(Note: this capsule review is part of my farewell to the Netflix DVD service. #GetThroughMyQueue) So, even though it wasn’t available for the longest time, this proved to actually be streaming at just the right time on Paramount+ (which of I naturally have, because Star Trek). There’s something to be said for using some of the exact same crew you used for the documentary version of the subject (Little Dieter Needs to Fly) and a…
So I’ll have a longer post in October as previously mentioned, but for those seven or nine people actually getting some updates about the strikes from this blog, a tentative deal has been struck between the AMPTP and the WGA as reported various places. As you’ll see in the article linked above, there are several procedural steps that are not perfunctory that involve the WGA West and East boards validating the deal and then, importantly,…
(Note: this capsule review is part of my farewell to the Netflix DVD service. #GetThroughMyQueue) Werner Herzog is such a prolific filmmaker, I suppose I could have filled up much of my queue with his films, because, although I’ve seen dozens, there’s way more that I haven’t seen. This particular film has bounced in and out of Netflix’s “very long wait,” so I was happy to have it finally pop up (to be followed by…
(Note: this capsule review is part of my farewell to the Netflix DVD service. #GetThroughMyQueue) Yet another DVD I’ve been meaning to check out for ages. This black comedy is an absolute favorite of several indie filmmaker friends I know. Now, I get why. Being into smaller indie films will definitely aid your enjoyment of the film, as well as wanting humor that’s dry as a bone and peppered with profanity as punctuation in that…
(Note: this capsule review is part of my farewell to the Netflix DVD service. #GetThroughMyQueue) This DVD has been hanging out on the “unavailable” section of my Netflix queue for years. Years! It’s one of many collections and has the Quay’s films from roughly 1979 through 1993. There are apparently more comprehensives collections, though finding them available in the U.S. is difficult. Yet another reason I’ve been happy to keep the Netflix DVDs flowing. For…
Evidently, meetings will resume between the WGA and AMPTP staring tomorrow, Wednesday, September 20th, so just a few things to update from the Strikes. “Hot Strike Summer” continues to radiate heat throughout the film industry and beyond. The studios suspended some development deals with more established writers, some of whom were about to meet with the studios before the main WGA/AMPTP meeting was announced. Related to labor organizing Marvel VFX artists have been feeling the…
(Note: this capsule review is part of my farewell to the Netflix DVD service. #GetThroughMyQueue) This is a mini-series version, so at 3 hours, divided into two parts, it gives the story time to breathe… and I really like that approach for this story. One of my favorite versions of Treasure Island is a two-plus-hour audio version by the Mind’s Eye. At the same time they make the fatal flaw so many of these adaptations…
(Note: this capsule review is part of my farewell to the Netflix DVD service. #GetThroughMyQueue) This is one of those films I’ve been meaning to catch for ages… likely since it came out. And I’m thinking some of it has not aged so well since then — though the main plot of a pharmaceutical company being more than a little unscrupulous in trying to mass distribute a happiness pill with disastrous side effects is still…
(Note: this capsule review is part of my farewell to the Netflix DVD service. #GetThroughMyQueue) This is one of those classic anti-war movies – in this case based on the classic anti-war novel of the same name by Joseph Heller. I’m pretty sure I have a copy of the novel, printed as the 1970 movie tie-in, in my library somewhere, but I haven’t read that or seen the movie, so this seemed like an ideal…
(Note: this capsule review is part of my farewell to the Netflix DVD service. #GetThroughMyQueue) Okay, so this actually isn’t a film I’ve gotten from Netflix. I decided to get this after finally rewatching the ‘99 – ‘03 TV movie series — and after the last two entries, I needed some cinematic comfort food. Right from the get-go, you get Robert Farnon’s rousing score that proclaims you’re in for a ripping yarn. The stakes are…