Saturday, October 24, 2020
Primer (2004)
Four friends/fledgling entrepreneurs, knowing that there's something bigger and more innovative than the different error-checking devices they've built, wrestle over their new invention.
Impressive
low-budget time tale does an intelligent (and at times humorous) job
with the paradoxes of its topic, although it can be hard to follow.
Maltin***:
"Quirky, original sci-fi thriller...loaded with ideas and imagination;
occasionally bogs down in technical jargon, but still well worth
watching - and pondering."
Friday, October 23, 2020
First Lines: Jo Walton - Among Others
The Phurnacite factory in Abercwmboi killed all the trees for two miles around.
First Man (2018)
A look at the life of the astronaut, Neil Armstrong, and the legendary space mission that led him to become the first man to walk on the Moon on July 20, 1969.
Excellently
produced and quite realistic rendition of the first moon landing is
fully focused on Neil Armstrong and who he was, very successfully so,
enhanced by Gosling's immersive performance, but somehow misses out on
giving both the man and the mission any substantial meaning.
Thursday, October 22, 2020
Guilty Bystander (1950)
An alcoholic ex-cop, now the house detective at a scuzzy hotel in an
even scuzzier part of town, stumbles through New York City's sleazy
underworld searching for his kidnapped son.
Low-budget
Noir crime drama has its flaws, but it has a menacing atmosphere, good
b/w cinematography and some twists and turns in its plot.
Maltin**1/2
Wednesday, October 21, 2020
Tuesday, October 20, 2020
Duran Duran: Unstaged (2014)
Duran Duran Unstaged is a multimedia event that takes the audience on a
cinematic journey with one of the most successful acts in the world
during their performance at the Mayan Theater in Los Angeles.
This
is simply a rock concert with a David Lynch light show; although the
projected images are easily identifiable as confluent with the
director's style, this was certainly more impressive live and mostly of
interest for the band's fans and Lynch completists.
Monday, October 19, 2020
Dear Murderer (1947)
When a successful business man suspects his wife is having an affair, he sets out to find her lover, kill him, and make it look like suicide.
Basically
a standard crime drama with a quite construed plot, this movie hold's
tour attention to the evil twists its tale takes.
Halliwell
(no star): "Thoroughly artificial pattern play set among the unreal
rich, from one of those unaccountable West End successes, here boringly
filmed."
Maltin**1/2: "All-too-familiar "perfect crime" melodrama sparked by fine Portman performance."
Maltin**1/2: "All-too-familiar "perfect crime" melodrama sparked by fine Portman performance."
