A great film -- irrespective of genre, budget, scope, scale or star power -- does one important thing: it immerses you in its story. It carries you with it from moment to moment and unwraps its details for you like a gift. Each new character, every scene, location, plot point and twist are another part of that package. And wrapping it all up and presenting it to you are the imagery, sounds, movements and timing that make it a motion…
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A Boy and His Dog 1975
Like so many other films that are more than 10 years old, this one is sure to offend someone, if not everyone . . . And like all of those offensive films, in all of their various states of perceived moral decrepitude, context can reveal far more beyond the knee jerk reaction . . .
There is no question that Harlan Ellison was the king of glib observations . . his dark take on so much of his subject matter…
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Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny 2023
One star:
- For the first 15 minutes of the film - thanks for the adventure that we all wanted to see. Credits should have rolled as they walked up the hill from the river . . .
- Artifact recovered, check
- Nazis' butt's kicked, check
- Villain vanquished, check
- Indy and sidekick walk away with minor damage after heroic leap of faith, CHECK
- For Harrison Ford's touching scene on the boat - a moment of vulnerability…Translated from by -
F9 2021
Non-stop preposterous action. Check.
Primary school grade dialogue. Check.
Cartoonish level of character development. Check.The film industry has become so good at the process of making films look and feel high quality that pointless garbage like this can pass for high end film making. This film had the script of a Saturday morning excuse for a cartoon made to sell toys. I kept waiting to hear “Yo Joe” after each poorly mumbled pep talk.
Its only redeeming…
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