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(12 movies watched)(It was a GREAT movie-watching month) The King A bit long, but worth a viewing. Jojo Rabbit Just when you think you are done watching movies about WWII… Let it Snow [...]

The review: Rian Johnson shows he has skills with yet another genre* by directing Knives Out, which is 130 minutes of delight. This movie could have been weighted down by its stellar cast,** but [...]

The review: Riley Sterns directs Jesse Eisenberg* in The Art of Self-Defense a dark comedy that feels more intellectually funny than viscerally funny. While that first sentences feels like [...]

Recommended Zombieland (November) Kim’s Convenience (June) Always be my Maybe (June) Good Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore (November) Let it Snow (November) The King (November) Now [...]

The review: Ruben Fleischer does us all a good service with Zombieland; he gives us the zombie invasion from the point of view of a nerd.* After adding in a tough guy and two grifters, we have an [...]

The review: Truth: a combo of slight obsession* and Redbox discount meant I watched this film a second time this year. But it got me mentally plotting out an essay about quality films that people [...]

The review: Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore is Scorsese without the wise guys and the good fellas.* This movie is firmly set in the 1970s, and is a great hardscrabble mother-son film.** [...]

The review: Jennifer Lee and Chris Buck’s Frozen II is a worthy successor to the the animation triumph that spawned a generation of children who know every vocal inflection of “Let It [...]