But I'm trying to watch a film I haven't seen each day. Again.
But I'm not gonna write up daily posts. Instead here is January's list with some quick thoughts.
- love and friendship - sharp with great performance from Beckinsale who often leaves me cold
- Short term 12 - powerful, Brie Larson is terrific.
- I walked with a zombie - though clearly critiquing aspects of colonialism its still iffy.
- Evil under the sun - the murder makes little sense as a workable plot but a game cast enliven things
- Death on the nile - ditto really.
- The thin man - breezy but it seems hard to go along with its depiction of alcoholism.
- A hard days night - you know, spice world but better made
- Fast color - perhaps a bit too slight but nicely played and well made
- The lighthouse - brilliant really. exceptional two hander that is never too po-faced
- Corporate animals - not good. one of many comedies to stack a cast and then give them nothing to do
- The courier - olga kurylenko is watchable but the action doesnt amount to much and the plot even less.
- Climax - it pulls from Noe's usual bag of tricks but is still and incredible, hard to watch time.
- Moonlight - just beautiful. astonishing performances. subtle in the right places.
- Anna and the apocalypse - huge amount of fun. with a terrific lead.
- Crazy rich asians - good cast give all in a glossy, mostly fun but kinda dull empowerment of wealth.
- Best worst thing that ever could have happened - fascinating behind scenes look at failed Broadway play turns into something a little more meaningful
- Original cast album company - wonderful
- Train to busan - exciting take on zombies that seems fresh despite not really offering anything new
- Inside man most wanted - mostly dull, leant on the first movie in a way i wasnt expecting but was still pointless
- Bushwick - unbearably grim actioner who only point of interest comes in leaving a flubbed take (the film is a faked one take movie so it has lots of loooooong shots)
- Betty white first lady of television - a puff piece but a deserved one. what a delight.
- Rose matafeo horndog - (yes a stand up show i saw but im counting it - my blog my rules) great stuff. manages a couple of good twists on the format.
- Bathtubs over Broadway - brilliant look at obsessive collecting and hidden culture
- Long shot (netflix doc) - compelling and genuinely emotional true crime doc that hinges on a bit of pop culture to get told but doesnt forget the human reality
- Coherence - a touch university drama class in its conflicts but a mostly interesting SF mystery
- The gentlemen - henry golding continues Bond auditions in this fairly lousy gangster comedy
- Voyeur - unusual subject and whiff of shaggy dog give this crime doc an skewed shape. interesting.
- Jay and silent Bob reboot - just lousy. Smith remains likeable and this is aimed at die hards but its so strained.
- Greener grass - delightfully oddball with splendid cast. twin peaks for the tim and eric set.
- One cut of the dead - to talk about the second half of the movie would perhaps ruin some of the fun but to not do so means you might not watch it. just trust me and stick with it, absolutely brilliant.
- Colour out of space - Cage seems engaged with the material and it offers a lot to like but at the end of the day - it's that purple you see on every 80s retro movie poster, hardly impossible.
- The void - a decent spin on a couple of John Carpenter movies
- Personal history of David copperfield - a lot of fun. breezy, incredible funny and great cast.
- Parasite - bit dull to say how good it is now. But it is really good. Compelling thematic depth, impeccably directed and a spot on cast.
- Bad boys for life - tired throwback.
- Jojo rabbit - funny in the right places, well made but slightly dampened by the feeling we keep viewing the oppressed's stories through the oppressors (including those enabled or enabling of oppressors) viewpoints.
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