One Sentence Media Reviews
I found this northern European documentary story about art and friendship to be interesting, mostly engaging, and fairly fun - but I could never forget, throughout the whole thing, that there was a totally unacknowledged person in the room, recording every interaction we saw.
An entrancing, touching, beautiful tale of life and death in world war 2, which despite being somewhat magical and clearly fictional ends up feeling all the more real.
While it wasn't astounding, I still love me a good early 70s classic, and Malick's direction and camerawork really help this story of love on the run stand out.
Despite excellent casting, mostly great acting, interesting narrative devices, and some thought-provoking ideas, I'm sad to report that the plot of this Hulu special just ruins all of the above.
obviously not much needs be restated about this dorky, vulgar, often hilarious movie, but there's something different and compelling about the way Wilson and Vaughn use such very emotionally mature language throughout the story (due to being divorce mediators, of course) despite being so dudely in every other way.
This adaptation of an early Crichton novel is interesting, enjoyable, a bit campy, very 70s sci fi computer worshipy kind of vibe - but the real standout is the eerie Reich-esque soundtrack.
Though he hasn't finished this series quite yet, I can say with total confidence that Sanderson is a once-in-a-generation storyteller, and if you like epic tales of any kind, you'll love spending hours in his worlds.
Broad City definitely fell off a cliff over the years (the Clinton cameo being a particularly low point), but there are some true gems in the earlier seasons, and this story of a search for the perfect party stands out as my absolute favorite.
that was... engaging.
look I'm not saying it approaches the perfect thriller of Alien or the excellent action of Aliens, but Resurrection does pretty great for goofy scifi gore and I love it for that.
A classic Werner, this bearful documentary paints an intimate picture of a guy who was maybe crazy or maybe just stupid, and I found that knife's edge distinction fascinating.
The Color of Money is a Paul Newman classic with the exact same daddy-son motif as cruise's Cocktail (1988), but unlike that boring cheesefest, this pool hustling tale has heart and panache.
For something that I thought might be boring or stuffy, I was happily surprised that this dramatized woodie guthrie biography is engrossing from start to finish, and incredibly touching too.
The perfect, grimy attention to detail in these late 60s / early 70s time capsules like Shampoo is so much more engaging and rewarding than whatever today's glossy meme-ified and boardroom designed hits are trying to do.