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Movie Review: Black Bag
4 stars out of 5Since splashing onto the movie scene with 1989’s Sex, Lies, and Videotape, director Steven Soderbergh above all else seems to choose whatever project will be fun for him at a given time, regardless of genre. For Black Bag, he sinks his teeth into an old-fashioned drawing room whodunit. (“Someone in this […]
Movie Review: Nightmare Alley
4.5 stars out of 5During pandemic days, or shall I say nights, I’ve really upped my watching of Eddie Muller’s Noir Alley offerings on TCM. One film I haven’t caught — or didn’t even known about till today — is 1947’s Nightmare Alley. Which is probably for the best, as I strolled into 2021’s Nightmare […]
Movie Review: Carol
3.5 stars out of 5 You ever read about something being the “best movie of the year” so you go and see it, and then you think, ‘well that was good but by no means the best movie of the year’? That’s me and Carol. I must admit to not being that up on the […]
Movie Review: Blue Jasmine
4 stars out of 5 I will admit to not knowing the difference between Cate Blanchett and Kate Winslet. Thankfully, Woody cast Peter Sarsgaard and not Alexander Skarsgard, who I confuse with Stellan Skarsgard. This could’ve easily turned into a Shakespearean comedy. Instead, it’s barely a Woody Allen comedy. Closer to a tragedy, really. And […]
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