{"id":14593,"date":"2026-02-01T14:10:40","date_gmt":"2026-02-01T19:10:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/?p=14593"},"modified":"2026-02-01T14:11:10","modified_gmt":"2026-02-01T19:11:10","slug":"weekly-movie-roundup-151","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/?p=14593","title":{"rendered":"Weekly Movie Roundup"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I watched 6 movies last week:<\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0026121\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/1-198x300.jpg\" alt=\"Black Fury\" width=\"198\" height=\"300\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-14594\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/1-198x300.jpg 198w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/1.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 198px) 100vw, 198px\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0070908\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/2-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"The Werewolf of Washington\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-14595\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/2-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/2-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/2-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/2.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt27953589\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/3-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"Hedda\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-14596\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/3-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/3-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/3-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/3-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/3-1365x2048.jpg 1365w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/3-scaled.jpg 1707w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0026121\/\">Black Fury<\/a> is a well directed and rousing story of union solidarity, but Paul Muni&#8217;s terrific performance really takes center stage.<\/li>\n<ul><\/ul>\n<li>Give everyone involved in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0070908\">The Werewolf of Washington<\/a> this much credit, they&#8217;re all in on the joke. I just don&#8217;t think it&#8217;s an especially funny joke.<\/li>\n<ul><\/ul>\n<li>Nia DaCosta&#8217;s lush and sensual <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt27953589\/\">Hedda<\/a> feels very much like a reimagining of the original Ibsen play that it almost doesn&#8217;t matter how little I remember of that one production I saw back in college.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/4-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"Come See Me in the Good Light\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-14597\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/4-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/4-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/4-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/4-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/4-1365x2048.jpg 1365w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/4-scaled.jpg 1707w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0062292\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/5-197x300.jpg\" alt=\"The Sorcerers\" width=\"197\" height=\"300\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-14598\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/5-197x300.jpg 197w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/5-671x1024.jpg 671w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/5-768x1172.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/5-1006x1536.jpg 1006w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/5-1342x2048.jpg 1342w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/5-scaled.jpg 1677w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 197px) 100vw, 197px\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt6232306\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/6-212x300.jpg\" alt=\"The Trail\" width=\"212\" height=\"300\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-14599\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/6-212x300.jpg 212w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/6-723x1024.jpg 723w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/6-768x1087.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/6-1085x1536.jpg 1085w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/6-1447x2048.jpg 1447w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/6.jpg 1526w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 212px) 100vw, 212px\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<ul>\n<li>They should have sent a poet. I knew Andrea Gibson&#8217;s poetry only in passing, having seen them perform their 2023 poem &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=WCX-0zJTEbk\">MAGA Hat in the Chemo Room<\/a>.&#8221; But their final years, captured so soulfully and beautifully in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt34966013\/\">Come See Me in the Good Light<\/a> make me understand the beauty of language and life that I was missing.<\/li>\n<ul><\/ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0062292\/\">The Sorcerers<\/a> feels a little cheaply made, a goofy but interesting idea fleshed out only insofar as the budget and performances will allow.<\/li>\n<ul><\/ul>\n<li>I can see why <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt6232306\/\">The Trail<\/a> might seem too slow and not scary to a lot of people, but I thought it worked really well, especially with what was obviously almost no budget. The movie isn&#8217;t necessarily subtle in being a metaphor for trauma and its lingering fear, but I think that simplicity actually works very much in its favor.<\/li>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I watched 6 movies last week: Black Fury is a well directed and rousing story of union solidarity, but Paul Muni&#8217;s terrific performance really takes center stage. Give everyone involved in The Werewolf of Washington this much credit, they&#8217;re all in on the joke. I just don&#8217;t think it&#8217;s an especially funny joke. Nia DaCosta&#8217;s &#8230; <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/?p=14593\">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-14593","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\/14593"}],"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=14593"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14593\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14602,"href":"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14593\/revisions\/14602"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=14593"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=14593"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=14593"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}