{"id":13899,"date":"2024-11-17T11:35:09","date_gmt":"2024-11-17T16:35:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/?p=13899"},"modified":"2024-11-17T11:35:09","modified_gmt":"2024-11-17T16:35:09","slug":"weekly-movie-roundup-96","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/?p=13899","title":{"rendered":"Weekly Movie Roundup"},"content":{"rendered":"<table>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt8884906\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/1-2-203x300.jpg\" alt=\"Monday\" width=\"203\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-13893\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/1-2-203x300.jpg 203w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/1-2-691x1024.jpg 691w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/1-2-768x1138.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/1-2-1037x1536.jpg 1037w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/1-2-1382x2048.jpg 1382w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/1-2-scaled.jpg 1728w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 203px) 100vw, 203px\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt14682800\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/2-2-192x300.jpg\" alt=\"Tuesday\" width=\"192\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-13894\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/2-2-192x300.jpg 192w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/2-2-655x1024.jpg 655w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/2-2-768x1201.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/2-2-983x1536.jpg 983w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/2-2-1310x2048.jpg 1310w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/2-2-scaled.jpg 1638w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 192px) 100vw, 192px\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0060112\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/6-1-199x300.jpg\" alt=\"Any Wednesday\" width=\"199\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-13898\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/6-1-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/6-1-679x1024.jpg 679w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/6-1-768x1159.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/6-1.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 199px) 100vw, 199px\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt8884906\/\">Monday<\/a> &#8220;crackles with energy and stings with honesty&#8221; (to quote <a href=\"https:\/\/www.screendaily.com\/reviews\/monday-toronto-review\/5153083.article\">Screen Daily<\/a>, with terrific performances by both Denise Gough and Sebastian Stan.<\/li>\n<ul><\/ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt14682800\/\">Tuesday<\/a> feels very strange and personal, but it&#8217;s also a deeply moving meditation on death and grief.<\/li>\n<ul><\/ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0060112\/\">Any Wednesday<\/a> is surprisingly unpleasant. Audiences in 1966 could be forgiven for thinking its premise ought to be funny, but less so for thinking that it <em>was<\/em> funny. The movie is backward and dated in its gender politics, but it also feels weirdly miscast (particularly in Fonda&#8217;s role), and none of its characters are especially likable.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt13028258\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/4-2-207x300.jpg\" alt=\"A Thursday\" width=\"207\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-13896\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/4-2-207x300.jpg 207w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/4-2-707x1024.jpg 707w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/4-2-768x1113.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/4-2-1060x1536.jpg 1060w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/4-2.jpg 1413w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 207px) 100vw, 207px\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0195945\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/5-1-201x300.jpg\" alt=\"Next Friday\" width=\"201\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-13897\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/5-1-201x300.jpg 201w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/5-1-685x1024.jpg 685w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/5-1-768x1147.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/5-1.jpg 1004w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 201px) 100vw, 201px\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0054269\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/3-2-212x300.jpg\" alt=\"Saturday Night and Sunday Morning\" width=\"212\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-13895\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/3-2-212x300.jpg 212w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/3-2-724x1024.jpg 724w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/3-2-768x1086.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/3-2-1087x1536.jpg 1087w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/3-2.jpg 1132w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 212px) 100vw, 212px\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt13028258\/\">A Thursday<\/a> has a premise that&#8217;s interesting until you learn what the movie plans to do with it, until you notice the cheapness of the production, the overly melodramatic music and direction, and the didactic points the movie is trying to make. I could absolutely stand to watch more foregin films, Hindi films in particular\u2014and I do think some of what didn&#8217;t work for me here was just my own cultural disconnect\u2014but this didn&#8217;t seem like a great place to start.<\/li>\n<ul><\/ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0195945\/\">Next Friday<\/a> lacks the heart and charm of the first movie, and it&#8217;s mostly crass, intentionally offensive, mildly racist, stoner half-jokes, but it has its amusing moments.<\/li>\n<ul><\/ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0054269\/\">Saturday Night and Sunday Morning<\/a> is a remarkably frank kitchen sink drama, with a very compelling (if frequently unlikable) performance by a young Albert Finney.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I also rewatched <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0101889\/\">The Fisher King<\/a>, which feels very much of its time, but also still very much a fable outside of time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Monday &#8220;crackles with energy and stings with honesty&#8221; (to quote Screen Daily, with terrific performances by both Denise Gough and Sebastian Stan. Tuesday feels very strange and personal, but it&#8217;s also a deeply moving meditation on death and grief. Any Wednesday is surprisingly unpleasant. Audiences in 1966 could be forgiven for thinking its premise ought &#8230; <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/?p=13899\">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-13899","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\/13899"}],"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=13899"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13899\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13900,"href":"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13899\/revisions\/13900"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13899"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=13899"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=13899"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}