A day in the life, Feb 7, snowy night
Saturday, February 10, 2018
New York
Peter Baab, The houses of Riverside Drive and 94th Street, looking west from 94th Street, June 1890
First Lines: Graham Greene - Our Man in Havana
'That nigger going down the street,' said Dr Hasselbacher standing in the Wonder Bar, 'he reminds me of you, Mr Wormold.'
The Frame (2014)
Two strangers find their lives colliding in an impossible way: one is a methodical cargo thief working for a dangerous cartel the other is a determined paramedic trying to save the world while running from her past.
Unusual sci-fi drama fascinatingly winding a plot of parallel realities; it may not completely cohere, but does keep its audience constantly on guard.
Millions (2004)
Ethics, being human and the soul come to the fore when a 7-year old finds a bag of Pounds just days before the currency is switched to Euros and learns what we are really made of.
Flashy and colorful moral fantasy has its moments, and the kids perform excellently, but the movie carries its message blatantly on its sleeve.
Maltin***: "A smart, surprising and spiritual change of pace for TRAINSPOTTING director Boyle...Newcomer Ethel provides genuinely touching moments that are never maudlin. Boyle's zippy visuals are another plus; he forgoes the usually dreary movie look of British neighborhoods to make these sunny English 'burbs look like a Technicolor haven."
Friday, February 9, 2018
First Lines: Alistair MacLean - The Guns of Navarone
The match scratched noisily across the rusted metal of the corrugated iron shed, fizzled, then burst into a sputtering pool of light, the harsh sound and sudden brilliance alike strangely alien in the stillness of the desert night.
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017)
A mother personally challenges the local authorities to solve her daughter's murder when they fail to catch the culprit.
Unusual, Western-like smalltown drama is well-staged, magnificently photographed and, above all, offers some extraordinary and convincing performances; however, the movie presents a view of rural America in which all protagonists operate on gut-level only without much intelligence and where law seems to be an irrelevant matter.
Hacksaw Ridge (2016)
WWII American Army Medic Desmond T. Doss, who served during the Battle of Okinawa, refuses to kill people, and becomes the first man in American history to receive the Medal of Honor without firing a shot.
Both heartbreaking and very violent, if not a bit patriotic celebration of a man stay true to his conviction; very well staged and performed, the war scenes are quite horrific.
Thursday, February 8, 2018
Wednesday, February 7, 2018
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