{"id":13678,"date":"2024-06-16T16:29:54","date_gmt":"2024-06-16T20:29:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/?p=13678"},"modified":"2024-06-16T16:38:30","modified_gmt":"2024-06-16T20:38:30","slug":"weekly-movie-roundup-79","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/?p=13678","title":{"rendered":"Weekly Movie Roundup"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I watched just five movies last week:<\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt20215968\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/1-2-240x300.jpg\" alt=\"Hit Man\" width=\"240\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-13673\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/1-2-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/1-2-819x1024.jpg 819w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/1-2-768x960.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/1-2.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt1605717\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/2-2-202x300.jpg\" alt=\"Frank\" width=\"202\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-13674\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/2-2-202x300.jpg 202w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/2-2.jpg 509w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 202px) 100vw, 202px\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt14852624\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/3-2-204x300.jpg\" alt=\"Stopmotion\" width=\"204\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-13675\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/3-2-204x300.jpg 204w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/3-2.jpg 514w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 204px) 100vw, 204px\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt20215968\/\">Hit Man<\/a> is very amiable, like a lot of Richard Linklater movies, and the two leads, especially Glen Powell, are very good. I&#8217;m just not sure it totally earns the darkly comedic places it winds up going.<\/li>\n<ul><\/ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt1605717\/\">Frank<\/a> is oddly endearing and often quite funny.<\/li>\n<ul><\/ul>\n<li>The exceptionally creepy animation notwithstanding, I found <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt14852624\/\">Stopmotion<\/a> mostly insufferable, and there&#8217;s never any surprises as to where this descent into madness story is going. As critic Peter Sobczynski <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rogerebert.com\/reviews\/stopmotion-movie-review-2024\">writes<\/a>, &#8220;Although it clearly wants to be seen as some kind of wild hallucinatory exploration into the heart of madness, [the movie] eventually reveals itself to be little more than a collection of barf-bag visuals and tired conventions that are occasionally enlivened by some nifty animation and the strong performance from Franciosi.&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt13964390\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/4-2-203x300.jpg\" alt=\"Under Paris\" width=\"203\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-13676\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/4-2-203x300.jpg 203w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/4-2-691x1024.jpg 691w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/4-2-768x1138.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/4-2-1037x1536.jpg 1037w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/4-2-1382x2048.jpg 1382w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/4-2-scaled.jpg 1728w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 203px) 100vw, 203px\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0049834\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/5-2-197x300.jpg\" alt=\"Tension at Table Rock\" width=\"197\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-13677\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/5-2-197x300.jpg 197w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/5-2.jpg 576w\" 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=\"alignleft 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><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt13964390\/\">Under Paris<\/a> plays things very straight, which does not necessarily always work in its favor, given the ridiculousness of its premise. (Only Anne Marivin, as the mayor of Paris, seems to understand the over-the-top silliness that premise suggests.) The movie&#8217;s fun enough, but also a bit forgettable.<\/li>\n<ul><\/ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0049834\/\">Tension at Table Rock<\/a> is a fun little Western.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I also re-watched <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0070917\/\">The Wicker Man<\/a> for the first time in some twenty years. The first time I watched it, back then, I remember not enjoying it very much, indeed finding the movie more quaint than scary. I enjoyed it a lot more this second time around. Which is odd, considering how this time I knew how it would end, for whatever reason\u2014maybe Edward Woodward&#8217;s performance\u2014the movie worked a lot more for me on the re-watch.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I watched just five movies last week: Hit Man is very amiable, like a lot of Richard Linklater movies, and the two leads, especially Glen Powell, are very good. I&#8217;m just not sure it totally earns the darkly comedic places it winds up going. Frank is oddly endearing and often quite funny. The exceptionally creepy &#8230; <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/?p=13678\">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-13678","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\/13678"}],"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=13678"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13678\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13682,"href":"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13678\/revisions\/13682"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13678"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=13678"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=13678"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}