Category Archives: Movie Review
Highly Recommend:
“Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood” got gypped !
It should have won at least 3 of the big 5 at Oscars 2020:
Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Screenplay
It did not win any ! However, bravo for Brad Pitt winning Best Supporting Actor.
Apollo 11
Critical Score: 85
Very interesting to see how they did it. Neil Armstrong walks on the moon.
Spider-man: Into the Spider-Verse
Critical Score: 80
Starring: Shameik Moore, Jake Johnson, Hailee Steinfeld, Nicolas Cage
Pretty cool animated movie. Love the munchies scenes with Spider-Gwen.
The Favourite
Critical Score: 85
Starring: Emma Stone, Rachel Weisz, Olivia Colman
Director: Giorgos Lanthimos
A surprisingly dark comedy. Emma Stone is the bomb.
Border
Critical Score: 65
Starring: Eva Melander, Eero Milonoff
Director: Ali Abbasi
Border is just too weird. I watched the whole thing, but it was very strange. It took some interesting turns; acting was very good; basically science fiction. It’s a Swedish movie with English subtitles. The two stars are supposedly “Trolls” or something other than not quite human. Probably would not recommend unless you are Swedish or a fan of one of these two actors, or if you like very different science fiction flicks.
Green Book
Critical Score: 85
Starring: Viggo Mortenson, Mahershala Ali, Linda Carellini
Director: Pater Farrelly
Viggo will probably get nominated for best actor; Mahershala was excellent too. Very entertaining – might have been a little far fetched at times, but overall very good.
Widows
Critical Score: 60
Starring: viola Davis, LIam Neeson, Colin Farrell
Director: Steve McQueen
It’s a little slow.
Can You Ever Forgive Me ?
Critical Score: 85
Starring: Melissa McCarthy, Richard E. Grant
Director: Marielle Heller
Very well directed and performed comedy/drama based on the true story and book of the same name. Lee Israel (McCarthy) began forging letters from famous authors and selling them to book stores, collectors, historians, etc. It’s estimated that she sold around 400 such artifacts. Amazing that she got away with it for so long, but was finally called to testify and admitted to her crimes. Her friend Jack (Grant) who was homeless and fairly helpless added some color to Lee’s circumstance. Fun to watch just to see who Lee was, how she lived her life (after publishing a NYT bestseller) and how all of Lee’s criminal behavior was going to end.