No Strings Attached (2011, Ivan Reitman)
Romantic comedy. Ashton Kutcher is perfect in every way, and Natalie Portman is perfect except for very minor psychological issues. Each has a promising career, a close family and a few supportive...
View ArticleThor (2011, Kenneth Branagh)
I can’t pretend we watched this for any reason other than to prep for the much-more-highly-anticipated Avengers movie. We haven’t yet stooped to renting Captain America, though. Totally entertaining,...
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Knight of Cups (2015, Terrence Malick)
Right in between the fade-out of Cannes Month into my Crime & Punishment Marathon, and the kicking-off of Criterion Month, a bunch of last year’s acclaimed auteur art masterpieces became available,...
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Song to Song (2017, Terrence Malick)
A definite step up from Knight of Cups, and it’s the first Malick I’ve been able to see in theaters since Tree of Life, so I was thrillingly overwhelmed with all the big-screen majesty. It’s also less...
View ArticleAnnihilation (2018, Alex Garland)
Ex-soldier returns for a secret mission with a small group of new teammates who get picked off one-by-one… sounds like the usual, but it’s got some neat twists that make it play more like a prequel to...
View ArticleAvengers 4: Endgame (2019, Joe & Anthony Russo)
Hawkeye’s family disappears. Dark Phoenix saves Iron Man from dying in space. They kill tired-old-man Thanos. Years later, a rat resurrects Ant Man. Thor drinks a lotta Tropicalia. They all get...
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May December (2023, Todd Haynes)
Shot (digitally) with major grain, in Savannah/Tybee. Natalie Portman comes to visit the scandal-couple to prep for a role, portraying criminal wife/mom Julianne Moore. Portman learns how to wear the...
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