Happy Thanksgiving to all. Heading out here in a few to my oldest son’s house as his significant other has been gracious enough to offer to host the dinner today. Will be back later and hopefully be able to to do the daily prompts. :::rant mode on::: I don’t like to do this on a…
Category: movie review
David Byrne Shares True Stories From 1986’s True Stories — Consequence of Sound
This is a very nice write-up on a movie I used to own on VHS until I moved in 2011. I think I gave my kids all of the VHS tapes, so it’s probably still around somewhere. Watching it back in 1986 it was surreal and cheesy but some of the characters within it were…
Steve McQueen: The Essence of Cool (2005) and The Man & Le Mans (2015)
“Racing is life. Anything before or after is just waiting.” image link Steve McQueen has always been an iconic actor to me and I wanted to learn more about him. Over the past couple of weeks I’ve watched two documentary biographies. Each covers a different time period of his life. If you want a broad…
Castigation in Film
Today’s word of the day is castigation, which M-W defines as, “to subject to severe punishment, reproof, or criticism”. In a bit of synchronicity, I watched a library loan movie, “Force Majeure” (2014), aka “Turist”, last night, which is a meticulous study of castigation. Imdb gives the minimal description, “A family vacationing in the French…
Sorry to Bother You (2018)
Sorry to Bother You – No You’re Not! I was finally able to borrow a copy of, “Sorry to Bother You” from my local branch of the library and watched it last night. Although I had a general idea of what it was about, I’d purposely kept myself ignorant of spoilers and wanted to go…
Movie Review — Damsel (2018)
image link from imdb — Damsel (2018): It’s the Wild West, circa 1870. Samuel Alabaster, an affluent pioneer, ventures across the American frontier to marry the love of his life, Penelope. As his group traverses the west, the once-simple journey grows treacherous, blurring the lines between hero, villain and damsel. Written and Directed by: David…
Final Portrait (2017)
image link I’ve got 4 main sources for movies now, other than going to a theater: 1) netflix streaming; 2) netflix discs; 3) the library; and 4) Family Video. I try to obtain through free sources first. This was one I requisitioned from #2. I think I found it through looking for Armie Hammer movies. …
Tao-Talk 