I'd love to see the script, just to read how the dialog was presented to the actors. And a great soundtrack.
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Wednesday, March 27, 2024
Tuesday, March 26, 2024
The 21-Word Review: Napoleon (Apple)
Monday, March 25, 2024
The 21-Word Review: Knock at the Cabin (Amazon)
Read about the original book ending, but only after you've finished watching this version. Sometimes the ending really should be changed.
Sunday, March 24, 2024
The 21-Word Review: Dune Part 2
Remarkable. More directors should be this familiar and faithful to source material, especially classic material this rich, complex, and well defined.
Saturday, March 23, 2024
The 21-Word Review: Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom (Max)
I felt throughout the movie that I would have enjoyed it much more had I only still been 13 years old.
Friday, March 22, 2024
The 21-Word Review: Killers of the Flower Moon (Apple)
At some point we need to have a different category than "movie" for the kinds of epics that Mr. Scorsese crafts.
Thursday, March 21, 2024
The 21-Word Review: My Family and Other Animals (YouTube)
The final Greece pre-trip movie recommendation. Very faithful to the book, and Imelda shines as the matriarch. Two for three overall.
Wednesday, March 20, 2024
The 21-Word Review: Clash of the Titans (Apple TV)
Another Greece pre-trip recommendation. Yes, the original. No, it has not aged well. That makes one for two, Mr. Steves.
Tuesday, March 19, 2024
The 21-Word Review: The Guns of Navarone (Netflix)
For an upcoming trip to Greece, Rick Steves has a list of recommended movies. It got my wife to watch MacLean!
Monday, March 18, 2024
The 21-Word Review: The Marvels (Disney+)
Marvel, it's time to start making more movies that don't require you to have seen 3 prequels and 2 limited series.
Monday, February 12, 2024
The 21-Word Review: Being Henry by Henry Winkler
Friday, February 02, 2024
The 21-Word Review: Poor Things
The weirdness in the trailer just scratches the surface. It's not the quirky, fun movie you may be led to believe.
Thursday, February 01, 2024
The 21-Word Review: Three Thousand Years of Longing (Amazon)
I spend way too much time trying to determine what my three wishes will be when I finally find that lamp.
Tuesday, January 30, 2024
The 21-Word Review: The Creator (Delta In-Flight)
Not terrible, but the best thing about it is that it is exactly the length of a LGA to ATL flight.
Monday, January 29, 2024
The 21-Word Review: Priscilla (Amazon Prime)
A fascinating contrast to the other recent Elvis movie. He was not just a victim, but a victimizer. Hard to watch.
Sunday, January 28, 2024
The 21-Word Review: The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes (Amazon Prime)
Waiting until the dystopian YA furor fully died before releasing this very watchable prequel was genius. Nicely done and well cast.
Saturday, January 27, 2024
The 21-Word Review: Rebel Moon (Netflix)
World building is tough, especially when it's this complex, so despite this effort falling short I'll give the sequel another shot.
Friday, January 26, 2024
The 21-Word Review: The Cat in the Hat (Amazon Prime)
Not sure why I never saw this little fever dream aimed at a much more mature audience than the source material.
Thursday, January 25, 2024
The 21-Word Review: The Premonition by Michael Lewis
Almost too depressing to read, not just for the mistakes made before, but for the lessons forgotten in the years since.
Saturday, December 23, 2023
The 21-Word Review: Wind River (Netflix)
With the prevalence of the Marvel movies, one could almost forget that Jeremy Renner is a talented and accomplished dramatic actor.
Friday, December 22, 2023
The 21-Word Review: Love and Monsters (Netflix)
In case you missed it, the villain's name is Brooks Wilkinson. How can I give a bad review to a Wilkinson?
Thursday, December 21, 2023
The 21-Word Review: Leave the World Behind (Netflix)
A relatively subdued and slow-burning apocalypse story with some phenomenal talent and a truly scary (if, hopefully, somewhat unrealistic) ending.
Wednesday, December 20, 2023
The 21-Word Review: Polite Society (Netflix)
A lot more Scott Pilgrim and Jordan Peele than I expected. Fortunately, I like Scott Pilgrim and Jordan Peele a lot.
Sunday, December 10, 2023
The 21-Word Review: The Killer (Netflix)
I never realized how rare it is today to have a thoughtful action movie without inappropriate scene-breaking humor shoved inside.
Saturday, December 09, 2023
The 21-Word Review: Vindicta (Delta In-Flight)
Someone please give Sean Astin better roles so he doesn't have to work in more dreck like this. Truly, truly awful.