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  • Shh…A Quiet Place is Back with More Scary Silence

    It’s fitting that A Quiet Place Part II was my first movie in the theaters since The Invisible Man in late February, 2020. I had plans to see its premiere on my birthday weekend of March 20th. We all know why that didn’t happen. So, here it is again 14 months later opening on Memorial…

  • Another Round Movie Review: “All Fired Up and Laid Back at the Same Time”

    Another Round begins with teenagers running around a lake. The race is all about drinking beer rather than fitness. It sets the stage for this film’s examination of the drinking culture, the tightrope act it entails to navigate it, and the role of alcohol in Danish society. It stars Mads Mikkelsen (The Hunt, Hannibal TV…

  • My Octopus Teacher: A Beautiful Trip to a Kelp Forest

    My Octopus Teacher won the Best Documentary Feature at the 2021 Academy Awards. It chronicles a remarkable experience of a diver in South Africa visiting a kelp forest, specifically an octopus, every day for a year. It’s a Netflix original film, directed by Pippa Ehrlich and James Reed. The film was 10 years in the…

  • Oscars 2021: The Show, the Awards, and the Uncertain Future

    All right, what did everybody think about the big show last night? You know, the Oscars. Anybody? I took a poll over the weekend with one question being do you plan to watch the Oscars on Sunday evening? Poll Result: Yes, 3%. The viewing audience has been declining for years (the Golden Globes, Emmys, and…

  • Oscar Predictions 2021 – Will Nomadland Hang onto its Front Runner Status?

    After the film festivals and award shows (Producers, Directors, Screen Actors, Golden Globes, and more) many film categories seem to take on a pre-ordained outcome by the time we get to the Oscars (Best Actor, Chadwick Boseman, for instance). Due to a combination of streaming, VOD, and good old DVDs, I was able to see…

  • The Last Vermeer Review: Art and Deception in the Aftermath of WWII

    The Last Vermeer is yet another example of a remarkable relatively unknown true story. It’s set on the heels of VE Day, May 1945, in the Netherlands. The film is based on the book The Man Who Made Vermeers by Jonathan Lopez and directed by first-time director, Dan Friedkin. We first meet Joseph Piller (Claes…

  • First Cow Review

    First Cow takes place in the 1820s in the Pacific Northwest. Directed by Kelly Reichardt (“Certain Women”) it’s a slow moving film with subdued scenery that will not capture the attention of everyone. (It’s an indie film; in my local parlance a “Palm Theater” movie.) It has two things going for it: a tale of…