Books, Movies and TV shows
Civil War: Surprisingly, A Very Good Movie, If Depressing I probably shouldn’t say surprisingly given the director. Its directed and written by Alex Garland who
May 30, 2024
No Comments
Civil War: Surprisingly, A Very Good Movie, If Depressing I probably shouldn’t say surprisingly given the director. Its directed and written by Alex Garland who
We love heroes. We love bravery. Reality? Not so much. Will is a movie set in Antwerp in 1942. It’s in Flemish, so subtitles are
There’s actually a lot to unpack from this movie. At times it’s almost a farce on both race and the world of publishing. But it
Simple is better. Less is more. Those are two fundamentals I try to stick to when writing. So when I read a book or watch
One of the best movies of the year. Okay, got that out of the way. And the reason for that is I read the NY
Let me start by saying this is an entertaining movie. And it was very successful given its budget of 3 million. And kudos to the
This Danish Movie from 2021 was titled in its home country as The Shadow In My Eye. It is a devastating movie about a real
I watched Moonfall because my wife had rented it. It had some good moments. But. It missed the mark because it couldn’t decide what tone
This movie is in the news again because the Wolverines rallying cry is being painted on destroyed Russian armored vehicles. The consensus is that Red
I really don’t want to give any spoilers so this is going to be short. I’ll just give my reactions. I liked it as I
Made in 2005, some elements of V is for Vendetta feel quaint. The death toll from the virus that is released on the population to
Reign of Fire happened two years ago! How time flies when we’re having fun. And we should have had flying cars the year before. But,hey.
The six episode series, The Tourist, on HBO Max starts with a trope: a man is in an accident and when he recovers, can’t remember
Deep Water is based as a psychological, erotic thriller. Well, Hmm. It stars Ben Affleck as an older husband with a beautiful, younger wife who
Dog, starring Channing Tatum and Lulu (played by a Belgian Malinois) is a charming movie, and I say charming in the positive sense of the
Who gave the green light to make this thing? There are movies so bad that it draws you in because you just have to see
I stopped Wrath of Man about halfway through and went to sleep. I usually enjoy Jason Statham films as mindless, fun entertainment. There was nothing
Have you ever told someone who is upset to relax? Yeah. Experience has taught me it’s the worst possible thing to say to my wife
I read The Hobbit as a kid in the Bronx a long time ago. I was really amazed at how that Tolkein guy managed to
I tried. Sort of. After watching the first couple of episodes I did the rest of the series in fast forward mode, stopping every now
Yes, it’s extraordinarily brutal, but evil is brutal. We want to avert our eyes, but we live in a time when evil, which always exists,
I’m not in the royals and that whole kaboodle other than watching lots of documentaries about The War of the Roses and other historical documentaries,
We have to remember that Six Days of the Condor, the novel, became Three Days in the movie version. Now the concept has become a
I’m one of the few people who don’t think the previous version of Dune was awful. It wasn’t great but it did okay with the
I watched Apple TV’s Invasion last night. In the interest of full disclosure, I watched the first episode, then fast-forwarded through the next two that
Watched The Night House last night and it was one of more scary movies recently; especially since it didn’t resort to a bunch of splatter
This 2007 movie is called a “romantic war drama”, apparently by someone who has never seen it. Starring Keira Knightley and James McAvoy, this is
We watched Old last night and, overall, really liked it. And, overall, the response of viewers and critics to the movie has been harsh and
I watched the Sopranos episode by weekly episode as it came out. I’ve rewatched it at least twice since. All of it. I still marvel
Just binged Midnight Mass. Actually, binged isn’t right. I had to spread the seven, hour-long episodes over 3 nights because it takes time to process
When I reached that scene, I almost stopped watching. It just seemed too over the top. It’s early in them movie so there’s no need
I have to be honest; I fast-forwarded through a good portion of this. Amazon and Netflix put out a lot of movies and they often
We watched the Oscar winner last night and I can verify we both woke up this morning depressed. That’s not to say don’t see it.
Liked it a lot. Let’s start with that. Lots of action, lots of locales, lots of strangeness regarding time, which always sucks me in. Some
When I watched Contagion years ago, I thought it was reasonably well done but really underestimated the degree of societal breakdown that such a pandemic
Any film with M. Emmett Walsh is to be watched. Throw in Frances McDormand? Even better.
based on this book. I HEARD YOU PAINT HOUSES is the supposed true story of a mafia hit man and the guy who took out
I watched this movie last night and was impressed. The premise has been done– apocalyptic event, human embryos stores for survival, one brought to life.
Ah, when men were men and the sheep ran scared! Esquire ran a “10 Manliest War Movies” which I thought was a bit lacking; but
From the title, which could be Us, as in all of us, or US, as in the country, everything in this brilliant movie by Jordan
As I started watching the Deadwood movie it was more than a bit depressing. This was for personal reasons. Personally, it reminded me of binging
Dogs have a very unique role, not just as pets, but in the way they integrated themselves into human society long ago. They are descended