Week In, Week Out

That went well. Still a week in retard, here we go. Movie of the Week Mulholland Dr. (2001) Monday Neruda (2016): I’ve had this one on my watch-list for what feels like an eternity – mainly because of the subject matter, but also as it starred Gael Garcia Bernal and was directed by Pablo Larrain,… Read more

I got lazy last week, so now I’ve got this unmanageable load of movies to get through. Shame on me, I guess. And it is a shame indeed, because a lot of the stuff was talk-worthy, even watch-worthy, but now they’ll seep through the cracks of overpopulation. So I’ll just split the last two weeks… Read more

Most of my movie-watching time this week was spent with a new series: GLOW. I can only assume the pitch for the show went something like this: Creator: I have this brilliant idea for a new show. Producer: Tell me. Creator: Think of Orange is the New Black – set in the 80s and with… Read more

The notable premiere for this couple of weeks is my first ever 4DX movie. Taking all precautions, I had gone to see Baby Driver under normal circumstances in advance. Having liked it, and given the nature of the movie, it made sense that if ever-then now, so 4DX it was. Perhaps it’s a gimmick I… Read more

Movie of the Week: The Babushkas of Chernobyl (2015) Monday The Babushkas of Chernobyl (2015): It’s my not so hidden secret that I want to visit Chernobyl one of these days. In preparation for the event, I thought some lessons of wisdom from radiation ridden old ladies might do me good. Babushkas turned out to… Read more

Please excuse my busy schedule this week, but a non-domestic travel arrangement severely hampered my movie-watching agenda. The couple of movies I did see are miles apart from one another. Movie of the Week: Alien Resurrection Tuesday Harvey (1950): Long festering on my watchlist, I gor around to watching this Jimmy Stewart showpiece by pure randomness.… Read more

In a week so full of tennis, there was little time and energy left for the movies. A few still managed to be squeezed in and they weren’t even half bad. Movie of the Week 20th Century Women (2016) Some day last week: Airplane (1980): I somehow forgot to write about this – which is… Read more

Not the best week quality-wise, but we’re good on quantity. And you know what they say, the more you do it, the better human being you are. Read more

I actually can’t even merge anything from the last two weeks, as week #17 provided zero movie watching opportunities. Not sure when or if this has ever happened before, in the last few years. Nonetheless, I have prevailed from my apathy last week and enjoyed several, very different movies. Read more

A lot of the talk will be about the role of implicit racism, structural racism, and rightfully so, but what makes Get Out special is the attention to detail and the sharp irony it slaps its hypocrites with. Also, there’s something just remarkably endearing and relatable about Daniel Kaluuya’s wry smile. Read more

Not much to report. Friday Split (2016): Hyped as the first good Shyamalan movie in, I don’t know, a million years, Split seemed to me like just another disappointment. That’s if you can still call anything Shyamalan does disappointing, because it presumes a bar set high by previous efforts and/or expectations. In spite of a cool… Read more

Although I’ve done presentably on the movie front this week, what I really need to dedicate this intro to is 13 Reasons Why (2017). The Netflix series caught my attention (I knew it was for me as soon as I read high-school drama) and I ploughed through it during the weekend – a proper binge,… Read more