Saturday, August 28, 2021

It's us who haunt the past


REMINISCENCE

2021
Written and directed by Lisa Joy

Spoiler alert: moderate

Friday, August 27, 2021

They instructed me not to fart, but I defied them


ANNETTE

2021
Directed by Leos Carax
Written by Ron Mael, Russell Mael, and Leos Carax

Spoiler alert: moderate

Tuesday, August 24, 2021

Chief? McLeod!


DETECTIVE STORY

1951
Directed by William Wyler
Written by Robert Wyler and Philip Yordan (based on the play by Sidney Kingsley)

Spoiler alert: moderate

Monday, August 23, 2021

Father knows best


THE DESPERATE HOURS

1955
Directed by William Wyler
Written by Joseph Hayes and Jay Dratler (based on the play by Joseph Hayes)

Spoiler alert: mild

Saturday, August 21, 2021

It's impossible, but it is rather sweet


YOLANDA AND THE THIEF

1945
Directed by Vincente Minnelli
Written by Irving Brecher, Jacques Thery, and Ludwig Bemelans

Spoiler alert: moderate

Monday, August 16, 2021

Ready player done


FREE GUY

2021
Directed by Shawn Levy
Written by Matt Lieberman and Zak Penn

Spoiler alert: moderate

Saturday, August 14, 2021

What a disaster, 30s edition: Those who wish to sing with me for the last time, stay


THE HURRICANE

1937
Directed by John Ford
Written by Dudley Nichols, Oliver H.P. Garrett, Ben Hecht, and W.P. Lipscomb (based on the novel by James Norman Hall and Charles Nordoff)

Spoiler alert: high? (it ends with a hurricane)

Tuesday, August 10, 2021

Seriously, why won't you play Freebird?


THE SUICIDE SQUAD

2021
Written and directed by James Gunn

Spoiler alert: moderate

Sunday, August 8, 2021

What a disaster: So long and thanks for all the carbon dioxide, you NIMBY dipshits


THE CHINA SYNDROME

1979
Directed by James Bridges
Written by T.S. Cook, Mike Gray, and James Bridges

Spoiler alert: between moderate and high

Thursday, August 5, 2021

Brave, brave, brave, brave Sir Gawain


THE GREEN KNIGHT

2021
Written and directed by David Lowery (based on the poem Sir Gawain and the Green Knight by the anonymous Gawain poet)

Spoiler alert: moderate

Sunday, August 1, 2021

What a disaster: Oh for God's sake—you want to panic a whole population because you feel a "heaviness"?


AVALANCHE

1978
Directed by Corey Allen
Written by Frances Doel, Gavin Lambert, Claude Pola, and Corey Allen

Spoiler alert: moderate