{"id":13125,"date":"2023-09-03T09:42:33","date_gmt":"2023-09-03T13:42:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/?p=13125"},"modified":"2023-09-03T09:42:33","modified_gmt":"2023-09-03T13:42:33","slug":"biweekly-movie-roundup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/?p=13125","title":{"rendered":"(Bi)Weekly Movie Roundup"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A week and a half ago, I tested positive for Covid. While that only slowed down my movie-watching for the first day or two, as I fought off a fever, I felt too tired to write about the half dozen movies I&#8217;d seen that week last Sunday. Of course, that means that I now have to write about those six movies <em>and<\/em> the other full dozen I watched this past week. But c&#8217;est la vie. <\/p>\n<p>Anyway, these are the 20 movies I watched over the past two weeks:<\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0056714\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/1-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"The Tale of the Zatoichi\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-13120\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/1-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/1-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/1-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/1.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt2276069\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/2-203x300.jpg\" alt=\"A Master Builder\" width=\"203\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-13121\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/2-203x300.jpg 203w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/2-691x1024.jpg 691w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/2-768x1137.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/2.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 203px) 100vw, 203px\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0074254\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/3-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull&#039;s History Lesson\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-13122\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/3-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/3-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/3.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt8323668\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/4-203x300.jpg\" alt=\"Jerry and Marge Go Large\" width=\"203\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-13123\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/4-203x300.jpg 203w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/4-691x1024.jpg 691w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/4-768x1137.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/4.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 203px) 100vw, 203px\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0056714\/?ref_=ttls_li_tt\">The Tale of Zatoichi<\/a> is a fun and exciting samurai movie. Will I watch the next twenty-five movies in the series? I don&#8217;t know, but I&#8217;ll certainly watch the next one.<\/li>\n<ul><\/ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt2276069\/\">A Master Builder<\/a> often <em>acts<\/em> like a compelling movie without ever actually being one. For all the heightened emotion on screen, the movie feels strangely airless, and there&#8217;s nothing of Jonathan Demme&#8217;s personality as a director on screen.<\/li>\n<ul><\/ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0074254\/\">Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull&#8217;s History Lesson<\/a> isn&#8217;t top-tier Rober Altman, but it&#8217;s also nowhere near the bottom, and Paul Newman&#8217;s good in the title role.<\/li>\n<ul><\/ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt8323668\/\">Jerry and Marge Go Large<\/a> doesn&#8217;t re-invent the wheel, but it is very likable, thanks to Annette Bening and Bryan Cranston.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt1972571\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/5-202x300.jpg\" alt=\"A Most Wanted Man\" width=\"202\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-13124\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/5-202x300.jpg 202w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/5-691x1024.jpg 691w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/5-768x1138.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/5.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 202px) 100vw, 202px\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0056993\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/6-196x300.jpg\" alt=\"Diary of a Madman\" width=\"196\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-13126\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/6-196x300.jpg 196w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/6-668x1024.jpg 668w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/6-768x1177.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/6.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 196px) 100vw, 196px\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0839995\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/7-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-13127\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/7-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/7-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/7-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/7.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0054188\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/8-197x300.jpg\" alt=\"Please Don&#039;t Eat the Daisies\" width=\"197\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-13128\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/8-197x300.jpg 197w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/8-674x1024.jpg 674w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/8-768x1167.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/8.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 197px) 100vw, 197px\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt1972571\/\">A Most Wanted Man<\/a> is a bit of a slow burn, but an effective spy thriller.<\/li>\n<ul><\/ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0056993\/\">Diary of a Madman<\/a> is a little forgettable, but Vincent Price is characteristically fun.<\/li>\n<ul><\/ul>\n<li>This feels like it&#8217;s technically a re-watch, since I&#8217;m not sure how much <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0839995\/\">Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut<\/a> really changes the 1980 theatrical cut\u2014of which I was already a fan. There are some interesting moments that didn&#8217;t make Richard Lester&#8217;s version, but there are also some changes that don&#8217;t work\u2014or at least don&#8217;t work in this pieced-together version.<\/li>\n<ul><\/ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0054188\/\">Please Don&#8217;t Eat the Daisies<\/a> feels a little scattershot and dated, and while it&#8217;s often amusing, it&#8217;s never memorably funny.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt22494914\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/9-202x300.jpg\" alt=\"The Apology\" width=\"202\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-13129\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/9-202x300.jpg 202w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/9-691x1024.jpg 691w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/9-768x1138.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/9.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 202px) 100vw, 202px\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt4052882\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/10-203x300.jpg\" alt=\"The Shallows\" width=\"203\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-13130\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/10-203x300.jpg 203w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/10-691x1024.jpg 691w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/10-768x1137.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/10.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 203px) 100vw, 203px\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0387575\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/11-193x300.jpg\" alt=\"Seed of Chucky\" width=\"193\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-13131\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/11-193x300.jpg 193w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/11-657x1024.jpg 657w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/11-768x1197.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/11-986x1536.jpg 986w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/11.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 193px) 100vw, 193px\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0043924\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/12-197x300.jpg\" alt=\"A Place in the Sun\" width=\"197\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-13132\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/12-197x300.jpg 197w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/12-673x1024.jpg 673w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/12-768x1168.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/12.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 197px) 100vw, 197px\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<ul>\n<li>Anna Gunn is good in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt22494914\/\">The Apology<\/a>, and the movie almost works as a tight little revenge thriller. But it&#8217;s not quite satisfying, and holds no surprises beyond the initial reveal, which you&#8217;re already primed to expect.<\/li>\n<ul><\/ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt4052882\/\">The Shallows<\/a> gets just a little silly, but never enough to distract from its tense little survival story.<\/li>\n<ul><\/ul>\n<li>I don&#8217;t exactly <em>like<\/em> the Chucky movies, but I can&#8217;t deny that they took an unexpectedly weird turn around the fourth one. That weirdness continues in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0387575\/\">Seed of Chucky<\/a>, which is tiresome, but at least tiresome in some unexpected, moderately clever ways.<\/li>\n<ul><\/ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0043924\/\">A Place in the Sun<\/a> gets a little too melodramatic for its own good, but it has really good performances, especially by Montgomery Clift and Shelley Winters.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt4624366\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/13-203x300.jpg\" alt=\"Monstrous\" width=\"203\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-13133\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/13-203x300.jpg 203w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/13-691x1024.jpg 691w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/13-768x1137.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/13.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 203px) 100vw, 203px\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt27712788\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/14-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"Babylon 5: The Road Home\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-13134\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/14-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/14-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/14-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/14.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0033802\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/15-198x300.jpg\" alt=\"Ladies in Retirement\" width=\"198\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-13135\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/15-198x300.jpg 198w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/15-676x1024.jpg 676w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/15-768x1163.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/15.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 198px) 100vw, 198px\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0080827\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/16-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"Encounter of the Spooky Kind\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-13136\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/16-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/16-682x1024.jpg 682w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/16-768x1153.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/16.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<ul>\n<li>Christina Ricci is good in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt4624366\/\">Monstrous<\/a>. It&#8217;s just a shame that not much else is. The movie takes too long building to what&#8217;s ultimately an unsatisfying reveal.<\/li>\n<ul><\/ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt27712788\/\">Babylon 5: The Road Home<\/a> isn&#8217;t much more than an amusingly diverting &#8220;what if?&#8221; for long-time fans of the series, but it <em>is<\/em> amusingly diverting. I&#8217;m not sure the movie ever truly justifies its existence\u2014and the need to rely on  (good but never amazing) sound-alike voice actors for so many sadly departed cast members means it&#8217;s never even quite as fan-servicey as you might like. But, still, Bruce Boxleitner is good in it, and it&#8217;s a fun time.<\/li>\n<ul><\/ul>\n<li>Ida Lupino is terrific in the wonderfully tense and moody <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0033802\/\">Ladies in Retirement<\/a>.<\/li>\n<ul><\/ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0080827\/\">Encounter of the Spooky Kind<\/a> is weird and all sorts of goofy, with some really fun fight choreography.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0038492\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/17-202x300.jpg\" alt=\"Dragonwyck\" width=\"202\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-13137\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/17-202x300.jpg 202w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/17-689x1024.jpg 689w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/17-768x1141.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/17.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 202px) 100vw, 202px\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0048127\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/18-213x300.jpg\" alt=\"Godzilla Raids Again\" width=\"213\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-13138\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/18-213x300.jpg 213w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/18-728x1024.jpg 728w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/18-768x1080.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/18.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 213px) 100vw, 213px\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0023458\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/19-202x300.jpg\" alt=\"Shanghai Express\" width=\"202\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-13143\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/19-202x300.jpg 202w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/19-688x1024.jpg 688w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/19-768x1143.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/19.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 202px) 100vw, 202px\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt13238346\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/20-203x300.jpg\" alt=\"Past Lives\" width=\"203\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-13144\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/20-203x300.jpg 203w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/20-691x1024.jpg 691w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/20-768x1137.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/20.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 203px) 100vw, 203px\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0038492\/\">Dragonwyk<\/a> could maybe stand to be a little more gothic and atmospheric, but the performances, particularly Price&#8217;s, are pretty good.<\/li>\n<ul><\/ul>\n<li>I&#8217;m not going to lie, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0048127\/\">Godzilla Raids Again<\/a> is more than a little boring.<\/li>\n<ul><\/ul>\n<li>There&#8217;s a whole lot to recommend <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0023458\/\">Shanghai Express<\/a>, from the surprisingly progressive-for-the-time racial and gender politics, to the the stunning black-and-white cinematography, to the sheer presence of Marlene Dietrich and Anna May Wong.<\/li>\n<ul><\/ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt13238346\/\">Past Lives<\/a> is such a lovely and tender movie, built on subtle moments and desires, and Greta Lee is just phenomenal in it.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I somehow also re-watched a whole bunch of movies, some of which I&#8217;ve seen very often, or even very recently, and some I haven&#8217;t seen in decades:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0034583\/\">Casablanca<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0087332\/\">Ghostbusters<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt1895587\/\">Spotlight<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0102926\/\">The Silence of the Lambs<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0446029\/\">Scott Pilgrim vs. the World<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I enjoyed them all.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A week and a half ago, I tested positive for Covid. While that only slowed down my movie-watching for the first day or two, as I fought off a fever, I felt too tired to write about the half dozen movies I&#8217;d seen that week last Sunday. Of course, that means that I now have &#8230; <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/?p=13125\">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-13125","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\/13125"}],"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=13125"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13125\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13152,"href":"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13125\/revisions\/13152"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13125"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=13125"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=13125"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}