Spider-man: No Way Home (*****) is the magic number
It does the almost impossible task of bringing together everything we’ve seen and opens the door to everything else we might see in the future.
Ghostbusters Series Ranking – There’s still life left…
From the classic original to the classic 2021 sequel, there’s some good stuff and bad in between.
Ghostbusters Afterlife (*****) never leaves
Great is still great, no matter the age.
The Harder They Fall (*****) Welcome to the Majors
This is Majors’ film, through and through. It’s his arrival on the big stage, and he does not waste the opportunity.
Last Night In Soho (*****) what a lovely name…
This is the film of the year.
Pig (*****) is loss becoming
If ever a film matched the tragectory of its star, its Nic Cage in Pig.
Candyman then (***1/2) and now (*****)
As it turns out, Marvel made the right choice. Candyman, the “spiritual” (instead of exploitive) sequel to the 1992 original, is superior in every way. In fact, this film is so good, it makes Bernard Rose’s film essential viewing, if only to complete the context.
Land (*****) is something you can settle on
See this film if you want to experience the calm after the storm.
Another Look: Is Rain Man a forgotten gem by now?
I have never come across someone who has a bad thing to say about Rain Man, but if it were released today, I am sure someone could complain. Thank God it came out in 1988.
Amazon’s Sound of Metal (*****) doesn’t get any clearer
What was just a courtesy of response to me for a friend earlier now has an experience behind it that has added colors my world. Let it color yours, too.
Nomadland (*****) Sailboat in the desert
As for McDormand, what else can be said about her? She is without a doubt the most courageous actress of our time.
One Night In Miami (*****) Shimmering Light
If you want to really get something out of a story, and you want to connect to humanity, this should be the film of the year.
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom (*****) Empty world without the blues
This is some of the best work of Boseman’s too short career, and it’s representative of what Davis does every time out.
Criterion: Days of Heaven (*****) strikes through regret
I don’t know if I could have enjoyed this film decades ago. And I feel lucky that I haven’t been forced to form an opinion until I had time and the experience to take it all in.
Criterion: Badlands (*****) The view inside the soulless
Nearly as haunting as the real thing.
Forgotten Gem: Catch Me If You Can is looking for home (*****)
It’s a glamorization, but it is a damn good one.
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