{"id":14427,"date":"2025-11-09T20:47:33","date_gmt":"2025-11-10T01:47:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/?p=14427"},"modified":"2025-11-09T20:49:10","modified_gmt":"2025-11-10T01:49:10","slug":"weekly-movie-roundup-141","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/?p=14427","title":{"rendered":"Weekly Movie Roundup"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I watched 13 movies last week.<\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt32063098\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1-1-203x300.jpg\" alt=\"Ballad of a Small Player\" width=\"203\" height=\"300\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-14421\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1-1-203x300.jpg 203w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1-1-691x1024.jpg 691w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1-1-768x1138.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1-1-1037x1536.jpg 1037w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1-1-1383x2048.jpg 1383w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1-1.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 203px) 100vw, 203px\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt1312221\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/13-202x300.jpg\" alt=\"Frankenstein\" width=\"202\" height=\"300\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-14434\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/13-202x300.jpg 202w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/13-691x1024.jpg 691w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/13-768x1138.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/13.jpg 1012w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 202px) 100vw, 202px\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<ul>\n<li>I started the week with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt32063098\/\">Ballad of a Small Player<\/a>, which was mostly forgettable. Despite good performances, especially from the now always more than dependable Colin Farrell, the movie doesn&#8217;t really have a lot to say.<\/li>\n<ul><\/ul>\n<li>And I ended the week with Guillermo del Toro&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt1312221\/\">Frankenstein<\/a>. Here, too, I think the performances are the highlight\u2014particularly Jacob Elordi as the Monster\u2014but the film is also gorgeous enough that I&#8217;m a little disappointed I didn&#8217;t see it on a big screen.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0035318\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/2-1-201x300.jpg\" alt=\"Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror\" width=\"201\" height=\"300\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-14422\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/2-1-201x300.jpg 201w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/2-1-685x1024.jpg 685w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/2-1-768x1148.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/2-1-1028x1536.jpg 1028w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/2-1-1370x2048.jpg 1370w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/2-1-scaled.jpg 1713w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 201px) 100vw, 201px\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0035317\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/3-1-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-14423\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/3-1-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/3-1-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/3-1-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/3-1.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0036349\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/4-1-197x300.jpg\" alt=\"Sherlock Holmes in Washington\" width=\"197\" height=\"300\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-14424\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/4-1-197x300.jpg 197w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/4-1-671x1024.jpg 671w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/4-1-768x1172.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/4-1-1007x1536.jpg 1007w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/4-1-1342x2048.jpg 1342w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/4-1.jpg 1670w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 197px) 100vw, 197px\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0036348\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/5-1-203x300.jpg\" alt=\"Sherlock Holmes Faces Death\" width=\"203\" height=\"300\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-14425\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/5-1-203x300.jpg 203w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/5-1.jpg 310w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 203px) 100vw, 203px\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0037303\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/6-1-198x300.jpg\" alt=\"The Spider Woman\" width=\"198\" height=\"300\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-14426\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/6-1-198x300.jpg 198w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/6-1-677x1024.jpg 677w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/6-1-768x1162.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/6-1-1015x1536.jpg 1015w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/6-1-1353x2048.jpg 1353w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/6-1.jpg 1652w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 198px) 100vw, 198px\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0037248\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/7-1-199x300.jpg\" alt=\"The Scarlet Claw\" width=\"199\" height=\"300\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-14428\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/7-1-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/7-1.jpg 580w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 199px) 100vw, 199px\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0037168\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/8-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"The Pearl of Death\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-14429\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/8-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/8.jpg 333w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0037794\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/9-193x300.jpg\" alt=\"The House of Fear\" width=\"193\" height=\"300\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-14430\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/9-193x300.jpg 193w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/9-658x1024.jpg 658w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/9-768x1195.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/9-987x1536.jpg 987w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/9.jpg 999w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 193px) 100vw, 193px\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0038259\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/10-195x300.jpg\" alt=\"The Woman in Green\" width=\"195\" height=\"300\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-14431\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/10-195x300.jpg 195w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/10-666x1024.jpg 666w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/10-768x1180.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/10-999x1536.jpg 999w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/10-1332x2048.jpg 1332w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/10.jpg 1415w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 195px) 100vw, 195px\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0038008\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/11-195x300.jpg\" alt=\"Pursuit to Algiers\" width=\"195\" height=\"300\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-14432\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/11-195x300.jpg 195w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/11.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 195px) 100vw, 195px\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0039017\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/12-195x300.jpg\" alt=\"Terror by Night\" width=\"195\" height=\"300\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-14433\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/12-195x300.jpg 195w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/12-665x1024.jpg 665w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/12-768x1182.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/12-998x1536.jpg 998w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/12-1331x2048.jpg 1331w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/12.jpg 1652w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 195px) 100vw, 195px\" \/><\/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=\"aligncenter 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<p>In between, I watched 11 movies in <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sherlock_Holmes_(1939_film_series)\">the Basil Rathbone\/Nigel Bruce Sherlock Holmes series<\/a>. They made 14 films altogether, but I&#8217;d previously seen the first two (<em>The Hound of the Baskervilles<\/em> and <em>The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes<\/em>), which were made before the rights were acquired by Universal, and for some reason I&#8217;d also seen the last (<em>Dressed to Kill<\/em>), so this was a full run of the series for me. They&#8217;re all mostly just okay, diverting and pleasantly short, and Rathbone and Bruce are both a lot of fun in the roles\u2014even if the latter maybe overplays Watson as the bumbling buffoon\u2014but not a one of them is really remarkable, or any great shakes as a mystery. The attempt to modernize Holmes and make him a foe of the Nazis\u2014begun with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0035318\/\">Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror<\/a>, but largely abandoned in all but a few details a few films later after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0036349\/\">Sherlock Holmes in America<\/a>\u2014never really works. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0035317\/\">Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon<\/a> was probably my favorite, while the hypnotism-heavy <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0038259\">The Women in Green<\/a> was easily my least favorite, a fun turn by Henry Daniell as Prof. Moriarty notwithstanding.<\/p>\n<p>But they&#8217;re all kind of vaguely charming, even if none of them really stands out.<\/p>\n<p>I also rewatched <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt7914416\/\">One Cut of the Dead<\/a>, though, which is a whole lot of fun.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I watched 13 movies last week. I started the week with Ballad of a Small Player, which was mostly forgettable. Despite good performances, especially from the now always more than dependable Colin Farrell, the movie doesn&#8217;t really have a lot to say. And I ended the week with Guillermo del Toro&#8217;s Frankenstein. Here, too, I &#8230; <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/?p=14427\">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-14427","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\/14427"}],"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=14427"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14427\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14439,"href":"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14427\/revisions\/14439"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=14427"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=14427"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=14427"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}