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Directed by Rupert Goold. With Renée Zellweger, Jessie Buckley, Finn Wittrock, Rufus Sewell. Legendary performer Judy Garland arrives in London in the winter of 1968 to perform a series of sold-out concerts.
Rating: ★★★
What a lovely ending for such a tragedy…
Directed by Reginald Hudlin. With Chadwick Boseman, Josh Gad, Kate Hudson, Sterling K. Brown. The story of Thurgood Marshall, the crusading lawyer who would become the first African-American Supreme Court Justice, as he battles through one of his career-defining cases.
Rating: ★★★★
I seem to recall having heard a large chunk of this plotline as a podcast a while back? In any case, this was a wonderfully rich telling with great directing, writing, and acting all around.
Directed by D.W. Young. With Parker Posey, Fran Lebowitz, Gay Talese, Susan Benne. A behind-the-scenes look at the New York rare book world.
Rating: ★★★½
My sort of catnip. How do they not ask about whether or not these sellers use the internet that is killing them?
Directed by David DeCoteau. With Vivica A. Fox, Ricco Ross, Eric Roberts, Dominique Swain. Two co-workers agree to a loveless marriage of convenience, but as they become acquainted, an unrealized chemistry grows between them.
Rating: ★★★
This redeems some of my faith in Hallmark holiday movies…
I’m not sure the macguffin for this plot works as well in a post-me too world where the lead character would be suing the company for sexual harassments of the worst kind.
I didn’t even recognize Dominique Swain in this at all.
Directed by David DeCoteau. With Tara Reid, Ingo Rademacher, Mira Furlan, Haley Pullos. Dateless for the Christmas ball, 39-year-old bachelor, King Charles of Baltania, tracks down his American college sweetheart, only to discover Allison has never been married, yet raised a 17-year-old daughter, Lily, who mathematically might be Charles’ biological princess.
Rating: ½
I didn’t think there could be a worse Hallmark Christmas movie than the one saw yesterday. This was an order of magnitude worse.
It did have an interesting Christmas tradition of creating a custom ornament each year to commemorate the year much like the Lakota winter counts. I’ve seen references to these types of decorations before, but it’s rare to see them represented as a recurring thing.
Baltania, what a great name for a generic non-existent European country.
The animated gilded book page turning and sparkles with voice overs were appallingly bad. I think that almost every bit of footage they shot for the film got used twice. The production value was atrocious. The casting was painfully drunk. The green screen work was pure misery and I’m fairly certain a 9 year old could do a better job using Zoom right now.
With Noel Fielding, Paul Hollywood, Prue Leith, Matt Lucas. The ten bakers have much to prove with a fruity teatime Signature in Bread Week.
With Noel Fielding, Paul Hollywood, Prue Leith, Matt Lucas. Week 2 is biscuit week, challenging bakers to make chocolate florentines for the signature, macaroons for the technical, and 3D biscuit sculptures for the showstopper.
Directed by Dave Filoni. With Pedro Pascal, Michael Biehn, Rosario Dawson, Diana Lee Inosanto. The Mandalorian travels to a world ruled by a ruthless magistrate who has made a powerful enemy.
Directed by Carl Weathers. With Pedro Pascal, Gina Carano, Carl Weathers, Horatio Sanz. The Mandalorian rejoins old allies for a new mission.
Directed by Bryce Dallas Howard. With Pedro Pascal, Misty Rosas, Sasha Banks, Katee Sackhoff. The Mandalorian braves high seas and meets unexpected allies.
Directed by Peyton Reed. With Pedro Pascal, Amy Sedaris, Misty Rosas, Richard Ayoade. The Mandalorian must ferry a passenger with precious cargo on a risky journey.
Directed by Jon Favreau. With Pedro Pascal, John Leguizamo, Amy Sedaris, Timothy Olyphant. The Mandalorian is drawn to the Outer Rim in search of others of his kind.