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Bridgerton (2020)
Beautiful but
Gorgeous production but weak acting and dull scripting. Also prurient and salacious unnecessarily.
Sanditon (2019)
Meghan Markle lookalike
Right down to the tendrils in front of the ears, the producers found a Meghan Markle lookalike in Rose Williams. Very clever of them but she looks no more like a Sussex farm girl than Meghan Markle does. Agree with all the other reviewers, the "novelisation" as Kate Riordan charmingly calls her efforts, is smutty and salacious and cheapens the English language and all readers' and viewers' abilities to think for themselves.
Little Women (2018)
No Jo
I finally figured out why Sarah Davenport and her depiction of Jo was so annoying - she was acting like one of the Disney animated princesses, facial expressions, body language and everything. Like a peeved Ariel, or Elsa, or all of them. Angry huffing little foot stompers. Ruined movie for me.
Wicked Stepmother (1989)
This is a hoot
Yes, it is a bit amateurish but believe me, it is a hoot. It is fresh and unpretentious and has many plot holes and goofs but it's funny. Lots of sight gags and one liners and even though she left after only a few days of shooting, Bette Davis is awesome.This simple almost Disneyesque film was just nice to watch this day and age.
Winter Meeting (1948)
Wow. This has obviously improved with time
Despite all the contemporary low marks and low box office, I totally enjoyed this one. I have been watching all Bette Davis's films - in sequential order - had never heard of this one but along with Now Voyager and Dark Victory I can add a 3rd to my 'best of' list for her. Her performance is way under the top, her acting superb. Yes, the costar is a cowboy and ham fisted but it works. And maybe because films and film goers have matured and gotten more sophisticated and nuanced over the past 70 years, not only were the performances a pleasure to watch, but the angst of their individual lives shines through with nary a club in sight to hit us over the head with.
Bee Movie (2007)
Witty but flawed structure
The Bee Movie is very verbal and witty and the premise is cute if not novel. However it never resolves the main issue of beekeeping. Instead it paints beekeepers as evil thieving villains without morals or scruples and even manages to play the race card. It does a good job of coming full circle and educating young viewers of the important role that bees play in the food chain however it never goes back to the beekeepers, a fact which plays way down to every viewer. The movie revolves around a hive of wild bees and never instructs us in the difference between wild bees and domesticated bees, which are the ones that beekeepers tend, transport and care for. Domesticated bees are the bees civilizations have relied upon for thousands of years for crop yield, feeding the planet, etc., etc. Wild bees are good only for, well, bears and other varmints that are dumb enough to wrastle with them for the sake of their sweet tooths. Even Indians and primitive man calmed wild bees with smoke to get the honey. It's kind of like a cartoon movie about a wild mustang in the desert wanting to free all the domesticated horses in the world in the 1800's. Taking honey from a hive does not kill the bees or kill the hive. The movie presents disingenuous and unwarranted disinformation.
The Witches (1990)
This is a must see and add it to your library.
This movie is a one-of-a-kind film, not your typical little kid's film, and is entertaining to both kids and adults. What we most like about it is that its scariness is never watered down; the plot drums at the viewer just like adult action movies do, yet all the while letting us maintain high confidence in the hero like the confidence we have in Mel Gibson in one of his flicks. Neat effects, too.
Breaking Away (1979)
An exceptional film.
This a 4-star movie for adolescents and parents. Ahead of its time yet will wear time well for it has no slick, hip attitude or veneer to it at all. Young men standing at the end of the bridge to manhood, making their own choices - and what hurts is that every viewer, even youths, can see their choices more clearly than they can. Which is the double benefit of the film ; a story that you don't have to wait until it's over and then say, "Oh, yeah, I get it".