{"id":13750,"date":"2024-08-04T14:40:06","date_gmt":"2024-08-04T18:40:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/?p=13750"},"modified":"2024-08-04T14:40:06","modified_gmt":"2024-08-04T18:40:06","slug":"weekly-movie-roundup-86","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/?p=13750","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\/tt0022017\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/1-192x300.jpg\" alt=\"Kameradschaft\" width=\"192\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-13745\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/1-192x300.jpg 192w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/1-657x1024.jpg 657w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/1-768x1197.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/1.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 192px) 100vw, 192px\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt16426418\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/2-203x300.jpg\" alt=\"Challengers\" width=\"203\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-13746\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/2-203x300.jpg 203w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/2-691x1024.jpg 691w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/2-768x1138.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/2-1037x1536.jpg 1037w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/2-1383x2048.jpg 1383w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/2-scaled.jpg 1728w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 203px) 100vw, 203px\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt1278379\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/3-202x300.jpg\" alt=\"Jack Goes Boating\" width=\"202\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-13747\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/3-202x300.jpg 202w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/3-691x1024.jpg 691w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/3-768x1138.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/3-1037x1536.jpg 1037w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/3.jpg 1382w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 202px) 100vw, 202px\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<ul>\n<li>For 1931, the realistic effects and sets in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0022017\/\">Kameradschaft<\/a> are phenomenal, but the movie is also (as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.criterion.com\/films\/28184-kameradschaft\">the Criterion Collection<\/a> puts it &#8220;an arresting disaster film and a stirring plea for international cooperation.&#8221;<\/li>\n<ul><\/ul>\n<li>While <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt16426418\/\">Challengers<\/a> can be a bit much at times, it&#8217;s thoroughly entertaining, and Zendaya is never less than captivating on screen.<\/li>\n<ul><\/ul>\n<li>The characters in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt1278379\/\">Jack Goes Boating<\/a> go a little off-the-rails near the end\u2014more than you might expect, even given where they are emotionally\u2014but for most of it&#8217;s run, it&#8217;s very nice, well-acted character study.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt15574270\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/4-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"I Saw the TV Glow\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-13748\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/4-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/4-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/4-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/4.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0037865\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/5-199x300.jpg\" alt=\"Leave Her to Heaven\" width=\"199\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-13749\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/5-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/5-680x1024.jpg 680w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/5-768x1156.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/5.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 199px) 100vw, 199px\" \/><\/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>Is the ending of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt15574270\/\">I Saw the TV Glow<\/a> disappointing? Maybe, from a certain point of view, but that sort of seems to be the movie&#8217;s point. It&#8217;s strange and heartbreaking and haunting, and it manages to capture the feeling of &#8217;90s YA horror TV perfectly.<\/li>\n<ul><\/ul>\n<li>You can definitely see why Gene Tierney was nominated for a Best Actress Oscar for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0037865\/\">Leave Her to Heaven<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I watched just five movies last week: For 1931, the realistic effects and sets in Kameradschaft are phenomenal, but the movie is also (as the Criterion Collection puts it &#8220;an arresting disaster film and a stirring plea for international cooperation.&#8221; While Challengers can be a bit much at times, it&#8217;s thoroughly entertaining, and Zendaya is &#8230; <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/?p=13750\">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-13750","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\/13750"}],"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=13750"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13750\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13751,"href":"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13750\/revisions\/13751"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13750"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=13750"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=13750"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}