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…
Movies, Movies, Movies! #21 January 21, 2020
Tom Jones (1963) (no not the singer!) (quote above is from the movie) Starring: Albert Finney, Susannah York, Hugh Griffith, Edith Evans, Joan Greenwood, Diane Cilento, George Devine, David Tomlinson, Rosalind Atkinson, Angela Baddeley, Avis Bunnage, Julian Glover, Joyce Redman, Peter Bull, Lynn Redgrave, Michael Brennan, Patsy Rowlands, George A. Cooper, Mark Dignam, Freda Jackson,…
Movies, Movies, Movies! #20 — January 14, 2020
It will be another short segment today, as I’m working my way through The Waltons. Samurai Rebellion (1967) Starring: Toshirô Mifune, Yôko Tsukasa, Go Kato, Tatsuyoshi Ehara, Etsuko Ichihara, Isao Yamagata, Tatsuya Nakadai, Shigeru Koyama, Tatsuo Matsumura, Masao Mishima Director: Masaki Kobayashi Synopsis: Very edgy story of feudal Japan where the Lord of the region…
Movies, Movies, Movies! #19 – January 7, 2020
Rodents of Unusual Size (2018) (documentary) Starring: large “cast” of real people but main focus is on the family of Thomas Gonzales Directors: Chris Metzler, Jeff Springer, Quinn Costello, who came to my attention as directors of “Plagues and Pleasures of The Salton Sea” which I saw at a local film festival then bought. Synopsis:…
Movies, Movies, Movies! #18 – December 31, 2019
Let the Sunshine In (2011) Starring: Juliette Binoche, Xavier Beauvois, Philippe Katerine, Josiane Balasko, Nicolas Duvauchelle, Bruno Podalydès, Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, Gérard Depardieu, Alex Descas, Laurent Grévill, Sandrine Dumas Director: Claire Denis Synopsis: Binoche, who I really like as an actress, plays a woman who is ever-searching for Mr. Right and always comes up short….
“Game of Thrones” Season 8 review
I just finished binge-watching S8 of Game of Thrones. Although I LOVED seeing so many of the characters I have grown to love over the previous 7 seasons, I am left with a feeling that the producers skated through too much with only 6 episodes in which humankind has to wage an epic battle with…
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