{"id":13665,"date":"2024-06-09T15:05:55","date_gmt":"2024-06-09T19:05:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/?p=13665"},"modified":"2024-06-09T15:05:55","modified_gmt":"2024-06-09T19:05:55","slug":"weekly-movie-roundup-78","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/?p=13665","title":{"rendered":"Weekly Movie Roundup"},"content":{"rendered":"<table>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0037367\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/1-1-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"This Happy Breed\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-13666\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/1-1-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/1-1-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/1-1-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/1-1.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt19637052\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/2-1-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"Love Lies Bleeding\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-13667\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/2-1-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/2-1-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/2-1-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/2-1.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt20835210\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/3-1-203x300.jpg\" alt=\"Vengeance Is Mine\" width=\"203\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-13668\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/3-1-203x300.jpg 203w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/3-1-691x1024.jpg 691w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/3-1-768x1138.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/3-1-1037x1536.jpg 1037w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/3-1.jpg 1350w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 203px) 100vw, 203px\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0037367\/\">This Happy Breed<\/a> is the British domestic drama that all other British domestic dramas want to be when they grow up. Not above being a little sappy, there are nonetheless some wonderfully staged moments throughout, and I found it very satisfying movie.<\/li>\n<ul><\/ul>\n<p>The one thing you can&#8217;t say about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt19637052\/\">Love Lies Bleeding<\/a> is that it doesn&#8217;t go hard.\n<\/li>\n<ul><\/ul>\n<p>Brooke Adams is good in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt20835210\/\">Vengeance Is Mine<\/a>, but for all its interesting moments, the movie feels very muddled and unsure of itself.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0162426\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/5-1-209x300.jpg\" alt=\"Short Sharp Shock\" width=\"209\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-13670\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/5-1-209x300.jpg 209w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/5-1-713x1024.jpg 713w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/5-1-768x1103.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/5-1.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 209px) 100vw, 209px\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt9058654\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/4-1-203x300.jpg\" alt=\"Dinner in America\" width=\"203\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-13669\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/4-1-203x300.jpg 203w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/4-1-691x1024.jpg 691w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/4-1-768x1138.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/4-1-1037x1536.jpg 1037w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/4-1-1382x2048.jpg 1382w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/4-1-scaled.jpg 1728w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 203px) 100vw, 203px\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt11225626\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/6-1-203x300.jpg\" alt=\"Am I OK?\" width=\"203\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-13671\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/6-1-203x300.jpg 203w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/6-1-691x1024.jpg 691w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/6-1-768x1138.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/6-1-1037x1536.jpg 1037w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/6-1.jpg 1296w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 203px) 100vw, 203px\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0162426\/\">Short Sharp Shock<\/a> feels very much like a &#8217;90s gangster movie, one heavily indebted to its American inspirations of Scorsese and Tarantino, but the three leads are also very good together, in this simple story of the bonds of friendship, betrayal, and violent crime gone wrong.<\/li>\n<ul><\/ul>\n<p>For a lot of its run, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt9058654\/\">Dinner in America<\/a> feels like it&#8217;s trying a little too hard. But by the end, there is genuinely a sweetness (nonetheless undercut with nastiness) between these two characters.<\/li>\n<ul><\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt11225626\/\">Am I OK?<\/a> is&#8230;OK. It doesn&#8217;t entirely come together, especially at the end, and there are a few scattered bits and even characters I might have cut. But the film is full of funny and tender moments, as well as a thoroughly endearing performance by Dakota Johnson.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I also re-watched and really enjoyed Bull Durham (1988).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This Happy Breed is the British domestic drama that all other British domestic dramas want to be when they grow up. Not above being a little sappy, there are nonetheless some wonderfully staged moments throughout, and I found it very satisfying movie. 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