{"id":13789,"date":"2024-08-25T15:03:01","date_gmt":"2024-08-25T19:03:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/?p=13789"},"modified":"2024-08-25T15:05:50","modified_gmt":"2024-08-25T19:05:50","slug":"weekly-movie-roundup-89","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/?p=13789","title":{"rendered":"Weekly Movie Roundup"},"content":{"rendered":"<table>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0067893\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/1-3-199x300.jpg\" alt=\"Two-Lane Blacktop\" width=\"199\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-13782\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/1-3-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/1-3-680x1024.jpg 680w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/1-3-768x1157.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/1-3.jpg 996w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 199px) 100vw, 199px\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0099356\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/2-3-219x300.jpg\" alt=\"A Dangerous Man: Lawrence After Arabia\" width=\"219\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-13783\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/2-3-219x300.jpg 219w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/2-3.jpg 454w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 219px) 100vw, 219px\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0385639\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/3-3-212x300.jpg\" alt=\"Death Bed: The Bed That Eats\" width=\"212\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-13784\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/3-3-212x300.jpg 212w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/3-3-724x1024.jpg 724w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/3-3-768x1086.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/3-3-1087x1536.jpg 1087w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/3-3-1449x2048.jpg 1449w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/3-3.jpg 1528w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 212px) 100vw, 212px\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt22041854\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/4-3-203x300.jpg\" alt=\"Priscilla\" width=\"203\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-13785\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/4-3-203x300.jpg 203w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/4-3-694x1024.jpg 694w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/4-3-768x1134.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/4-3-1040x1536.jpg 1040w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/4-3.jpg 1387w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 203px) 100vw, 203px\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0067893\/\">Two-Lane Blacktop<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rogerebert.com\/reviews\/two-lane-blacktop-1971\">wrote Roger Ebert<\/a>, &#8220;is intended, I suppose, to be a metaphor. But unless I missed the point, it doesn&#8217;t have much of anything new to tell us.&#8221; It&#8217;s hard to disagree with that.<\/li>\n<ul><\/ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0099356\/\">A Dangerous Man: Lawrence After Arabia<\/a> doesn&#8217;t even attempt to recreate the grandeur and spectacle of its predecessor. It&#8217;s very much a quiet 1992 British television movie. Yet it&#8217;s incredibly compelling, thanks to some genuinely terrific performances, particularly from the two leads, Ralph Fiennes and Alexander Siddig.<\/li>\n<ul><\/ul>\n<li>It shouldn&#8217;t come as a shock to anyone, but <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0385639\/\">Death Bed: The Bed That Eats<\/a> is not a very good movie. It&#8217;s bad in some very strange ways, definitely, but none that are particularly interesting or worth revisiting.<\/li>\n<ul><\/ul>\n<li>It&#8217;s the two leads, particularly a terrific Cailee Spaeny, that really makes <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt22041854\/\">Priscilla<\/a> work. Though the film&#8217;s willingness to actually interrogate the creepy power dynamic between Elvis and his bride is another mark in its favor.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0047094\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/5-3-197x300.jpg\" alt=\"Hobson&#039;s Choice\" width=\"197\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-13786\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/5-3-197x300.jpg 197w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/5-3.jpg 580w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 197px) 100vw, 197px\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0068022\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/6-3-199x300.jpg\" alt=\"Something Big\" width=\"199\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-13787\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/6-3-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/6-3-680x1024.jpg 680w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/6-3-768x1157.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/6-3.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 199px) 100vw, 199px\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt26681671\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/7-1-203x300.jpg\" alt=\"Where the Devil Roams\" width=\"203\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-13788\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/7-1-203x300.jpg 203w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/7-1-693x1024.jpg 693w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/7-1-768x1134.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/7-1-1040x1536.jpg 1040w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/7-1-1387x2048.jpg 1387w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/7-1-scaled.jpg 1733w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 203px) 100vw, 203px\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0047094\/\">Hobson&#8217;s Choice<\/a> is smart and funny, with lovely performances throughout.<\/li>\n<ul><\/ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0068022\/\">Something Big<\/a> is amiable enough, and there are some amusing moments scattered throughout, but more than anything else it&#8217;s kind of boring.<\/li>\n<ul><\/ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt26681671\/\">Where the Devil Roams<\/a> is a lot heavier on vibes than narrative than some of the Adams family&#8217;s previous movies\u2014but oh man, what vibes! The movie is a lot to take in, and it makes some very deliberate choices I&#8217;m not entirely convinced work, but it is never short of fascinating.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I also really enjoyed re-watched David Cronenberg&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0091064\/\">The Fly<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two-Lane Blacktop, wrote Roger Ebert, &#8220;is intended, I suppose, to be a metaphor. But unless I missed the point, it doesn&#8217;t have much of anything new to tell us.&#8221; It&#8217;s hard to disagree with that. A Dangerous Man: Lawrence After Arabia doesn&#8217;t even attempt to recreate the grandeur and spectacle of its predecessor. It&#8217;s very &#8230; <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/?p=13789\">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-13789","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\/13789"}],"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=13789"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13789\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13792,"href":"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13789\/revisions\/13792"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13789"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=13789"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=13789"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}