(Art: Benoît van Innis)
Saturday, March 6, 2021
The Queen's Gambit (2020)
Orphaned at 9, prodigious introvert Beth Harmon discovers and masters the game of chess in 1960s USA. But, child stardom comes at a price.
Top-notch TV production convinces with great period detail and managing to create a compelling story on an unusual topic (chess), but it's mainly Anya Taylor-Joy's compelling performance that made this TV mini-series so successful.
Stridulum (1979)
The soul of a young girl with telekinetic powers becomes the prize in a fight between forces of God and the Devil.
After an interesting Jodorowsky-like opening sequence this star-studded horror flick descends into a wildly incohesive Omen wannabee; some weird sequences do make it watchable, though.
Halliwell (no star): "Fussy direction, minimal acting and a plot that makes little sense combine to create an incoherent movie."
Maltin**: "...this passable time-killer wastes a good cast in yet another OMEN rip-off; too bad Huston or Peckinpah couldn't have directed as well."
Friday, March 5, 2021
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