Category: movie review

Movies, Movies, Movies! #27 March 3, 2020

Welcome to another installment of Movies, Movies, Movies!  Please notice my new banner, designed and created by my younger son. High-Rise (2016) Starring: Tom Hiddleston, Jeremy Irons, Sienna Miller, Luke Evans, Elisabeth Moss, James Purefoy, Keeley Hawes Director: Ben Wheatley Synopsis: The best description I can give of High-Rise is contained hedonistic dystopia. Imagine a…

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Movies, Movies, Movies! #26 February 25, 2020

Once Upon a Time in… Hollywood (2019) Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio, Brad Pitt, Margot Robbie, Emile Hirsch, Margaret Qualley, Timothy Olyphant, Austin Butler, Dakota Fanning, Bruce Dern, Al Pacino, Damian Lewis, Luke Perry, Clifton Collins Jr., Nicholas Hammond, Scoot McNairy, Spencer Garrett, Mike Moh, Maurice Compte, Lew Temple, Lena Dunham, Maya Hawke, Lorenza Izzo, Samantha Robinson,…

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Movies, Movies, Movies! #25 — February 18, 2020

Joker (2019) Starring: Joaquin Phoenix, Robert De Niro, Frances Conroy, Zazie Beetz, Brett Cullen, Brian Tyree Henry, Marc Maron, Dante Pereira-Olson, Douglas Hodge, Sharon Washington, Bill Camp, Glenn Fleshler, Josh Pais, Shea Whigham, Leigh Gill, Sondra James, Murphy Guyer, Hannah Gross, Gary Gulman, Chris Redd, Bryan Callen, Greer Barnes, Ray Iannicelli, Keith Buterbaugh Director: Todd…

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Movies, Movies, Movies! #24 — February 11, 2020

Motherless Brooklyn (2019) Starring: Edward Norton, Bruce Willis, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Alec Baldwin, Willem Dafoe, Bobby Cannavale, Cherry Jones, Leslie Mann, Michael K. Williams, Fisher Stevens, Dallas Roberts, Josh Pais, Ethan Suplee, Robert Wisdom Director: Edward Norton Synopsis: Understated big movie about political corruption and long-buried secrets. Edward Norton stars and directs. In a nice bit…

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Movies, Movies, Movies! #23 February 4, 2020

I Lost My Body (2019) (animated)(netflix) Starring: Hakim Faris , Victoire Du Bois, Patrick d’Assumçao, Deborah Grall, Bellamine Abdelmalek Director: Jeremy Clapin Synopsis: A young man and his hand get separated in the beginning of the movie, but it’s one of those stories where you see the end first and then it takes you back…

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Movies, Movies, Movies! #22 January 28, 2020

  The Bad Sleep Well (1960) (60 years old now!) Starring: Toshirô Mifune, Masayuki Mori, Kyôko Kagawa, Tatsuya Mihashi, Takashi Shimura, Kô Nishimura, Takeshi Katô, Kamatari Fujiwara, Chishu Ryu, Seiji Miyaguchi Director: Akira Kurosawa Synopsis: Even though 60 years old now, the plot is just as fresh today as it was then. It’s a story…

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