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Tag Archives: biopic
Review: Last Call (2020)
Rhys Ifans plays Dylan Thomas in his final hours in Last Call. I reviewed for Ebert.
Review: I Am Woman (2020)
I Am Woman is a Helen Reddy biopic, and I had some issues with the film but reviewing it gave me the chance to write about Helen Reddy, and hopefully the film encourages people who don’t know about her to … Continue reading
July/August 2020 Viewing Diary
Let’s get to it. July and August have been very … extra. Movies are fine, but I am gravitating towards series, anything I can binge-watch. I get clicked into something that interests me, and then feel so relieved that I … Continue reading
Posted in Monthly Viewing Diary, Movies, Television
Tagged biopic, Brad Pitt, comedy, coming of age, documentary, drama, Eminem, Flannery O'Connor, horror, Jackass, John Garfield, Leonardo DiCaprio, musicals, Paul Thomas Anderson, Quentin Tarantino, religious movies, romantic drama, sci-fi, Shelley Winters, women directors
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Review: Shirley (2020)
Josephine Decker is one of my favorite new-ish filmmakers. I have been watching her very closely. Her latest is her most ambitious: a semi-fictionalized (based on a semi-fictionalized novel) film about Shirley Jackson, who is played by Elizabeth Moss. I … Continue reading
Posted in Movies
Tagged biopic, drama, Josephine Decker, reviews, Shirley Jackson, women directors
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Review: Tolkien (2019)
There’s so much that’s good here! Had some serious issues with aspects of it, but there’s a lot that is very good. Will be interested to hear from others their reactions, in particular Tolkien fans. My review of Tolkien is … Continue reading
Review: Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile (2019)
It’s so good. I was hoping it would be since my feelings about Zac Efron are well-known. And I love Joe Berlinger’s stuff. He’s a documentary guy so this is a change-up. It’s so good. I went pretty long in … Continue reading
Review: Wild Nights with Emily (2019)
I absolutely loved Madeleine Olnek’s Wild Nights with Emily, starring Molly Shannon as Emily Dickinson, Susan Zeigler as the famous (and famously erased) “Sue” of Dickinson’s poems, and Amy Seimetz (whom I just met last fall when we were both … Continue reading
Posted in Movies
Tagged biopic, comedy, Emily Dickinson, poetry, reviews, women directors
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Review: Bohemian Rhapsody (2018)
No. No. No. My review of Bohemian Rhapsody is up at Rogerebert.com.
Review: The Happy Prince (2018)
The Happy Prince is Rupert Everett’s debut as a writer/director. He also stars, playing Oscar Wilde in the final 3 years of his life – a period which has always fascinated me (and haunted me). My review of The Happy … Continue reading
Review: Lizzie (2018)
Kind of muted, underwater. A disappointment. My review of Lizzie is now up at Rogerebert.com.