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February 2025 Viewing Diary

Posted on March 2, 2025 by sheila

Twin Peaks: The Return (2017; d. David Lynch) There’s nothing else like it in all of God’s green earth and I am just so grateful it exists. It’s so pure. Suze (2025; d. Dane Clark and Linsey Stewart) I liked … Continue reading →

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Review: Uppercut (2025)

Posted on February 28, 2025 by sheila

I reviewed this English-language remake of the original 2021 Germany film for Ebert.

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On This Day: February 22, 1980: “Do you believe in miracles? Yes!”

Posted on February 22, 2025 by sheila

Member when Russia was our enemy? I miss those days. It is truly wild to watch a certain political party – which had as its identity for 75 years opposition to Russia’s tyranny – flip-flop so totally. Opposition to the … Continue reading →

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November 2020 Viewing Diary

Posted on December 8, 2020 by sheila

Searching for Bobby Fischer (1993; d. Steven Zaillian) Popped this fave in because I was still revved up by Queen’s Gambit … I love this movie so much. Makes me cry every time. Supernatural, Season 15, episode 17 “Unity” (2020; … Continue reading →

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Review: Jungleland (2020)

Posted on November 6, 2020 by sheila

I liked this, more than I expected to. It’s being billed as a boxing movie, but it’s not really. It’s a road movie. Where the road is all detours. I reviewed for Ebert.

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Review: The Way Back (2020)

Posted on March 6, 2020 by sheila

I reviewed Gavin O’Connor’s latest – after reviewing Miracle earlier this month – The Way Back, starring Ben Affleck in a very effective performance as an alcoholic who finds redemption in coaching a high school basketball team. I love these … Continue reading →

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February 2020 Viewing Diary

Posted on March 4, 2020 by sheila

Ted Bundy: Falling For a Killer (2020; d. Trish Wood) I can’t help it. I’ve been reading about Ted Bundy since I read Ann Rule’s book in high school. I hate him so much, but I can’t quit him. I … Continue reading →

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Review: Wrestle (2018)

Posted on April 27, 2019 by sheila

The opening shot of Suzannah Herbert and Lauren Belfer’s documentary Wrestle – which follows four members of a Huntsville, Alabama high-school wrestling team through their 2015-16 season – is a stunner. A green athletic field stretches far below, lit-up at … Continue reading →

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Review: Chuck (2017): Liev Schreiber as Chuck Wepner, “The Real Rocky”

Posted on May 5, 2017 by sheila

Who needs another boxing movie, right? But Chuck is good. My review is up at Ebert.com.

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Review: Everybody Wants Some!! (2016); d. Richard Linklater

Posted on April 1, 2016 by sheila

Ahhh, I loved Richard Linklater’s latest, a so-called “spiritual sequel” to Dazed and Confused. Everybody Wants Some!! shows three days in the life of a group of college baseball players, in 1980. Wonderful. Here’s my review of Everybody Wants Some!! … Continue reading →

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