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
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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 | Jan 1, 2024 | A+, Apple TV+ Amazon, Documentary, Favorites, Masterpieces, Ratings: Movies and Television, TV / Streaming |
Director/Editor Madeleine Gavin masterfully combines these two storylines with some astonishing insights into what it’s like to live in North Korea
Read MorePosted by Patrick | Aug 1, 2023 | A+, Documentary, Genres (Action - Music Scene), Historic Events, Horror, Masterpieces, 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 | Dec 28, 2023 | A+, Apple TV+ Amazon, Documentary, Favorites, Genres (Action - Music Scene), Historic Events, Masterpieces, Ratings: Movies and Television, TV / Streaming |
Mstyslav Chernov’s masterful documentary chronicles the period he spent in the Ukrainian city of Mariupol when Vladimir Putin’s Russian forces attacked it.
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 | Dec 29, 2021 | A+, Apple TV+ Amazon, Drama, Genres (Action - Music Scene), Genres (Musical-Western), Historic Events, Hulu, Politics, Queer Film/TV, Queer Film/TV, Ratings: Movies and Television, TV / Streaming |
Blanchett then slowly hangs up the phone and returns, defeated, to the kitchen. In un hommage à Akerman, the camera frames her in medium shot.
Read MorePosted by Patrick | Mar 14, 2022 | A+, Apple TV+ Amazon, Comedy, Drama, Favorites, Genres (Action - Music Scene), Hulu, Max, Ratings: Movies and Television, TV / Streaming, Underappreciated |
Laura Dern is a card-carrying liberal from Riverside. who wants to do good in this world but gets sidetracked by some deep personality flaws
Read MorePosted by Patrick | Apr 6, 2023 | A, Comedy, Drama, Genres (Action - Music Scene), Netflix, Queer Film/TV, Queer Film/TV, Ratings: Movies and Television, TV / Streaming |
Created by Lee Sung Jin, the series boasts a wonderful script and spectacular turns by Steven Yeun and Ali Wong as the central characters.
Read MorePosted by Patrick | Dec 30, 2023 | A, Apple TV+ Amazon, Documentary, LA Music Scene, Music & Art, Ratings: Movies and Television, TV / Streaming |
Photographer/filmmaker Anton Corbijn has directed a hugely enjoyable documentary about Hipgnosis, the duo who revolutionized the album cover as an art form.
Read MorePosted by Patrick | Sep 26, 2022 | A, Drama, Genres (Action - Music Scene), Genres (Musical-Western), Historic Events, Horror, Netflix, Politics, Queer Film/TV, Queer Film/TV, Ratings: Movies and Television, TV / Streaming |
Evan Peters, Josh Braaten (young Jeffrey), Niecy Nash as nest-door-neighbor Glenda and a magnificent Richard Jenkins as Dahmer’s Father, all give stellar performances.
Read MorePosted by Patrick | Aug 25, 2023 | A-, Documentary, Genres (Action - Music Scene), Historic Events, Max, Ratings: Movies and Television, TV / Streaming |
American high school/college football is one big exploitation racket that massively exploits the young men on whose backs the whole system rests.
Read MorePosted by Patrick | Jan 2, 2024 | A-, Apple TV+ Amazon, Documentary, Ratings: Movies and Television |
Paulina’s optimism carries over to the audience – a film whose subject matter is inherently depressing is unexpectedly uplifting.
Read MorePosted by Patrick | May 6, 2023 | A-, Drama, 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 | May 30, 2023 | A-, Comedy, Drama, Genres (Action - Music Scene), Genres (Musical-Western), Historic Events, Netflix, Politics, Queer Film/TV, Queer Film/TV, Ratings: Movies and Television, Romance, TV / Streaming |
It’s all just as delicious as the original two series with the two Lady Danbury’s taking all of the acting honors in their respective time periods.
Read MorePosted by Patrick | Oct 12, 2023 | B+, Documentary, Genres (Action - Music Scene), Historic Events, Max, Ratings: Movies and Television, TV / Streaming |
Known “the first Black supermodel”, she was the first African-American model to grace the cover of Vogue – shot by photographer David Bailey – in March 1966.
Read MorePosted by Patrick | Jul 5, 2023 | B+, Documentary, Genres (Action - Music Scene), Historic Events, Netflix, Queer Film/TV, Ratings: Movies and Television, TV / Streaming |
Cantu introduces you to people that you may not have heard of before. And those that you have, like Ernst Rohm and Magnus Hirschfeld are discussed…
Read MorePosted by Patrick | Nov 10, 2023 | B+, Drama, Genres (Action - Music Scene), Genres (Musical-Western), Historic Events, Paramount Plus, Queer Film/TV, Queer Film/TV, Ratings: Movies and Television, Romance, TV / Streaming |
“Fellow Travelers” is “The Way We Were,” with Jewish being replaced by Queer, Redford by Bomer and Barbra by Bailey. It’s compulsively watchable, just not a classic.
Read MorePosted by Patrick | Dec 23, 2023 | B, Documentary, Ratings: Movies and Television, TV / Streaming |
Veteran documentary filmmaker Errol Morris’s documentary of David Cornwell, non-de-plum John le Carré, whose breakthrough novel “The Spy Who Came in From the Cold” sold upwards of 15 million copies.
Read MorePosted by Patrick | Aug 25, 2023 | B, Comedy, Drama, Genres (Action - Music Scene), Queer Film/TV, Ratings: Movies and Television, Romance, TV / Streaming |
Nicholas Galitzine, as Prince Harry, gives a perfect performance. Utterly believable. He’s the ONLY reason to see this movie but he is reason enough!
Read MorePosted by Patrick | Sep 17, 2022 | B, Drama, Genres (Action - Music Scene), Genres (Musical-Western), Historic Events, Politics, Ratings: Movies and Television, Stars, TV / Streaming |
Catherine is now played by Samantha Morton who seems to have waited her whole life for this role. Every word, every gesture is savored
Read MorePosted by Patrick | Jan 14, 2021 | Apple TV+ Amazon, B-, Documentary, Queer Film/TV, Ratings: Movies and Television, TV / Streaming |
The greatest movie critic of her generation. Pauline wrote the most incisive and respectful response. It was a gorgeous review of “Blade Runner”…
Read MorePosted by Patrick | Feb 1, 2022 | Criterion Collection, Hitchcock and other great movie directors, TV / Streaming |
Included are my favorite thirteen films. Four are directed by Godard, three by Truffaut, two by Renais, and one each by Chabrol, Demy, Malle, and Varda.
Read MorePosted by Patrick | Jan 30, 2022 | Criterion Collection, Hitchcock and other great movie directors, TV / Streaming |
All twenty JLM films rated to coincide with a retrospective at the Criterion Collection. This includes his masterpiece “All About Eve”.
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 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 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 | Jan 31, 2022 | Classic Film Noir, Criterion Collection, Film Noir, Genres (Action - Music Scene), TV / Streaming |
Fox Noir: Welcome to the world of the femme fatale and multiple flashbacks. Otto Preminger’s “Laura” with Clifton Webb is the crown jewel. And Gene Tierney.
Read MorePosted by Patrick | Nov 23, 2023 | A+, Apple TV+ Amazon, Archival Posts, Drama, Film Reviews, Genres (Action - Music Scene), Masterpieces, 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.
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