{"id":12795,"date":"2023-03-19T15:20:29","date_gmt":"2023-03-19T19:20:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/?p=12795"},"modified":"2023-03-19T15:20:29","modified_gmt":"2023-03-19T19:20:29","slug":"weekly-movie-roundup-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/?p=12795","title":{"rendered":"Weekly Movie Roundup"},"content":{"rendered":"<table>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt1777606\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/1-2-202x300.jpg\" alt=\"Rosaline\" width=\"202\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-12796\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/1-2-202x300.jpg 202w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/1-2-691x1024.jpg 691w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/1-2-768x1139.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/1-2-1036x1536.jpg 1036w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/1-2.jpg 1086w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 202px) 100vw, 202px\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0035860\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/2-2-198x300.jpg\" alt=\"The Fallen Sparrow\" width=\"198\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-12797\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/2-2-198x300.jpg 198w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/2-2-675x1024.jpg 675w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/2-2-768x1165.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/2-2.jpg 989w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 198px) 100vw, 198px\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0038669\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/3-2-195x300.jpg\" alt=\"The Killers\" width=\"195\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-12798\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/3-2-195x300.jpg 195w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/3-2-667x1024.jpg 667w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/3-2-768x1179.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/3-2-1000x1536.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/3-2-1334x2048.jpg 1334w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/3-2-scaled.jpg 1667w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 195px) 100vw, 195px\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt1777606\">Rosaline<\/a> doesn&#8217;t reinvent Shakespeare or anything, but it&#8217;s charming and good fun, and Kaitlyn Dever is very engaging in it.<\/li>\n<ul><\/ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0035860\/\">The Fallen Sparrow<\/a> is a really effective noir, thanks in part to a really strong performance by star John Garfield.<\/li>\n<ul><\/ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0038669\/\">The Killers<\/a> is the movie that made both Ava Gardner and Burth Lancaster movie stars, and it&#8217;s not hard to see why, with this tense and often terrific noir.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0093229\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/4-2-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"Yes, Madam!\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-12799\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/4-2-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/4-2-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/4-2.jpg 764w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt12680508\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/5-2-203x300.jpg\" alt=\"Minor Premise\" width=\"203\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-12800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/5-2-203x300.jpg 203w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/5-2-692x1024.jpg 692w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/5-2-768x1137.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/5-2.jpg 1013w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 203px) 100vw, 203px\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0059410\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/6-2-215x300.jpg\" alt=\"The Loved One\" width=\"215\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-12801\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/6-2-215x300.jpg 215w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/6-2.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 215px) 100vw, 215px\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0093229\/\">Yes, Madam!<\/a> is often <i>very<\/i> silly\u2014even if it does take a pretty dark turn at the end\u2014but it&#8217;s also a lot of fun, with great fights and stunts by Michelle Yeoh and Cynthia Rothrock.<\/li>\n<ul><\/ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt12680508\/\">Minor Premise<\/a> doesn&#8217;t fully work, but that&#8217;s not for lack of trying. The film is proof you don&#8217;t need a big budget for big sci-fi ideas, but it&#8217;s much more interesting when it seems like it&#8217;s going to have deeper emotional revelations to unpack\u2014when it seems like it&#8217;s going to have something to <i>say<\/i> about those ideas, which in the end it just kind of doesn&#8217;t.<\/li>\n<ul><\/ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0059410\/\">The Loved One<\/a> is an odd&#8230;I guess <i>satire<\/i>? Of Hollywood, of the bereavement industry&#8230; It&#8217;s a bit zany and madcap, down to all the off-kilter cameos and odd casting choices, and not every scene of it works. But it&#8217;s interesting and entertaining enough.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0090859\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/7-2-201x300.jpg\" alt=\"Cobra\" width=\"201\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-12802\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/7-2-201x300.jpg 201w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/7-2-687x1024.jpg 687w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/7-2-768x1145.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/7-2-1030x1536.jpg 1030w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/7-2.jpg 1073w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 201px) 100vw, 201px\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt11291274\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/8-1-202x300.jpg\" alt=\"The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent\" width=\"202\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-12803\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/8-1-202x300.jpg 202w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/8-1-691x1024.jpg 691w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/8-1-768x1138.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/8-1-1037x1536.jpg 1037w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/8-1-1382x2048.jpg 1382w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/8-1-scaled.jpg 1728w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 202px) 100vw, 202px\" \/><\/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<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<ul>\n<li>In many ways, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0090859\/\">Cobra<\/a> feels like a pale &#8217;80s imitation of the <i>Dirty Harry<\/i> movies\u2014and I didn&#8217;t even like those.<\/li>\n<ul><\/ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt11291274\/\">The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent<\/a> is silly and dumb, and I&#8217;m not sure it has anything to actually <i>say<\/i> about movie stardom, or that of Nicolas Cage in particular. The movie&#8217;s also genuinely entertaining, thanks to Cage and Pedro Pascal. I mean, it&#8217;s no <i>Paddington 2<\/i>, but then what is?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I also re-watched <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0091763\/\">Platoon<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0044829\/\">The Lavender Hill Mob<\/a> and enjoyed both quite a lot. I think <i>Platoon<\/i> maybe suffers a little from the voice-over narration, which can seem a little heavy-handed sometimes (or like it&#8217;s trying too hard to echo <i>Apocalypse Now<\/i>), and from the fact that so many Viet Nam war movies have imitated it in the years since.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rosaline doesn&#8217;t reinvent Shakespeare or anything, but it&#8217;s charming and good fun, and Kaitlyn Dever is very engaging in it. The Fallen Sparrow is a really effective noir, thanks in part to a really strong performance by star John Garfield. The Killers is the movie that made both Ava Gardner and Burth Lancaster movie stars, &#8230; <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/?p=12795\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12795","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12795"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12795"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12795\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12807,"href":"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12795\/revisions\/12807"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12795"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12795"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12795"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}