The Movies I Watched in January

The Alto Knights 2025  6/10 

Atoll K 1951  5/10 

Bring Her Back 2025  7/10

 

Buñuel en el laberinto de las tortugas 2018  7/10

 

Caught Stealing 2025  7/10

 

Cheers. Season 10 1992  7/10

 

Emma. 2020  7/10

 

Eve's Love Letters 1927  5/10 

Fluttering Hearts 1927  5/10 

His & Hers 2026  5/10 

Las Hurdes 1933  8/10

 

Incubo sulla città contaminata 1980  5/10 

Kidnapped: Eilzabeth Smart 2026  5/10 

Die Kinder der Villa Emma 2016  5/10 

Liberty 1929  6/10 

The Life of Chuck 2024 7/10

 

The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane 1976  7/10

 

The Long Walk 2025  6/10 

Meek's Cutoff 2010  7/10

 

Oliver the Eighth 1934  6/10 

On the Wrong Trek 1936  5/10 

One Battle After Another 2025 7/10

 

Pardon Us 1931  5/10 

I pianeti contro di noi 1962  2/10 

The Queen's Gambit 2020  8/10

 

Rachel Getting Married 2008  7/10

 

Ren pi deng long 1982  6/10 

The Second 100 Years 1927 5/10 

Seinfeld. Season 1 1989  7/10

 

Stars at Noon 2022  5/10

Stranger Things. Season 5  2025  7/10

 

Talk to Me 2022  6/10 

That's My Wife 1929  5/10 

Thicker Than Water 1935  6/10 

The Tiger's Tail 2006  7/10

 

 

Warfare 2025  7/10

 

With Love and Hisses 1927  5/10 

The Woman King 2022  6/10 

Z 1969  7/10

 

The Movies I Watched in September

Aku wa sonzai shinai 2023  7/10 

Beware, My Lovely 1952  7/10

 

Boxcar Bertha 1972  7/10 

The Captive City 1952  6/10 

La Chimera 2023  6/10 

City That Never Sleeps 1953  6/10

Clash by Night 1952  6/10

Crime Wave 1953  6/10

Cry of the Hunted 1953  6/10

Dumbo 1941  9/10

 

Dumbo 2019  6/10

Ferrari 2023  6/10

Glocken aus der Tiefe - Glaube und Aberglaube in Rußland 1993 7/10 

I, the Jury 1953  6/10

Jeopardy 1953  6/10

Kansas City Confidential 1952  6/10

Late With the Devil 2023  6/10

The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp 1943  8/10

Master Gardener 2022  7/10 

The Narrow Margin 1952  6/10 

Night Without Sleep 1952  6/10

On Dangerous Ground 1951  6/10

Rampage 2018  6/10

Rebel Ridge 2024  7/10

Scandal Sheet  1952  6/10

The Sniper 1952  7/10

 

Split Second 1953  6/10

Strange Fascination 1952  6/10 

The Substance 2024  7/10

Sudden Fear 1952  6/10

Talk About A Stranger 1952  6/10

The Thief 1952  7/10

True Detective: Night Country 2024  7/10

Tucker: The Man and His Dream 1988 6/10 

Vicki 1953  6/10

Wheel of Time 2003  7/10

Jodie Foster

 

ph: Peggy Sirota

Hotel Artemis (2018)

Set in riot-torn, near-future Los Angeles, 'Hotel Artemis' follows the Nurse, who runs a secret, members-only emergency room for criminals.

Good, original sci-fi drama entertains with an usual plot, great cast and some exciting action sequences.

Jodie Foster

Inside Man (2006)

A police detective, a bank robber, and a high-power broker enter high-stakes negotiations after the criminal's brilliant heist spirals into a hostage situation.

Intelligently assembled heist story with some new twists, spiced with some humor, but outstays its welcome and fails to excite much.

Maltin***: "Clever reinvention of a bank-heist story...Laced with uniquely New York-flavored moments of humor and character riffs, though it overplays its hand and goes on too long. Foster brings no color whatsoever to her role as a high-stakes power broker."

Elysium (2013)

In the year 2154, the very wealthy live on a man-made space station while the rest of the population resides on a ruined Earth, and a man takes on a mission that could bring equality to the polarized worlds.

A good sci-fi plot with some great sets is staged like an ordinary actioner without any thrilling urgency and without the righteous moral and political rage you'd expect from the story.

Maltin**1/2: "Writer-director Blomkamp's follow-up to DISTRICT 9 offers a similar blend of science fiction and social commentary, but after a promising start it runs off the rails, becoming a grim, gritty shoot-'em-up devoid of fun. Foster's mannered performance...is also hard to take."

The Silence of the Lambs (1991)

A young F.B.I. cadet must confide in an incarcerated and manipulative killer to receive his help on catching another serial killer who skins his victims.

A masterpiece of clever filmmaking and a formidable cast turning otherwise routine serial killer schlock into a fascinating of straightforward art; also a game changer that nearly instantly stopped the video nasties debate.

Halliwell***: "Tense, exciting and sometimes gruesome thriller, suspenseful enough to make you overlook its essential absurdities. Hopkins plays the role of the devious Lecter with lip-smacking relish."

Maltin***1/2: "Almost unbearably intense, brilliantly acted (by Foster and Hopkins), and cannily put together - though the subject is at times repellent."

The Beaver (2011)

A troubled husband and executive adopts a beaver hand-puppet as his sole means of communicating.

A risky plot idea is professionally handled and offers a few good performances, but not without some sentimental moments.

Maltin **1/2: "Intriguing, way-offbeat parable written by Kyle Killen wins gains traction through Gibson's committed performance, though it's hard to say what lessons are learned when it's all said and done."