Archive for the ‘Reviews of movies’ Category
Butter
{5/5} “When I think about butter, I think about family. Why? Like the thread of a grandmother’s quilt, butter is the centrepiece of a family dinner. And family, in turn, is the thread that holds our great country together.” Butter, released in 2011 Bob Pickler has been carving things out of butter for years, winning […]
Tetris
{4.5/5} “I played Tetris for five minutes. I still see falling blocks in my dreams.” Tetris, released in 2023 In 1988 Henk is trying to sell the video game Go at the Consumer Electronic Show but no one is interested. Then he plays Tetris, invented by a Russian — he’s very impressed. He buys the […]
Robots
{4.5/5} “‘To be honest, I think I preferred you with ice skates on.’ ‘Yeah, well I preferred you when you had glass eyes and a brain powered by Intel.’” Robots, released in 2023 Having a robot that looks exactly like you is illegal, but some people are doing it anyway. Charles has his robot double […]
Asteroid City
{4.5/5} “Some of our information about outer space may no longer be completely accurate.” Asteroid City, released in 2023 In 1955 in a place called Asteroid City in the desert an alien appears briefly. The government makes all the people who witness it stay there while they come in and conduct interviews. They’re trying to […]
Hatching Pete
{2/5} “The magic is in the mystery and once the mystery is gone, so is the magic.” Hatching Pete, released in 2009 Cleatus wears a chicken suit as the Brewster High mascot but he’s allergic to it and doesn’t really want to do it. He convinces his best friend Pete to wear the suit and […]
Suzume
{3.5/5} “We don’t have any cats.” Suzume, released in 2022 Suzume stumbles across a man, Souta, who asks her if there are any abandoned areas with doors around. She tells him where one is, and then follows him to see what’s going on. It turns out his job is to close magical doors when something […]
The Addams Family 2
{4/5} “I didn’t want to be an Addams. I struggled with feeling different. But now I realize that being different is the most Addams-y thing there is.” The Addams Family 2, released in 2021 The Addams family decides to go on a road trip. A lawyer comes to tell them that Wednesday may have been […]
The Addams Family
{4.5/5} “‘Wednesday can take care of herself.’ ‘It’s not Wednesday I’m worried about, it’s all the others. We may have to provide an alibi.’” The Addams Family, released in 2019 The Addams family left their old country years ago because their neighbours chased them away with pitchforks. Now they live in New Jersey, on a […]
Indiana Jones and the Crystal Skull
{4/5} “If you want to be a good archaeologist, you’ve got to get out of the library.” Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, released in 2008 A Russian named Irina Spalko gets away with the corpse of a Roswell alien from Area 51, and Indiana Jones barely gets away with his life. […]
Dead Again
{4.5/5} “‘This is exactly what happened with Roman and Margaret.’ ‘I’m not Roman.’” Dead Again, released in 1991 Mike Church finds missing people. He’s trying to help a woman who doesn’t talk, when a hypnotist helps her talk again. She doesn’t remember who she is, but under hypnosis she thought she was a pianist named […]