The Curse (2023) is Making Me Feel Very Uncomfortable! A+
Nathan Fielder and Benny Safdie’s brilliant “The Curse” brings out the masochist in me. Thanks to the genius of Emma Stone, it’s essential viewing
Read MorePosted by Patrick | Nov 13, 2023 | A+, Comedy, Drama, Genres (Action - Music Scene), Genres (Musical-Western), Mystery, Paramount Plus, Ratings: Movies and Television, Thriller, TV / Streaming |
Nathan Fielder and Benny Safdie’s brilliant “The Curse” brings out the masochist in me. Thanks to the genius of Emma Stone, it’s essential viewing
Read MorePosted by Patrick | Aug 1, 2023 | A+, Documentary, Genres (Action - Music Scene), Historic Events, Horror, Max, Mystery, Queer Film/TV, Queer Film/TV, Ratings: Movies and Television, Thriller, TV / Streaming |
Caronna gives these five men back their dignity, something they were stripped of when they became victims of a horrific crime.
Read MorePosted by Patrick | Apr 16, 2022 | A+, Drama, Genres (Action - Music Scene), Genres (Musical-Western), Historic Events, Hulu, Mystery, Politics, Ratings: Movies and Television, Thriller, TV / Streaming |
Amanda Seyfried is simply amazing. She gets Holmes’s uncomfortable stare and that otherworldly voice. But we also get Holmes as a real person.
Read MorePosted by Patrick | May 30, 2022 | A+, Apple TV+ Amazon, Drama, Genres (Action - Music Scene), Genres (Musical-Western), Historic Events, Max, Mystery, Politics, Queer Film/TV, Queer Film/TV, Ratings: Movies and Television, Thriller, TV / Streaming |
The result: compulsive viewing for seven out of the eight episodes. Colin Firth is spellbinding. Toni Collette is equally superb.
Read MorePosted by Patrick | Aug 11, 2021 | A+, Comedy, Drama, Genres (Action - Music Scene), Genres (Musical-Western), Max, Mystery, Queer Film/TV, Queer Film/TV, Ratings: Movies and Television, Thriller, TV / Streaming |
The action then unfolds in flashback…. Olivia and Paula instantly become the series’ Greek Chorus; the best-friend-duo from hell.
Read MorePosted by Patrick | May 6, 2023 | A-, Drama, Emmy, Genres (Action - Music Scene), Genres (Musical-Western), Historic Events, Max, Mystery, Ratings: Movies and Television, Romance, Thriller, TV / Streaming |
This is the superior version thanks to a spectacularly good Elizabeth Olsen as Montgomery, a housewife who has everything on the Baby Boom checklist.
Read MorePosted by Patrick | Jul 23, 2023 | Action, B, Comedy, Drama, Epic, Film Noir, Genres (Action - Music Scene), Genres (Musical-Western), Horror, Mystery, Netflix, Politics, Queer Film/TV, Queer Film/TV, Ratings: Movies and Television, Romance, Science Fiction, Thriller, TV / Streaming, Western |
Murphy is marvelous – the scene where she fires a colleague is delicious – and Hayek blazes through the episode like the superstar she is.
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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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+, 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 | Jul 28, 2022 | A+, Apple TV+ Amazon, Archival Posts, Film Reviews, Genres (Action - Music Scene), Genres (Musical-Western), Horror, Masterpieces, Mystery, Ratings: Movies and Television, Science Fiction, Thriller, TV / Streaming |
Guys with erect penises walking downward into a transparent ooze, confused, as Scarlett walks on another level above them.
Read MorePosted by Patrick | Jul 27, 2022 | A+, Apple TV+ Amazon, Archival Posts, Drama, Favorites, Film Reviews, Genres (Action - Music Scene), Horror, Masterpieces, Mystery, Ratings: Movies and Television, Science Fiction, Thriller, TV / Streaming, Underappreciated |
It boasts a tremendous performance by Michael Shannon as a quiet man, raising a family, who has horrific nightmares and daytime visions of a meteorological disturbance followed by a feeling that we (the Earth) are being visited by something alien.
Read MorePosted by Patrick | Dec 3, 2023 | A, Archival Posts, Drama, Film Reviews, Genres (Action - Music Scene), MUBI, Mystery, Ratings: Movies and Television, Romance, Thriller, TV / Streaming |
With its labyrinthine structure, discursive storyline, and exploration of themes such as duality, reality, identity, and the nature of time, the movie is reminiscent of the great Argentinian writer Jorge Luis Borges
Read MorePosted by Patrick | Dec 8, 2023 | A, Archival Posts, Drama, Favorites, Film Noir, Film Reviews, Genres (Action - Music Scene), Genres (Musical-Western), Mystery, Queer Film/TV, Queer Film/TV, Ratings: Movies and Television, Romance, Thriller |
Oldroyd pulls out all the stops and the three actresses complement one another so perfectly that we end up savoring 2023’s best scene.
Read MorePosted by Patrick | Nov 1, 2023 | Archival Posts, Comedy, Drama, Favorites, Film Reviews, Genres (Action - Music Scene), Horror, Mystery, Queer Film/TV, Queer Film/TV, Thriller |
Fennell’s writing and directing are brilliantly inventive, with humor, tragedy, and horror mixing perfectly. She gets immense support from her cinematographer, Linus Sandgren, whose work here is truly breathtaking.
Read MorePosted by Patrick | Aug 23, 2022 | A, Action, Apple TV+ Amazon, Archival Posts, Drama, Film Reviews, Genres (Action - Music Scene), Genres (Musical-Western), Ratings: Movies and Television, 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 MorePosted by Patrick | Feb 3, 2022 | A, Apple TV+ Amazon, Archival Posts, Drama, Film Reviews, Genres (Action - Music Scene), Genres (Musical-Western), Ratings: Movies and Television, Romance, Thriller, TV / Streaming |
Time stands still as Julie leaves Aksel, frozen in the kitchen as he pours her a cup of coffee, and runs through the streets of daytime Oslo.
Read MorePosted by Patrick | Aug 21, 2022 | A-, Apple TV+ Amazon, Archival Posts, Comedy, Drama, Film Reviews, Genres (Action - Music Scene), Horror, Mystery, Queer Film/TV, Queer Film/TV, Ratings: Movies and Television, Thriller, TV / Streaming |
Beautifully Queer friendly, the relationship between Bee (Maria Bakalova) and Sophiie (Amanda Stenberg) is the emotional center of the movie.
Read MorePosted by Patrick | Jan 3, 2023 | A-, Apple TV+ Amazon, Archival Posts, Comedy, Drama, Film Reviews, Genres (Action - Music Scene), Genres (Musical-Western), Horror, Hulu, Max, Mystery, Ratings: Movies and Television, Thriller, TV / Streaming |
There is a fantastic faceoff between Fiennes and a mysterious guest who was not invited. She is played by the extraordinary Anna Taylor-Joy
Read MorePosted by Patrick | May 1, 2022 | A-, Action, Apple TV+ Amazon, Archival Posts, Drama, Epic, Favorites, Film Reviews, Genres (Action - Music Scene), Genres (Musical-Western), Mystery, Ratings: Movies and Television, Thriller, TV / Streaming, Underappreciated, Western |
The directors are extremely cine-literate. However, their references never seemed forced and I basked in their cinematic vision.
Read MorePosted by Patrick | Jun 26, 2023 | A-, Apple TV+ Amazon, Archival Posts, Drama, Film Reviews, Genres (Action - Music Scene), Genres (Musical-Western), Historic Events, Horror, Hulu, Masterpieces, Mystery, Ratings: Movies and Television, Thriller, TV / Streaming |
“X/Pearl,” parts 1 and 2 of writer/director Ti West’s horror trilogy, are anointed by Mia Goth’s performance. Part 3, “Maxxxine”, arrives in 2024.
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