{"id":12751,"date":"2023-02-26T11:35:53","date_gmt":"2023-02-26T16:35:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/?p=12751"},"modified":"2023-02-26T11:37:54","modified_gmt":"2023-02-26T16:37:54","slug":"weekly-movie-roundup-16","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/?p=12751","title":{"rendered":"Weekly Movie Roundup"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I saw a half dozen movies last week:<\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt8110640\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/1-3-203x300.jpg\" alt=\"In the Shadow of the Moon\" width=\"203\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-12752\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/1-3-203x300.jpg 203w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/1-3.jpg 486w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 203px) 100vw, 203px\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt6343314\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/2-3-202x300.jpg\" alt=\"Creed II\" width=\"202\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-12753\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/2-3-202x300.jpg 202w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/2-3-691x1024.jpg 691w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/2-3-768x1138.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/2-3-1037x1536.jpg 1037w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/2-3.jpg 1275w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 202px) 100vw, 202px\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt12573454\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/3-3-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"Sharper\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-12754\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/3-3-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/3-3-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/3-3-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/3-3.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt8110640\/\">In the Shadow of the Moon<\/a> is a real disappointment\u2014some interesting, if extremely shopworn science-fictional ideas, but they never quite come together, and its characters never feel anywhere close to fully developed.<\/li>\n<ul><\/ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt6343314\/\">Creed II<\/a> doesn&#8217;t do <i>anything<\/i> unexpected, but what it does, it does very well and with a lot of entertaining style.<\/li>\n<ul><\/ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt12573454\/\">Sharper<\/a> has its moments, thanks to some decent direction and a game cast, and none of its individual vignettes overstay their welcome. But it also feels very much like a watered-down version of much better capers and con movies.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0209933\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/4-3-222x300.jpg\" alt=\"Beau Travail\" width=\"222\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-12755\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/4-3-222x300.jpg 222w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/4-3-759x1024.jpg 759w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/4-3-768x1037.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/4-3.jpg 780w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 222px) 100vw, 222px\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt8760708\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/5-3-189x300.jpg\" alt=\"M3GAN\" width=\"189\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-12756\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/5-3-189x300.jpg 189w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/5-3.jpg 479w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 189px) 100vw, 189px\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt14109724\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/6-3-189x300.jpg\" alt=\"Ticket to Paradise\" width=\"189\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-12757\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/6-3-189x300.jpg 189w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/6-3.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 189px) 100vw, 189px\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0209933\">Beau Travail<\/a> is strange and languid\u2014to the point that you wonder if this even is a movie you&#8217;re watching.<\/li>\n<ul><\/ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt8760708\/\">M3GAN<\/a> is very dumb, but not in the fun way I think it needed to be. Maybe that&#8217;s the inherent silliness of the material, maybe that&#8217;s the (very obvious) cuts that got the film a PG-13 rating, or maybe it&#8217;s just that it&#8217;s the kind of film you can only enjoy with a crowded theater. Whichever way, I very much didn&#8217;t enjoy the movie. And while I&#8217;m pleased that Akela Cooper has been named a screenwriter to watch, I don&#8217;t think I actually like watching the movies she writes.<\/li>\n<ul><\/ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt14109724\">Ticket to Paradise<\/a> is entertaining enough, but I think that&#8217;s only because it has such an exceptionally charming cast and is so pretty to look at. (Though, as an aside, I do note that none it was actually <i>filmed<\/i> in Bali, where the movie is set, and Billie Lourd&#8217;s part seems slightly truncated.)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I also re-watched (and re-enjoyed) 2012&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0443272\/\">Lincoln<\/a> for Presidents&#8217; Day.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I saw a half dozen movies last week: In the Shadow of the Moon is a real disappointment\u2014some interesting, if extremely shopworn science-fictional ideas, but they never quite come together, and its characters never feel anywhere close to fully developed. 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