+, Action, Apple TV+ Amazon, Archival Posts, Documentary, Drama, Epic, Film Reviews, Genres (Action - Music Scene), Genres (Musical-Western), Historic Events, Queer Film/TV, Queer Film/TV, Ratings: Movies and Television, Thriller, TV / Streaming |
I left “Flee” with that “floating-on-air feeling” that you get after seeing something special. After seeing a masterpiece.
Read MorePosted by Patrick | Dec 27, 2021 | A+, Archival Posts, Drama, Film Reviews, Genres (Action - Music Scene), Netflix, Ratings: Movies and Television, TV / Streaming |
Memories of Fellini and the Taviani Brothers at their peak. It’s his “Amarcord” (I remember). It’s also his “La Dolce Vita.”
Read MorePosted by Patrick | Dec 13, 2021 | A+, Action, Apple TV+ Amazon, Archival Posts, Drama, Film Reviews, Genres (Action - Music Scene), Genres (Musical-Western), Musical, Ratings: Movies and Television, Romance, TV / Streaming |
West Side Story is Spielberg’s Triumph! Of course, it is Anita who is the real star of the movie and Ariana DeBose is astonishing.
Read MorePosted by Patrick | Dec 27, 2021 | A+, Apple TV+ Amazon, Archival Posts, Drama, Favorites, Film Reviews, Genres (Action - Music Scene), Genres (Musical-Western), Historic Events, Hulu, Ratings: Movies and Television, Thriller, TV / Streaming, Underappreciated |
Aida knows the horrific fate that awaits her husband and two sons if they are found and, for two hours, you watch as she frantically tries to get them out.
Read MorePosted by Patrick | Apr 14, 2023 | A+, Apple TV+ Amazon, Archival Posts, Drama, Film Reviews, Genres (Action - Music Scene), Genres (Musical-Western), Historic Events, Masterpieces, Queer Film/TV, Queer Film/TV, Ratings: Movies and Television, TV / Streaming, Underappreciated |
“Beanpole” conveys, beautifully, the ability of human beings to find moments of intimacy and even love under the most horrific of circumstances.
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