I had a pretty good June as far as movie-watching is concerned. I didn’t break any records (2008 – 25 viewings) but I did triple my numbers from last year’s paltry 6 viewings. I made good progress in my Bond set and managed some memorable theater viewings. All in all not a bad month. You can see the full chronological list of my June viewings here. Continue reading
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Letterboxd – ObsessiveViewer- Richard Jewell, 2019 - ★★★ December 7, 2019I sincerely wonder if Olivia Wilde watched Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp and decided Elizabeth Banks' comedic take on 90s journalists was accurate enough and did the same.Really though, Olivia Wilde is in an entirely different movie and it feels so forced and incongruous to the rest of the movie. Richard Jewell is a serviceable enough award […]
- The Beach Bum, 2019 - ★ December 7, 2019McConaughey is a lot of fun in this role that is basically the classic McConaughey archetype cranked up to 11.Aside from his performance, I really disliked this movie. I watched Korine's Spring Breakers earlier this year and though I didn't like that movie, I enjoyed the abstract editing and overall strange and indistinct tone of that movie. I thou […]
- Honeyland, 2019 - ★★½ December 7, 2019First of all, this documentary had some really stunning cinematography. And I respect the fly on the wall (or bee in the hive?) vérité approach to the film. It's a style of documentary I'm not terribly familiar with and I was impressed with how unobtrusive the filmmakers were.The problem I have is that I just did jot connect with the story being to […]
- Wild Rose, 2018 - ★★★ December 7, 2019I really enjoyed Jessie Buckley's performance. The movie was overall just okay. I'm not a fan of country music but the music in Wild Rose is much more solid and enjoyable than I expected.I wasn't invested in the story all that much. The character arc and overall theme of chasing your dreams but also coming to terms with your adult responsibili […]
- Marriage Story, 2019 - ★★★★★ December 6, 2019Just as good, maybe better, the second time around. Out of this world acting from Johansson and Driver. Great supporting acting from Dern, Liotta, Alda. Azhy Robertson does a great job as well.But the way Baumbach handles this story so lovingly and painfully is what makes this such a beautiful movie. Everything fits together so well and the chemistry between […]
- Luce, 2019 - ★★ December 6, 2019Really strong performances, particularly bt Kelvin Harrison Jr. He's very soft spoken but carries a low-grade intensity in his scenes. It was good.The movie itself felt kind of uneven and not very focused to me. We brush through Luce's history, where and what his parents adopted him from, and are given very little information on the paper he wrote […]
- Richard Jewell, 2019 - ★★★ December 7, 2019
