{"id":12705,"date":"2023-02-12T13:24:17","date_gmt":"2023-02-12T18:24:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/?p=12705"},"modified":"2023-02-12T13:24:17","modified_gmt":"2023-02-12T18:24:17","slug":"weekly-movie-roundup-14","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/?p=12705","title":{"rendered":"Weekly Movie Roundup"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I watched another 7 movies last week.<\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0081036\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/1-1-163x300.jpg\" alt=\"The Lathe of Heaven\" width=\"163\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-12706\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/1-1-163x300.jpg 163w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/1-1.jpg 258w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 163px) 100vw, 163px\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0131857\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/2-1-201x300.jpg\" alt=\"BASEketball\" width=\"201\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-12707\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/2-1-201x300.jpg 201w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/2-1-687x1024.jpg 687w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/2-1-768x1145.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/2-1.jpg 1006w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 201px) 100vw, 201px\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt1745686\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/3-1-212x300.jpg\" alt=\"The Wall (Die Wand)\" width=\"212\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-12708\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/3-1-212x300.jpg 212w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/3-1-724x1024.jpg 724w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/3-1-768x1086.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/3-1.jpg 990w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 212px) 100vw, 212px\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<ul>\n<li>It&#8217;s been a while since I&#8217;ve read Le Guin&#8217;s original novel, but <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0081036\/\">The Lathe of Heaven<\/a> feels true to both its plot and ideas, no doubt because of her own heavy involvement in the production. It can&#8217;t quite escape the feel of what it is\u2014a cheap TV movie made by PBS in 1980\u2014but it does a lot with its minimal cast and sets. Had I seen this as a child of the &#8217;80s, I can see how it might still haunt my dreams.<\/li>\n<ul><\/ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0131857\/\">BASEketball<\/a> feels lazy even by David Zucker standards: toothless as a satire, not even funny as a spoof, and going for gross-out instead of jokes almost every time. &#8220;Too much of this film,&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rogerebert.com\/reviews\/baseketball-1998\">wrote Roger Ebert<\/a> (in a generous star-and-a-half review), &#8220;is pitched at the level of guys in the back row of homeroom, sticking their hands under their armpits and making farting noises.&#8221;<\/li>\n<ul><\/ul>\n<li><a href=\"\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt1745686\/\">Die Wand (The Wall)<\/a> is a quiet meditation on loneliness, isolation, the loss of civilization. It&#8217;s very slow-paced and sad, but it&#8217;s also strangely beautiful and rewarding as a film.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt4733640\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/4-1-203x300.jpg\" alt=\"The Limehouse Golem\" width=\"203\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-12709\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/4-1-203x300.jpg 203w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/4-1.jpg 486w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 203px) 100vw, 203px\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt13270424\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/5-1-203x300.jpg\" alt=\"Brian and Charles\" width=\"203\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-12710\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/5-1-203x300.jpg 203w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/5-1.jpg 486w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 203px) 100vw, 203px\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0059914\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/6-1-218x300.jpg\" alt=\"The Wild, Wild Planet (I criminali della galassia)\" width=\"218\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-12711\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/6-1-218x300.jpg 218w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/6-1.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 218px) 100vw, 218px\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt4733640\/\">The Limehouse Golem<\/a> is rich in historical detail and some good performances, though does feel a little cheaply made at times.<\/li>\n<ul><\/ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt13270424\/\">Brian and Charles<\/a> is a modest little gem, delightfully quirky, if a bit forgettable afterwards.<\/li>\n<ul><\/ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0059914\/\">The Wild, Wild Planet<\/a> feels a little like <i>Moonraker<\/i> on acid. It&#8217;s a little dull, but its bizarre Italian schlock has its appeal.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt15165236\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/7-1-204x300.jpg\" alt=\"The Hand\" width=\"204\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-12712\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/7-1-204x300.jpg 204w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/7-1-695x1024.jpg 695w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/7-1-768x1131.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/7-1-1043x1536.jpg 1043w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/7-1.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 204px) 100vw, 204px\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/emptymovie-1-206x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"206\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-12502\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/emptymovie-1-206x300.jpg 206w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/emptymovie-1-704x1024.jpg 704w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/emptymovie-1-768x1117.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/emptymovie-1.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 206px) 100vw, 206px\" \/><\/td>\n<td><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/emptymovie-1-206x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"206\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-12502\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/emptymovie-1-206x300.jpg 206w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/emptymovie-1-704x1024.jpg 704w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/emptymovie-1-768x1117.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/emptymovie-1.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 206px) 100vw, 206px\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<ul>\n<li>Originally part of a larger anthology film, <i>Eros<\/i>, which I&#8217;ve never seen\u2014but of which this was reportedly the best part\u2014Wong Kar-wai&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt15165236\/\">The Hand<\/a> is by turns both erotic and claustrophobic. It feels a litlte like his earlier and better-known <i>In the Mood for Love<\/i>, with a little more griminess to it.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I also re-watched Jordan Peele&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt6857112\/\">Us<\/a>, and I was reminded why it&#8217;s almost certainly my favorite of his three films.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I watched another 7 movies last week. It&#8217;s been a while since I&#8217;ve read Le Guin&#8217;s original novel, but The Lathe of Heaven feels true to both its plot and ideas, no doubt because of her own heavy involvement in the production. 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