weekly digest: Liam Neeson needs rescuing...
everything that happened at Flick Filosopher from Monday, February 7th, to Sunday, February 13th
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new at flick filosopher, Feb 07–13
new and ongoing cinema releases, US/Can, Feb 11
Murder mystery Death on the Nile and crime thriller Blacklight are new and exclusively in cinemas; more… [get the full rundown]
new and ongoing cinema releases, UK/Ire, Feb 11
Action-adventure Uncharted and murder mystery Death on the Nile are new and exclusively in cinemas; more… [get the full rundown]
new and ongoing dvd/blu/vod releases, US/Can, Feb 08
The King’s Daughter lands on premium VOD; Oscar-nominated doc Summer of Soul is new on demand; more… [get the full rundown]
new and ongoing dvd/blu/vod releases, UK/Ire, Feb 07–12
The Card Counter and multi-Oscar-nominated Flee arrive on demand; House of Gucci is new on premium VOD; much more… [get the full rundown]
Blacklight movie review: turn it off
Feels less like a movie than it does a hostage video. Poor Liam Neeson isn’t trying to hide how exhausted and trapped he is in his cinematic hamster wheel of cheap, violent revenge thrillers. It’s sad. [read the review | cinemas US]
the nominees for the 94th Academy Awards (the Oscars for 2021-ish’s films) have been announced
Closer to the ceremony on March 27th, I’ll post my guesses about who might win. [read more]
Poly Styrene: I Am a Cliché documentary review: a howl out of the past for today
A loving appreciation, but never a blinkered one, of the punk philosopher, a woman ahead of her time and still timely: iconoclastic, creative, ever-searching, a cultural observer who saw deep and far. [read the review | VOD US/UK]
loaded question: what’s the hardest or longest you’ve ever cried at a movie or TV show?
I have lots of answers I could give to this, so I’ll offer the most recent one: Station Eleven, the new postapocalyptic miniseries that is beyond wonderful… [reply at Flick Filosopher | reply at Substack | reply at Patreon]
what I’m bingeing
The Book of Boba Fett [Disney+ globally]: finished! very much enjoyed Season 2.5 of The Mandalorian…
Inventing Anna [Netflix globally]: I’m three episodes into this docudrama about a scam artist who snookered the New York social scene, and I’m finding it absolutely fascinating so far…
Tweet of the week…
All hail Dolly!
coming up at Flick Filosopher…
Moonfall, as soon as I can get my head around it…
The Matrix: Resurrections
time-traveling ghost story Last Night in Soho
Kenneth Branagh’s autobiographical Belfast and Death on the Nile
psychological neo-noir Nightmare Alley, from Guillermo del Toro
French freak-show Titane
based-on-a-videogame action-adventure Uncharted
And more!
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