{"id":13622,"date":"2024-05-19T18:05:29","date_gmt":"2024-05-19T22:05:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/?p=13622"},"modified":"2024-05-19T18:05:51","modified_gmt":"2024-05-19T22:05:51","slug":"weekly-movie-roundup-75","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/?p=13622","title":{"rendered":"Weekly Movie Roundup"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I watched another 6 movies last week:<\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt16431966\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/1-2-203x300.jpg\" alt=\"Sometimes I Think About Dying\" width=\"203\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-13621\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/1-2-203x300.jpg 203w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/1-2-693x1024.jpg 693w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/1-2-768x1134.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/1-2-1040x1536.jpg 1040w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/1-2-1387x2048.jpg 1387w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/1-2.jpg 1693w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 203px) 100vw, 203px\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt18162096\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/2-2-203x300.jpg\" alt=\"Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World\" width=\"203\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-13623\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/2-2-203x300.jpg 203w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/2-2.jpg 486w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 203px) 100vw, 203px\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt13375076\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/3-2-202x300.jpg\" alt=\"The Pope&#039;s Exorcist\" width=\"202\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-13624\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/3-2-202x300.jpg 202w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/3-2-691x1024.jpg 691w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/3-2-768x1138.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/3-2.jpg 1012w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 202px) 100vw, 202px\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<ul>\n<li>Daisy Ridley delivers such a quietly understated and socially awkward performance in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt16431966\/\">Sometimes I Think About Dying<\/a>, and I think I kind of unexpectedly loved it.<\/li>\n<ul><\/ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt18162096\/\">Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World<\/a> is certainly clever and inventive and pointed when it wants to be, even if I&#8217;m not convinced it needs to be as long as it is.<\/li>\n<ul><\/ul>\n<li>The best thing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt13375076\">The Pope&#8217;s Exorcist<\/a> has going for it\u2013maybe the only particularly good thing\u2013is Russell Crowe. But he delivers such a fun, over-the-top performance that I could not help but be entertained.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt16431882\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/4-2-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"Brooklyn 45\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-13625\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/4-2-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/4-2-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/4-2-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/4-2-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/4-2-1365x2048.jpg 1365w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/4-2-scaled.jpg 1707w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt5740852\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/5-2-203x300.jpg\" alt=\"All Creatures Here Below\" width=\"203\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-13626\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/5-2-203x300.jpg 203w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/5-2-691x1024.jpg 691w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/5-2-768x1138.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/5-2-1037x1536.jpg 1037w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/5-2-1382x2048.jpg 1382w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/5-2-scaled.jpg 1728w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 203px) 100vw, 203px\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0109951\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/6-2-201x300.jpg\" alt=\"Guarding Tess\" width=\"201\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-13627\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/6-2-201x300.jpg 201w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/6-2-685x1024.jpg 685w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/6-2-768x1148.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/6-2-1028x1536.jpg 1028w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/6-2-1370x2048.jpg 1370w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/6-2.jpg 1463w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 201px) 100vw, 201px\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt16431882\/\">Brooklyn 45<\/a> stumbles a little near the end\u2013I think I would have preferred a slightly cleverer ending, something to make the whole thing feel a little less repetitive\u2013but the cast, particularly Anne Ramsay, turn in such strong performances, and the movie makes such effective use of its locked-room set.<\/li>\n<ul><\/ul>\n<li>There are very good performances in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt5740852\/\">All Creatures Here Below<\/a>, from Dastmalchian&#8217;s barely controlled anger to Gillan&#8217;s oddly childlike brokenness. The film arguably tosses one too many tragic cliches into the mix, but those performances, along with the naturalistic direction, keep everything surprisingly grounded.<\/li>\n<ul><\/ul>\n<li>I just did not find <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0109951\/\">Guarding Tess<\/a> funny. Like, at all. What little it has going for it, in the pairing of Cage and MacLaine, is lost in a very dumb and belabored kidnapping subplot late in the movie.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I watched another 6 movies last week: Daisy Ridley delivers such a quietly understated and socially awkward performance in Sometimes I Think About Dying, and I think I kind of unexpectedly loved it. 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