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What Moment Would You Choose? – NINE DAYS
I know Winston Duke from his role as M'Baku in Black Panther/Infinity War, and as the Dad, complete with dad jokes, in Jordan Peele's US, but I don't remember feeling like his lips were particularly compelling, for some reason they are in this movie. I kept feeling like I wanted to kiss him and I'm not usually attracted to very full lips on a man...
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PUZZLE
I SO recommend this film. PUZZLE is one of those quiet films full of authenticity, great character development and fine layers. The surprising humor found in Kelly Macdonald & Irrfan Khan’s characters as they get to know one another while practicing for a doubles puzzle championship is completely winning. Will definitely be on my top 10 list for 2018. The director Marc Turtletaub was motivated to direct Puzzle for a personal reason… “It’s a story about a woman who’s a mother and a wife living in suburban Connecticut, doting on her husband and her sons. And I knew that woman – it was my mother. I grew up in suburban…
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Philadelphia Connection: FOXCATCHER
Steve Carell plays the wealthy, eccentric, oddball, murderer John du Pont with perhaps a little too much characterization. Everyone's been praising Carell for losing himself in a dramatic roll; but for me, the transformative hair, prosthetic nose, extensive makeup, small teeth and overly stiff upward tilt of the head, is all a bit distracting...
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Serving up Mr. Darcy : AUSTENLAND
Then we get to meet the men. All hired actors, paid to be players in these women's fantasy of courtship and hot elegance. If you've ever been to the Pennsylvania Renaissance Faire you get the picture. There's of course a not as good looking version of Colin Firth (J.J. Fields) a dark haired stable boy (Bret McKenzie) a gallant popinjay (James Callis) and a super sexy Captain from the West Indies (Ricky Whittle).
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Who Do I Have to Sleep With to Get a Stoli Martini:
BLUE JASMINERegardless of the fact that most people won't see it the way I do. They will see that this is a Tour de force for Cate Blanchett and an amazingly seamless, and authentically funny movie that will stand out among Wood Allen's prolific legacy...
