The Movies I Watched in November

Affair in Havana 1957  6/10 

Animalia 2023  7/10 

Boat 2007  7/10

 

Censor 2021  6/10

City of Fear 1959  6/10 

The Crimson Kimono 1959  6/10

Dark Intruder 1965  6/10

Din of Celestial Birds 2006  8/10

Don Camillo monsignore...ma non troppo 1961  6/10

Dracula Untold 2014  6/10 

Effie Gray 2014  6/10

Die Fälschung 1981 6/10

The Fearmakers 1958  6/10

House of Numbers 1957  6/10 

The House of the Devil 2009  6/10

I Married a Witch 1942  7/10

 

Ich bin! Margot Friedländer 2023  6/10

Kinds of Kindness 2024  6/10

Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes 2024  7/10

 

Knock at the Cabin 2023  6/10

The Last of Us 2023  7/10

 

La legge di Lidia Poët 2 2024  6/10

Longlegs 2024  7/10

Modesty Blaise 1966 5/10

Monk 2002-2009  7/10 

My Gun is Quick 1957  6/10

La passion de Dodin Bouffant 2023  7/10

 Plunder Road 1957  7/10

Screaming Mimi 1958  6/10

The Seventh Victim 1943  7/10

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds 2022  6/10 

Tobacco Road 1941  7/10

Underworld U.S.A. 1961  6/10

Vtáckovia, siroty a blázni 1969  7/10

For the Love of Spock (2016)

 

An examination of the enduring appeal of Leonard Nimoy and his portrayal of Spock in Star Trek (1966).

A loving, but also balanced documentary by his own son is both very informative and entertaining exploring many important aspects of this actor's life plus the impact that the character of Spock has had on our culture.

 

The Movies I Watched in August

Aniara 2018  7/10

 

Antiviral 2012  6/10,

Au poste! 2018 6/10

Barbara 2012  7/10 

Birds of Prey 2020  6/10

Charlotte et son Jules 1960  6/10

Chikamatsu monogatari 1954 7/10

 

Delicatessen 1991  7/10

 

La cité des enfants perdus 1995  7/10

 

Du côté de la côte 1958 6/10

For the Love of Spock 2016  7/10

 

Fukushima 50 2020  6/10 

Das geheime Leben der Bäume 2020  6/10

Grave 2016  7/10

Jerichow 2006  6/10

La jetée 1962 10/10

 The Keepers 2017  8/10

 

Leatherface 2017  6/10 

Lost Horizon 1937  7/10 

Made You Look: A True Story About Fake Art 2020 6/10

Mapplethorpe 2018  6/10

Motherless Brooklyn 2019  7/10

 

Nico, 1988  2017 7/10

 Nuit et brouillard 1956  9/10

 

Paradies: Liebe  2012  6/10

Phoenix 2014  7/10 

El río y la muerte 1954 6/10

Sanshô dayû 1954  8/10

 

Shadow in the Cloud  2020  6/10

The Shallows 2016  6/10

Suicide Squad 2016  5/10

Top Secret UFO Projects: Declassified TV 2020  4/10

Uwasa no onna 1954  7/10

Vivre sa vie: Film en douze tableaux 1962 10/10

 

A Walk in the Woods 2015  6/10

Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter? 1957  6/10

Willy's Wonderland TV 2021  6/10

Star Trek: Picard (2020)

At the end of the 24th Century, and 14 years after his retirement from Starfleet, Jean-Luc Picard is living a quiet life on his vineyard, Chateau Picard. When he is sought out by a mysterious young woman, Dahj, in need of his help, he soon realizes she may have personal connections to his own past.

This new series is a slow-paced sci-fi adventure with a complex and sophisticated plot, nearly each episode in itself suspenseful and ending with a cliffhanger, but the final conclusion is derivative and waters down all the accrued expectations.

The Movies I Watched in March

Apprentice to MurderApprentice to Murder (1988)  6
Au bout des doigts (2018)  5
Class 0f 1999 (1990)  5
Climax (2018)  6
Color Out of Space (2019)  7

Deadpool (2016)  6
The Eyes of My Mother (2016)  7

The Fall, Season 1 (2013)  7

Frantz (2016)  7

Gisaengchung (2019)  8

 
Gog (1954)  6
Hagazussa (2017)  7

Joker (2019)  8

Locusts (1974)  5
Lost Girls (2020)  7

Maze Runner: The Death Cure (2018)  6
Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool (2019)  7

Moontrap (1989)  6
Pet Sematary (2029)  5
Session 9 (2001)  7

Sous le soleil de Satan (1987)  6
Star Trek: Picard (2020)  6
The 27th Day (1957)  6
Unbelievable (2019)  7

Velvet Buzzsaw (2019)  6

Star Trek: Beyond (2016)

The crew of the USS Enterprise explores the furthest reaches of uncharted space, where they encounter a new ruthless enemy, who puts them, and everything the Federation stands for, to the test.

Entertaining and with good production value, this installment to the series is watchable, but is not quite as thrilling as the first two movies.

Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979)

When a destructive space entity is spotted approaching Earth, Admiral Kirk resumes command of the Starship Enterprise in order to intercept, examine and hopefully stop it.

Although very slow-paced and basically just a TV episode drawn out much too long, it's still fun to see the team back in action and this time with a much greater budget.


On renewed viewing; the story is silly, of course, but you do get some great sci-fi scapes to see.

Halliwell (no star): "And a surprisingly boring one. Vast sets and big-screen solemnity hardly make this more enjoyable than some of the TV episodes which got more tricks and philosophical fun into one-third of the length."

Maltin **1/2: "Slow, talkative, and derivative, somewhat redeemed by terrific special effects and majestic Jerry Goldsmith score; still, mainly for purists."

New Stuff: Star Trek

Last season of the classic series.

Star Trek Into Darkness (2013)

 

 

 

After the crew of the Enterprise find an unstoppable force of terror from within their own organization, Captain Kirk leads a manhunt to a war-zone world to capture a one-man weapon of mass destruction.

 

OK continuation of the early Star trek beginnings, rich on action and visual effects, but not quite as exciting as the first entry.

Maltin***: "High-energy follow.up...Every crisis is pitched as a life-and-death struggle, but there's never a dull moment in this entertaining popcorn picture. Plus, there's always time for some humorous banter among the diverse personalities of the U.S.S. Enterprise."