Emily The Criminal (2022) Film Review
Plaza’s performance is something to behold. All of that nervous energy is now bursting out in a performance that is always true and believable.
Read Moreby Patrick | Aug 23, 2022 | Action, Amazon Prime Video, Apple TV+, Award Season, DGA, Drama, Film Festivals, Film Reviews, Gangster, Genres, Gotham Independent Film Awards, Guild Awards, Independent Spirit Awards, My Favorites, National Board of Review, New Releases, The Best of the Best, Thriller, TV / Streaming
Plaza’s performance is something to behold. All of that nervous energy is now bursting out in a performance that is always true and believable.
Read Moreby Patrick | Apr 13, 2022 | Action, Amazon Prime Video, Apple TV+, Award Season, BAFTA, Comedy, Critic Awards, DGA, Drama, Epic, Fantasy, Film Festivals, Film Reviews, Genres, Gotham Independent Film Awards, Guild Awards, Independent Spirit Awards, LAFCA, National Board of Review, New Releases, NSFC, NYFCC, PGA, SAG, TV / Streaming
Remember Yeoh in “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon”? This is a similar tongue-in-cheek, highly physical, yet surprisingly, touching performance.
Read Moreby Patrick | Dec 25, 2022 | Action, Amazon Prime Video, Award Season, BAFTA, Comedy, Drama, Epic, Film Reviews, Genres, Guild Awards, Historic Events, Horror, My Favorites, New Releases, SAG, The Best of the Best, TV / Streaming
I had no problem sitting through the movie’s bloated 180-minute running because, through all of this nothingness, five actors manage to make lasting impressions
Read Moreby Patrick | Dec 28, 2021 | Action, Amazon Prime Video, Apple TV+, Archival Posts, Documentary, Drama, Epic, Gangster, Genres, Historic Events, Queer Film/TV
I left “Flee” with that “floating-on-air feeling” that you get after seeing something special. After seeing a masterpiece.
Read Moreby Patrick | Dec 13, 2021 | Action, Amazon Prime Video, Apple TV+, Archival Posts, Disney+ | You Tube, Drama, Film Reviews, Gangster, Genres, Musicals, Romance
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 Moreby Patrick | Jan 14, 2022 | Action, Archival Posts, Drama, Film Reviews, Genres, Mystery, Netflix, Queer Film/TV, Western
“The Power of the Dog” is one of the best films of 2021. Campion directs with an expert hand assisted by Ari Wegner’s cinematography and Jonny Greenwood’s memorable score.
Read Moreby Patrick | May 1, 2022 | Action, Amazon Prime Video, Apple TV+, Archival Posts, Drama, Epic, Film Reviews
The directors are extremely cine-literate. However, their references never seemed forced and I basked in their cinematic vision.
Read Moreby Patrick | Jan 3, 2023 | Action, Amazon Prime Video, Apple TV+, Archival Posts, Drama, Film Reviews, Genres, Gotham Independent Film Awards, Thriller, TV / Streaming
But the movie belongs to Newton who gives the best performance of her career here. We are completely in her spell.
Read Moreby Patrick | Dec 27, 2021 | Action, Amazon Prime Video, Apple TV+, Archival Posts, Drama, Epic, Fantasy, Film Reviews, Mystery
David Lowery’s enthralling “The Green Knight”. Alicia Vikander does double duty as a peasant girl, and the mistress of a mysterious household.
Read Moreby Patrick | Dec 26, 2021 | Action, Amazon Prime Video, Archival Posts, Drama, Film Reviews, Genres, Horror, Mystery, TV / Streaming
“The Tragedy of Macbeth” is filled with brilliant touches. The major reason to see this movie is Kathryn Hunter who plays all three witches.
Read Moreby Patrick | Mar 25, 2022 | Action, Amazon Prime Video, Apple TV+, Archival Posts, Drama, Film Reviews, Gangster
The first half of the film is by far the most nuanced. It relies on Rylance’s near-great, subtle performance to convey the smallest details.
Read Moreby Patrick | Dec 14, 2021 | Action, Amazon Prime Video, Apple TV+, Archival Posts, Drama, Film Reviews, Genres, HBO Max, Mystery, Thriller
A Great Cast Cannot Save Director John Lee Hancock’s Sleazy Mixture of Forensics and Violence.
Read Moreby Patrick | Sep 1, 2022 | 30s | 40s, Action, Amazon Prime Video, Apple TV+, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Genres, Musicals, Queer Film/TV
She captured everyone’s heart, gay or straight. There is something vulnerable yet confident about her. And then there is that incredible voice!
Read Moreby Patrick | Sep 1, 2022 | 30s | 40s, Action, Amazon Prime Video, Apple TV+, Queer Film/TV, Western
1948 was the year of Montgomery Clift. In addition to Hawkes “Red River” there was Fred Zinnemann’s “The Search” and William Wyler’s “The Heiress”.
Read Moreby Patrick | Sep 10, 2022 | 50s | 60s, Action, Amazon Prime Video, Apple TV+, Drama, Queer Film/TV, Western
A Western with two female leads is that rarest of cinematic jewels and, under Nicholas Ray’s direction, both Crawford and McCambridge play to the gallery.
Read Moreby Patrick | Oct 6, 2022 | 50s | 60s, Action, Amazon Prime Video, Apple TV+, Disney+ | You Tube, Drama, Film Noir, Film Reviews, Gangster, Hitchcock, Mystery, Romance, Thriller, TV / Streaming
Eva Marie Saint gives Grace Kelly in “Rear Window” a run for her money as Hitchcock’s most elegant leading lady and the chemistry between the two leads is more palpable than in any Hollywood picture before or since.
Read Moreby Patrick | Sep 11, 2022 | 50s | 60s, Action, Amazon Prime Video, Apple TV+, Drama, Epic, Historic Events, Queer Film/TV
If you believe Gore Vidal it was all because of a lover’s spat. Wyler and Boyd were in on the ruse, and Boyd played his scenes that way, but Heston was not.
Read Moreby Patrick | Sep 11, 2022 | 50s | 60s, Action, Amazon Prime Video, Apple TV+, Drama, Epic, Historic Events, Queer Film/TV
The Kirk Douglas/Stanley Kubrick epic has not aged well but the supporting cast,, particularly Laurence Olivier and Peter Ustinov, make it worth seeing.
Read Moreby Patrick | Sep 21, 2021 | 70s | 80s | 90s, Action, Amazon Prime Video, Apple TV+, Comedy, Drama, Film Reviews, Genres, My Favorites, Queer Film/TV, Under Appreciated, Western
Hume Cronyn and John Randolph are our happy and well-adjusted gay couple. Yes, they fight and bicker all the time. However, they are clearly madly in love with each other.
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