The Movies I Watched in December

28 Years Later 2025  7/10

 

Adam's Rib 1949  7/10

 

The Beast in Me 2025  7/10

 

Black Bag 2025  7/10

 

Brats 1930  7/10

 

The Bullfighters 1945  5/10 

Carry-On 2024  6/10 

Caught Stealing 2025  7/10

 

Cheers. Season 8 1990  7/10

 

Cheers. Season 9 1991 7/10

 

Ciudad de sombras 2025  6/10 

Cronos 1992  7/10

 

Da xiang xi di er zuo 2018  8/10

 

Dahomey 2024  7/10

 

The Dancing Masters 1943  5/10 

Death by Lightning 2025  7/10

 

Don't Worry Darling 2022  7/10

 

Early to Bed 1928  6/10 

Eddington 2025  6/10

Helpmates 1932  7/10

 

A House of Dynamite 2025  6/10 

Jitterbugs 1943  5/10 

Katie Says Goodbye 2016  7/10

 

The Living and the Dead 2006  7/10

Miséricorde 2024  7/10

 

Munster, Go Home! 1966  5/10 

The New Yorker at 100 2025  6/10 

Prisoners 2013  7/10

 

Sirât 2025  7/10

 

Sisters With Transistors 2020  7/10

 

La tour de glace 2025  8/10

 

Train Dreams 2025  7/10

Wake Up Dead Man 2025  7/0 

 

You Were Never Really Here 2017  8/10

 

Let Them All Talk (2020)

 

A famous author goes on a cruise trip with her friends and nephew in an effort to find fun and happiness while she comes to terms with her troubled past.

Carefully directed cruise ship drama with some humorous elements is fully enjoyable first and foremost for its excellently assembled ensemble; there's never a dull moment.

 

The Movies I Watched in September

9/11 2002 7/10

 Aguirre, der Zorn Gottes 1972 10/10

 

L'aîné des Ferchaux 1963  6/10

Audrey 2020  6/10 

Big Night 1996  8/10

 Encounters at the End of the World 2007  7/10

Une femme est une femme 1961  8/10

Hollywood Story 1951  6/10 

Indien 1993  8/10

Infinite 2021  5/10

Kuroi ame 1989 8/10

 Let Them All Talk 2020   7/10

Die Nackte und der Satan 1959  6/10

Neko no ongaeshi 2002  7/10

 Papurika 2006  7/10

Point Blank  1967  7/10

Portrait de la jeune fille en feu 2019  7/10

Rio Grande 1950  7/10

Schitts Creek Season 1 (2015)  7/10 

 

Schitts Creek Season 2 (2016)  7/10 

 

Shikoku 1999 6/10

Shiva Baby 2020  7/10 

Stark Fear 1962  6/10 

Tonight For Sure 1962  3/10

What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? 1962  9/10

Side Effects (2013)

A young woman's world unravels when a drug prescribed by her psychiatrist has unexpected side effects.

A highly convoluted mystery with multiple twists somehow works with its excellent performances and intelligent direction.

On rewatching: Still good for a second viewing, well-made in all departments.

Maltin***: "Intriguing film noir-type story...with modern pharmaceutical twist keeps you guessing right to the end, although its characters are not especially fun to spend time with."

Logan Lucky (2017)

Two brothers attempt to pull off a heist during a NASCAR race in North Carolina.

As to be expected by this director, this movie is well executed with a good script and a prime ensemble of actors, has humor and some suspense, but who needs yet another heist movie? 

Side Effects (2013)

A young woman's world unravels when a drug prescribed by her psychiatrist has unexpected side effects.

A highly convoluted mystery with multiple twists some hows works with its excellent performances and intelligent direction.

Maltin***: "Intriguing film noir-type story...with modern pharmaceutical twist keeps you guessing right to the end, although its characters are not especially fun to spend time with."

New Stuff: Eros

The Girlfriend Experience (2009)

 

 

A drama set in the days leading up to the 2008 Presidential election, and centered on a high-end Manhattan call girl meeting the challenges of her boyfriend, her clients, and her work. 

 

Intriguing low-budget study of relationships dictated by economic restraint, but a bit pedestrian and talkative.

 

Maltin ** 1/2: "Fragmented, pseudo-Godardian study of prostitution as a metaphor for capitalism is generally engrossing but ultimately feels shallow and leaves little lasting impression."