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Movies of the Weeks #29 (2017)
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
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Planeta Petrila (2017): Oh, Petrila, My Sweet Chinchilla
Nobody can accuse Dascalescu’s documentary of being without flair. I still recall, almost a decade ago, emerging from a forest road into Zlatna, a mining community some 200 km apart from Petrila: the picture – perfect image of desolation was shocking. So to the extent that ‘Planeta Petrila’ celebrates the birth of some form of… Read more
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Movies of the Week #28 (2017)
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
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Movies of the Weeks #26 #27 (2017)
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
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Movies of the Week #25 (2017)
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
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Movies of the Week #24 (2017)
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
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Movies of the Week #23 (2017)
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
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Movies of the week #22 (2017)
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
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Movies of the Weeks #19 #20 #21 (2017)
People imagining this would be fundamentally different or better than Prometheus just because it’s got ‘Alien’ in the title need to wake up to reality. Read more
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Movies of the Week #18 (2017)
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
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