{"id":14893,"date":"2026-06-21T15:53:02","date_gmt":"2026-06-21T19:53:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/?p=14893"},"modified":"2026-06-21T15:54:37","modified_gmt":"2026-06-21T19:54:37","slug":"weekly-movie-roundup-168","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/?p=14893","title":{"rendered":"Weekly Movie Roundup"},"content":{"rendered":"<table>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0040155\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1-2-201x300.jpg\" alt=\"Berlin Express\" width=\"201\" height=\"300\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-14887\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1-2-201x300.jpg 201w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1-2-685x1024.jpg 685w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1-2-768x1147.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1-2-1028x1536.jpg 1028w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1-2-1371x2048.jpg 1371w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1-2.jpg 1512w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 201px) 100vw, 201px\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt31195136\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/2-2-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"Normal\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-14888\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/2-2-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/2-2-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/2-2-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/2-2-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/2-2.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt35521365\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/3-2-208x300.jpg\" alt=\"Strange Journey\" width=\"208\" height=\"300\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-14889\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/3-2-208x300.jpg 208w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/3-2-711x1024.jpg 711w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/3-2-768x1106.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/3-2-1066x1536.jpg 1066w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/3-2-1422x2048.jpg 1422w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/3-2-scaled.jpg 1777w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 208px) 100vw, 208px\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0040155\/\">Berlin Express<\/a> does some interesting things, set (and filmed) in that narrow window of Allied-occupied Germany following World War II, even if its plot bounces around a little too much.<\/li>\n<ul><\/ul>\n<li>I enjoyed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt31195136\/\">Normal<\/a> a whole lot less than I expected to. It&#8217;s too convoluted, despite what should be a fairly simple setup, and it throws away characters and jokes without a second thought, or doing much of anything interesting with them. I&#8217;ve often liked Ben Wheatley as a director, but much less so when he goes for the shootemups.<\/li>\n<ul><\/ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt35521365\/\">Strange Journey: The Story of Rocky Horror<\/a> is a sweet delight of a documentary, talking to just about all of the surviving cast, who all have wonderful things to say about the experience of the musical and movie, and looking at <em>Rocky Horror<\/em>&#8216;s genuine impact in the world at large.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0079550\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/4-2-201x300.jpg\" alt=\"Meteor\" width=\"201\" height=\"300\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-14890\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/4-2-201x300.jpg 201w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/4-2-686x1024.jpg 686w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/4-2-768x1146.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/4-2-1029x1536.jpg 1029w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/4-2-1372x2048.jpg 1372w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/4-2.jpg 1675w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 201px) 100vw, 201px\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt12042730\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/5-3-203x300.jpg\" alt=\"Project Hail Mary\" width=\"203\" height=\"300\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-14891\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/5-3-203x300.jpg 203w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/5-3-691x1024.jpg 691w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/5-3-768x1138.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/5-3-1037x1536.jpg 1037w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/5-3-1383x2048.jpg 1383w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/5-3-scaled.jpg 1728w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 203px) 100vw, 203px\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0039694\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/6-1-202x300.jpg\" alt=\"The Paradine Case\" width=\"202\" height=\"300\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-14892\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/6-1-202x300.jpg 202w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/6-1-691x1024.jpg 691w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/6-1-768x1138.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/6-1-1037x1536.jpg 1037w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/6-1-1382x2048.jpg 1382w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/6-1-scaled.jpg 1728w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 202px) 100vw, 202px\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<ul>\n<li>I&#8217;m not saying <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0079550\/\">Meteor<\/a> is <em>so<\/em> boring as to make you welcome the collision of a cataclysmic fireball into the Earth, but I&#8217;m definitely not <em>not<\/em> saying that. It&#8217;s a remarkably unimpressive movie.<\/li>\n<ul><\/ul>\n<li>I really enjoyed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt12042730\/\">Project Hail Mary<\/a>. Maybe it plays it a little safe, as far as science fiction goes, but it&#8217;s genuinely funny and affecting, and I had a blast.<\/li>\n<ul><\/ul>\n<li>I don&#8217;t think I can say <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0039694\/\">The Paradine Case<\/a> is the worst Alfred Hitchcock movie, but only because I watched <em>Under Capricorn<\/em> a month ago. This one has some good performance, but they&#8217;re not in service of much more than a very stagey, overcomplicated plot and some unlikable characters.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I also rewatched two movies, the first accidentally, having not remembered I&#8217;d already watched it until midway through, and the other on purpose. The first was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0080738\/\">The First Deadly Sin<\/a>, which is an unremarkable serial killer plot, some weird comic-relief side characters, but a fantastic, quiet performance from Sinatra, his last leading role and one of his best. The second was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0058279\/\">Kwaidan<\/a>, which is just a remarkably haunting movie with beautiful staging and incredible sound design.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Berlin Express does some interesting things, set (and filmed) in that narrow window of Allied-occupied Germany following World War II, even if its plot bounces around a little too much. I enjoyed Normal a whole lot less than I expected to. 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