Posts Tagged ‘Tommy Lee Jones’
Film Review – The Burial
The Burial (2023) is a throwback courtroom dramedy that doesn’t veer off too far from what we have seen before. The tropes are all there: The surprise witnesses, impassioned testimony, lawyers standing up to yell “Objection!” while the judge hammers their gavel, etc. Within the grand…
READ MOREEpisode 21 – Ad Astra
On this week’s podcast, we review the space exploration drama Ad Astra, starring Brad Pitt and Tommy Lee Jones. We also weigh in on our listener’s favorite astronaut films and as our Netflix Homework, we review Martin Scorsese‘s 1974 motherhood movie Alice Doesn’t Live Here…
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Being a sucker for space epics and Brad Pitt, I am the target audience for Ad Astra. The film appeared to be an epic adventure; a son traveling to the far reaches of the universe hoping that his father is still alive. While it is an…
READ MOREFilm Review – Men in Black: International
Men in Black: International (2019) is the kind of big budget undertaking that’s completely manufactured for the purpose of garnering a financial gain. It plays things right down the middle, where it doesn’t take any risks, it unfolds in a completely safe and uninteresting way,…
READ MOREFilm Review – Jason Bourne
The last time we saw the amnesiac super agent Jason Bourne (Matt Damon) was in director Paul Greengrass’ The Bourne Ultimatum (2007). Many believed that would be the last installment of the character we would see. Well, nine years and a forgettable spin off (The…
READ MOREFilm Review – The Homesman
All of the mythologizing of the American West that has occurred in movies over the years has been focused on men. The romantic view of the cool solitary figure casually rolling a cigarette with one hand while herding 100 head of cattle while majestically staring…
READ MORESXSW Film Review – Cesar Chavez
Doing a film about a historical figure is always a difficult gamble. On one hand you hope to introduce them to a new generation, and on the other, try to humanize the individual, and not get caught in deifying or demonizing, as it is so…
READ MOREAn Analysis – Oscar Night Wrap-Up
Ah, Oscar night! The most exciting night of the year for me and my fellow Oscar-watchers, where our emotions run wild over things we have no control over, and maybe in the long run do not matter that much. But this is our night. And…
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