Rating: R Runtime: 2 hours, 13 minutes Director: Alexander Payne Quick Impressions: Oh I loved this movie! I’ve been hearing for weeks that it’s “heart-warming” and “feel-good,” but I’m always a bit suspicious when those phrases are applied to films with Best Picture buzz. (I wonder, “Do you mean ‘heart-warming’ …
Best Picture: # 82 Original Release Date: June 26, 2009Rating: RRuntime: 2 hours, 11 minutesDirector: Kathryn BigelowWriter: Mark Boal Quick Impressions:It’s a damp, drizzly November, but the kids have school tomorrow, so we won’t be able to go to sea anytime soon. (I don’t know why I’m making Moby Dick …
Rating: RRuntime: 1 hour, 53 minutesDirector: Sofia Coppola Quick Impressions: I heard Cailee Spaeny won the Volpi Cup for her performance in Priscilla. Then I kind of forgot about it as our entire fall became one endless marching band event. (I’m enjoying our total immersion in the artistry of marching …
Rating: PG-13Runtime: 1 hour, 39 minutesDirector: Emma Tammi Quick Impressions:Without a doubt, the strongest part of our Five Nights at Freddy’s experience was the trailer for Dream Scenario, a film in which a random guy, played by Nicholas Cage starts showing up in the backgrounds of people’s dreams all over …
Rating: R Runtime: 3 hours, 26 minutes Writers: Eric Roth, Martin Scorsese Director: Martin Scorsese Quick Impressions: No movie has ever so inspired me to quote the opening line of Anna Karenina. “All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.” Killers of the Flower …
Best Picture: #83Original Release Date: November 26, 2010Rating: RRuntime: 1 hour, 58 minutesDirector: Tom Hooper Quick Impressions:My daughter’s been home recovering from a severe second-degree sunburn on her legs, so we had time to watch a Best Picture winner together in the daytime. (It was nice to cuddle up together …
Best Picture: #81 Original Release Date: November 12, 2008Rating: RRuntime: 2 hoursDirector: Danny Boyle Quick Impressions:Slumdog Millionaire is a much different watch after you’ve had a successful run on a gameshow. Now that I’ve been on Jeopardy!, one of these scenes engendered a greater sense of panic in me than …
Rating: R Runtime: 1 hours, 45 minutes Director: Craig Gillespie Quick Impressions: My husband followed the GameStop stock surge with great interest. Unfortunately, that’s not a pun. I don’t think we owned any shares of GameStop stock. But he did dabble in the stock market back in 2020 when we …
Rating: PG-13Runtime: 1 hour, 43 minutes Director: Kenneth BranaghWriter: Michael Green (adapted from Agatha Christie’s Hallowe’en Party) Quick Impressions: “Snip! Snap Dragon!” My mother was such a Poirot enthusiast that when my daughter was little, she always imagined my late grandpa as David Suchet in costume. It’s easy to see …
Best Picture: #80 Original Release Date: November 9, 2007 Rating: R Runtime: 2 hours, 2 minutes Directors: Ethan Coen, Joel Coen Quick Impressions: My daughter liked No Country for Old Men. Nihilism holds more appeal for her than romance or war. “That’s a clever movie,” she remarked at the end. …
