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Corsage (2022)
Wonderful
I really enjoyed this film. All my grandparents and my father were born in the Dual Monarchy.
The filming is superb and the costumes grand. What was not mentioned was that Elizabeth was a Wittlesbach and her cousin was King of Bavaria, a future suicide. Madness ran in this royal family.
If the movie was overly favourable to Elizabeth, it was patently unfair to Franz Josef. Because Austria has a limited market, the speech was standard German (Buhnesdeutsch).
There was one clanger of a goof: the story takes place 1877-78, but shows Elizabeth in moving pictures. Moving pictures do not begin until 1896.
Spiral: From the Book of Saw (2021)
OK for a SAW movie
This could have been a finer movie but for the low-lifes in it with their non-stop filthy language. The plot was typical of SAW movies. Best of all was the conclusion, where the low lifes got their poetic justice. I laughed myself silly.
The Hitman's Bodyguard (2017)
Vulgar beyond belief
Every variety of four letter words were uttered dozens of times, but worst of all was Samuel L Jackson's repeated use of the disgusting mother f___r. What is the world coming to? I was born and raised on the wrong side of the tracks in the Bronx, and I never heard anyone, no matter how toiugh, use this disgusting word.
Sputnik (2020)
Great Film
As SciFi goes this is a gem. It keeps your complete attention throughout. It is scary at times. The acting is good. It doesn't feel like a foreign film. I highly recommend it.
Breaking News in Yuba County (2021)
Best Black Comedy Ever!!
I laughed myself silly watching this Black Comedy. The plot is very convoluted; so, pay close attention. I gave it ten stars, but wish I could give it more. Under that silly blond wig is Juliette Lewis.
Six Minutes to Midnight (2020)
Disappointing
Just because a movie stars Judy Dench doesn't mean it's a good movie. It was all to predictable. And the plot is a lot far fetched. Please note that German Nazis in discussing their racial differences with Jews never used the word "Gentile" (Heide in German) but Arier (Aryan).
The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun (2021)
Pretentious Crap
I wish I could give it zero stars. I wasted an hour of my life until I gave up in disgust watching this hokum. Fortunately I saw it for free on SKY.
I hope it bombed at the boxoffice.
The Desert Song (1929)
Great music, great singing
This is one of my favorite films. It's a shame no better copy of it has been found. Johny Arthur's effeminate, if not worse, routine would be banned under the 1934 Production Code. Shame. He certainly works in with funny Louise Fazenda (Hal Wallis's wife; "the Prisoner of Fazenda"!) All in all a great experience with Joih Boles and Carlotta King, whose wonderful voices make the blood race, and there's Myna Loy at her slinkiest, sexiest best.
Wrath of the Titans (2012)
Great actors sell their souls for loot
I can't imagine a trashier movie with a cast of stars such as Bill Nighy, Ralf Fiennes, Rosamund Pike, and Liam Neeson. Are they so hungry for cash to cheapen their reputations?
Fatale (2020)
Truly awful
One expects these days movies with no moral value, but FINALE is the limit. What was Hilary Swank, a fine actress, thinking? It does her part no credit in practicing an unselective, base bedroom partner. It's all very predictable the outcome, and I would like to think that avenging Fate took a hand.
. Avoid this film like the plague.
Inheritance (2020)
Avoid this movie
Lilly Collins plays a despicable character with a deplorable private life. Simon Pegg should stick to comedy. Lilly must have practiced kissing dog turds for this piss poor movie.
Ulven kommer (2020)
Plot Fault
Was this a trick twist to the story or a plot fault? For the longest time, it appeared that 14 year old Holly was a scheming, manipulative, little liar who was hell bent in wrecking her parent's marriage. Also why begin the series with Holly perving on her parent's love-making?
From personal experience, I know just what a nasty teen can inflict on a step-father.
Born Guilty (2017)
Vulgar waste of time
I wish I could give this piece of rubbish zero stars. It must have embarrassed Rosanna Arquette to play this part. Avoid this dreadful movie if possible.
The Meg (2018)
Ugh, what a fishy tale
The usual silliness and bad acting a la Sharknado but not as obnoxious in its choice of actor for the hero. Worst of all---truly repellent--- was the ship's court jester who no doubt is abnormal in real life. Avoid this movie like the Black Death pestilence.
A Quiet Passion (2016)
Emily, more batty than spiritual
While this is basically a fine film, it makes Emily to be some confused, hyper-emotional near-saint. This is quite untrue. What sort of benign spirit puts in her Will that her coffin is to carried from her home to the cemetery some distance away? Catherine Baylie seems to have been delusional and must have thought she was on stage doing an Oscar Wilde play. She is a master of the bon mot, irritating at best. The on again, off again death scene for Emily was for me a painful bit of enervation. Do see it if you're a two-hankie weepy fan.
Jeruzalem (2015)
Just appalling Drivel
After one hour suffering through this poor excuse for a film, I stopped watching. I had hoped it would get better, but I was a fool to think so. Thank my lucky stars, I saw it for free on SKY.
First Reformed (2017)
Am I just stupid or was this a worse than dreadful movie
Given the justification for terrorism in this film, are those praising it to the hilt just mindless nihilists or am I missing something.? Well, having watched it all, I side with the former choice. At the very least this movie is in appalling taste.
Between Worlds (2018)
Truly Awful
I wish I could give this poor excuse for a film a zero or even minus-10 stars. Confusion reigneth here. It is almost impossible to follow the plot. How did a fine actress like Franks Potente get roped into this mess? Cage's performance was pathetic, especially in the end shots. Give this "film" a wide berth.