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Let’s Take a Look at the 50th Anniversary Unrestored Print of 2001: A Space Odyssey
It is here. It is big. It is beautiful.
Over the Edge, or: The Terror of the Bored Teenager
Give teenagers time and nothing to do, and they will set the world on fire just to watch it burn.
Ready Player One? Thy Game Is Over
Spielberg’s adaptation of the nerd-ful novel never makes it past level one.
I Love Dogs, But I Did Not Love Isle of Dogs
A very pretty, sometimes funny, sometimes adorable, sometimes boring Wes Anderson doghouse. Dollhouse, that is. But with dogs. Lots of dogs.
Winter Kills, In Which A Forgotten Bomb Is Unearthed—And Blows Up In My Face
There is wisdom in that old adage, let sleeping bombs lie. Alas, I keep on ignoring it.
Dark, In Which The Future Is Past, And Vice Versa, And Various Versas Besides
A twisty time travel series proves to be smarter than you hoped.
Beyond the Black Rainbow, Way Up High, Which is What You Are if You’re Watching Beyond the Black Rainbow
A visual and audio head-trip of a movie you will either fall in love with or fall asleep to.
Phantom Thread, In Which Paul Thomas Anderson Goes Minimalist to Maximal Effect
In which I find a Paul Thomas Anderson movie I rather like.
I See Movies, 2017 Edition
A list for thems what like lists.
Star Wars: The Last Jedi Is A Frog Named Mongo
In which an imaginary frog is invoked to make a small amount of sense from a sadly senseless movie.
In Which Lady Bird, Wonder Woman, And The Act of Writing About Movies Is Somewhat Chaotically Jumbled Together
A brain-tired movie-muser wonders what to write. Probably something about movies?
Doctor Who Series 10: In Which The Doctor Rediscovers A Measure of His Mojo
The latest Doctor Who series is, to my relief, not entirely bad! Hooray!
Ragnarok, Shmagnarok. Thor Is A Bore.
A pleasant half-hour of light gags interspersed with 100 minutes of grueling, plotless CGI boredom does not a movie make.