Capturing Mary 2007
A beautifully kept but unoccupied
townhouse in London, tended by young Joe Dix (Wynter). A mysterious visitor,
Mary (Smith and Wilson) reveals dark secrets. Most odd, most fascinating.
Brilliant cast.
4* of 5
Antichrist 2009
A child dies. The parents grieve. Von
Trier is Von Trier. Some love this, some hate it. I’m just bored by it. A pity.
I usually like Von Trier.
1 ½ * of 5
Raising Cain 1992
A crazy psychologist (Lithgow) becomes
even crazier and dangerous. This is like a bad B-film from the 50s and even
worse, I think that’s the point.
1 ½ * of 5
Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky 2009
Stravinsky’s music is interesting, Mads
Mikkelsen is a very good actor, and great dramatic love stories are boring.
Stylish but tedious.
2* of 5
Real Steel 2010
Super robots boxing. Horrible dad, mouthy
kid. Too much boxing. I’ve never even seen Rocky
and never will. Fast forward. Where is Wolverine when you need him?
2* of 5
An American Crime 2007
Horrible woman tortures a girl to death.
True story. Boring film.
2* of 5
50/50 (2011)
Cancer. 50/50
chance of survival. Unlikeable characters. I don’t like it. Good music though.
2* of 5
Le
choc du futur (The Shock of the Future)
A must for techno freaks and
enjoyable for the rest of us. I like the music.
3 ½ * of 5
Six Triple Eight 2024
With that said it may surprise you
to know that I like it. For some reason it’s possible to look through all the
above and see the substance of the history it’s based on.
3* of 5
Avatar 2009
I don’t remember the story at all.
Humans invading another planet. Beautiful creatures.
Boring. Pretty but yawn. Fast
forward. It’s just a bunch of clichés with blue avatars. I have another one in
the series, something about water, but I don’t think I have the patience to
watch it.
1 ½ * of 5
Backtrack 2015
Brody is the master of the tortured
suffering soul and he carries this off admirably as always. It’s just a ghost
story but clever, atmospheric, gloomy and mysterious.
One of the better psychological
thrillers I’ve seen lately.
Bottle Shock 2008
On the DVD box it says if you liked Sideways you’d like this. I didn’t like Sideways, so…
I don’t like this one either. It’s
trite and uninteresting. Its only asset is Rickman and he gets the *.
Sicario 2015
There’s action and violence enough
for anybody which makes it boring. It’s full of stereotypes. I don’t like films
like this.
Blunt and Kaluuya as her partner Reggie are sorely wasted here.
2* of 5
Dream House 2011
It’s not the film that Craig and
Weisz will be remembered for but it’s kind of scary and creepy and they do a
fine job in their roles.
Oh, wow, a twist! And then another
one. Cool.
3* of 5
Don’t Look Up 2021
The film is classified as a
satirical comedy. The funny part is that that nobody believes or cares. Ha ha.
So obviously it’s all about today’s
reality and the environmental catastrophe that is going to destroy everything
if we don’t take immediate and extreme action. And we don’t care. Some of us
don’t believe it. We elect Trump, we consume and consume and consume. We poison
our planet.
So funny isn’t the first word that
comes to mind. But it is kind of…funny. The satire is so bitingly realistic
that it hurts. The actors are superb,
Depressing but oh, so brilliant.
5* of 5
Uglies 2024
Many viewers mention liking the book better. I haven’t read it so I can only judge the film. If you’re about 12 or 13 you might like it. My 13-year-old self kind of likes it, even though it’s contrived and simple-minded. But only kind of. It’s been a very long time since I was 13. But David (Powers) is awfully cute and the visuals are strong.
2 ½ * of 5
The Grand Budapest Hotel 2014
My main problem with Anderson is
that he’s not as weird and quirky as he thinks he is. I find his humour pretentious.
I have lost friends over this attitude, but then they probably weren’t such
good friends, right?
OK, I’ll stop babbling and watch the
film.
1. I don’t like narrated stories. 2.
What’s the point of this film? 3. What a waste of good actors. 4. This is just
silly. 5. This is boring. 6. Almost everybody disagrees with me.
Never mind. I like the purple uniforms. They themselves are worth
1* of 5
