{"id":12982,"date":"2023-06-18T16:33:59","date_gmt":"2023-06-18T20:33:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/?p=12982"},"modified":"2023-06-18T16:33:59","modified_gmt":"2023-06-18T20:33:59","slug":"weekly-movie-roundup-32","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/?p=12982","title":{"rendered":"Weekly Movie Roundup"},"content":{"rendered":"<table>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0018742\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/1-2-191x300.jpg\" alt=\"The Cameraman\" width=\"191\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-12983\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/1-2-191x300.jpg 191w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/1-2-651x1024.jpg 651w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/1-2-768x1207.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/1-2-977x1536.jpg 977w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/1-2.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 191px) 100vw, 191px\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0029120\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/2-2-193x300.jpg\" alt=\"The Last of Mrs. Cheyney\" width=\"193\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-12984\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/2-2-193x300.jpg 193w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/2-2-658x1024.jpg 658w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/2-2-768x1195.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/2-2-987x1536.jpg 987w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/2-2.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 193px) 100vw, 193px\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0040175\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/3-2-234x300.jpg\" alt=\"Blood on the Moon\" width=\"234\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-12985\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/3-2-234x300.jpg 234w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/3-2-799x1024.jpg 799w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/3-2-768x985.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/3-2.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 234px) 100vw, 234px\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0018742\/\">The Cameraman<\/a> has some very good, often isolated, scenes, but I don&#8217;t think it&#8217;s Buster Keaton at his best.<\/li>\n<ul><\/ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0029120\/\">The Last of Mrs. Cheyney<\/a> is maybe a little too low-key, but it has some nice moments, and Joan Crawford&#8217;s rather good in the title role.<\/li>\n<ul><\/ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0040175\/\">Blood on the Moon<\/a> has kind of lousy title, but everything else about it is top-notch\u2014from strong direction by Wise to several very strong performances, particularly by Mitchum.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0046353\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/4-1-196x300.jpg\" alt=\"Split Second\" width=\"196\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-12986\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/4-1-196x300.jpg 196w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/4-1-668x1024.jpg 668w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/4-1-768x1178.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/4-1.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 196px) 100vw, 196px\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0062863\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/5-197x300.jpg\" alt=\"Dark of the Sun\" width=\"197\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-12987\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/5-197x300.jpg 197w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/5-674x1024.jpg 674w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/5-768x1167.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/5.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 197px) 100vw, 197px\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0079154\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/6-195x300.jpg\" alt=\"The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh\" width=\"195\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-12988\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/6-195x300.jpg 195w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/6-665x1024.jpg 665w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/6-768x1183.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/6-997x1536.jpg 997w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/6.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 195px) 100vw, 195px\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0046353\/\">Split Second<\/a> probably has too many characters and is a little preposterous\u2014only more so in today&#8217;s post-atomic age\u2014but it has its fair share of tense ticking-clock moments.<\/li>\n<ul><\/ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0062863\/\">Dark of the Sun<\/a> is far from perfect, but it tackles some  difficult, complicated, even brutally violent issues, and it features a really solid performance by Rod Taylor.<\/li>\n<ul><\/ul>\n<li>Boasting the thinnest of premises for the lousiest of jokes, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0079154\/\">The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh<\/a> is remarkably tedious from its opening jump-shot to the ref&#8217;s final whistle.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0086984\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/7-197x300.jpg\" alt=\"Body Double\" width=\"197\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-12989\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/7-197x300.jpg 197w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/7-674x1024.jpg 674w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/7-768x1167.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/7.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 197px) 100vw, 197px\" \/><\/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>Even by mid-&#8217;80s Brian De Palma standards, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0086984\">Body Double<\/a> is a bit much. The movie plays like both a fawning homage to, and a smriking pardoy of, Alfred Hitchcock. It&#8217;s almost worth watching for the ridiculousness of its filmmaking alone, but I would hesitate to call it a <em>good<\/em> movie.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Cameraman has some very good, often isolated, scenes, but I don&#8217;t think it&#8217;s Buster Keaton at his best. The Last of Mrs. Cheyney is maybe a little too low-key, but it has some nice moments, and Joan Crawford&#8217;s rather good in the title role. Blood on the Moon has kind of lousy title, but &#8230; <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/?p=12982\">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-12982","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\/12982"}],"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=12982"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12982\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12990,"href":"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12982\/revisions\/12990"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12982"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12982"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12982"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}