Directed by Stephen Merchant Fighting With My Family lets you know right up front that it's based on a true story, something I promptly forgot until we see footage of those real people alongside the end credits. It's the story of a working class family from Norwich, England who loves wrestling. Brother and sister Zak … Continue reading Fighting With My Family (2019)
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Green Book (2018)
Directed by Peter Farrelly Well sh*t I liked it, next to Paddington 2, this had the sweetest final shot of any movie I've seen this year. Green Book feels like one of those movies that might be trying a little too hard to say something that's been said before. It's a movie that, in the trailers, … Continue reading Green Book (2018)
The Finest Hours (2016)
Directed by Craig Gillespie The Finest Hours is an okay but conventional dramatization of the real life rescue of thirty-two workers aboard a sinking oil tanker. It stars Chris Pine doing a possibly accurate but nevertheless distracting Boston accent and Ben Foster doing much the same. In the middle is Casey Affleck playing a more … Continue reading The Finest Hours (2016)
Boomerang! (1947)
Directed by Elia Kazan Rationality is on full display in Elia Kazan's Boomerang!, a film about the quick conviction and acquittal (due to matters of politics and convenience) of a man accused of murder. The hero here is prosecutor Henry Harvey (Dana Andrews), a young man with sudden political aspirations after the powers that be … Continue reading Boomerang! (1947)
Chappaquiddick (2017)
Directed by John Curran Go read the youtube comments under the trailer for Chappaquiddick, it's quite strange and eye-opening, not to the way things are but the disparate narratives people can pull from the same thing. I didn't view this as a movie about politics but rather about power, privilege and little else. The top comments on … Continue reading Chappaquiddick (2017)
BlacKkKlansman (2018)
Directed by Spike Lee Okay, so I last wrote about Operation Finale, which is an ordinary movie about an important true story. Spike Lee's BlacKkKlansman is similarly about a true story, but it's much more than an ordinary movie, if only because it very much has something to say. You might've already seen the movie or read … Continue reading BlacKkKlansman (2018)
Philomena (2013)
Directed by Stephen Fears Philomena is a gut-wrenching story of forgiveness. It's one of those tales that gives you a clear villain, and while that may come off as reductive, it certainly demands the right emotional reaction from the audience. That villain here is Sister Hildegarde, and because this is based on a true story … Continue reading Philomena (2013)
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