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. …
Rating: PG-13 Runtime: 2 hours, 15 minutes Director: Neil Blomkamp Writers: Jason Hall, Zach Baylin, Alex Tse Quick Impressions:Movies would sell more tickets and get better audience reviews if they all included a Q&A with the production team afterwards. Live Q&As don’t happen too often around here, but a pre-recorded …
Rating: PGRuntime: 1 hour, 39 minutes Directors: Jeff Rowe, Kyler Spears Writers: Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg, Jeff Rowe Quick Impressions: School starts next week, so we were excited to see Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem as a last hurrah of the summer. My son has been refreshingly hyped for …
Rating: RRuntime: 3 hours Director: Christopher Nolan Writer: Christopher Nolan Quick Impressions: Barbenheimer weekend continues. Because of “logistical difficulties” (a somewhat cold way of referring to my eight-year-old son), I couldn’t watch Barbie and Oppenheimer in one long binge, but I did see Barbie Friday night at 7:00, Oppenheimer the …
Rating: PG-13Runtime: 1 hour, 54 minutesDirector: Greta GerwigWriters: Greta Gerwig, Noah Baumbach Quick Impressions: I’ve accidentally blundered into being part of a phenomenon. I love it when that happens. I’m having a Barbenheimer weekend. I love finding myself in a moment. It makes me feel like I’m starring in an …
Rating: 2 hours, 34 minutesRuntime: PG-13Director: James Mangold Quick Impressions: My mother would have liked this movie, especially the ending. She was thrilled to see one particular character return for The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, and I’m sure she’d be delighted by Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny, …
Rating: PG-13 Runtime: 1 hour, 45 minutes Director: Wes Anderson Quick Impressions: Once again, we’re behind on movies. I’ve been busy writing, going to the beach, and giving away all my worldly possessions. (It’s nothing sinister. I’ve just discovered that while I loathe the frustrating transience of housework, I’m a …
Rating: PG Runtime: 2 hours, 20 minutes Directors: Joaquim Dos Santos, Kemp Powers, Justin K. Thompson Quick Impressions: Our whole family loved this movie even the notoriously movie-averse seven-year-old. He didn’t remember Into the Spider-Verse even though he came out swinging (between people’s arms) and called himself Miles Morales for …
Rating: TV-14Runtime: 1 hour, 26 minutes Director: Lorna Tucker Quick Impressions: I arbitrarily decided Katharine Hepburn was the greatest American film actress when I happened to see The Philadelphia Story on TV when I was seven years old. It was quite a grand proclamation for a seven-year-old to make. I …
