Emilia Perez - 2024 - Jaques Audiard Emilia Perez Podcast Review IMDb: 5.9 - Decinemal Rating 7.0 Summary (created using Gemini AI) Amelia Perez: A Controversial Film Review A review of the film Amelia Perez, directed by Jacques Audiard The film, in Spanish with music, is nominated for 13 Oscars. The reviewer notes both positive … Continue reading Emilia Perez
Anatomy of a Fall - 2023 Anatomy of a Fall Podcast Review IMdB: 7.7 - Decinemal Rating 75 Summary (created using Gemini AI) Exploring the Acclaimed French Film: Anatomy of a Fall Anatomy of a Fall, released in November 2023, is a French murder mystery film that goes beyond conventional storytelling. Directed by Justine Triet … Continue reading Anatomy of a Fall
Somehow, I had managed to live my life up to 2020 without any knowledge of Ma Rainey as an icon of early American music. The untimely death of Chadwick Boseman was the main reason many folk were drawn to this film, which had a fair Oscar buzz around it on release. Would he win an … Continue reading Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
There is only one real talking point when coming to this quirky little movie, and that, of course, is the overdue recognition of one of Hollywood's finest actresses over the last dozen years. Yes, the impeccable talent of Jessica Chastain finally won her Oscar, and quite right too! I have seen her in 16 of … Continue reading The Eyes of Tammy Faye
This is not a happy dream. It is also not, strictly speaking, a biopic. It is a fiction (an imagined nightmare) based on a novel by Joyce Carol Oates. It was nominated for the Pulizer prize in 2001, and at over 700 pages long, discusses in depth the themes of conspiracy, misogyny, professional abuse and … Continue reading Blonde
A brief Micro-post review and Decinemal rating of 3 recent Oscar nominated documentary features I watched. 2 of them won the Oscar and the one that didn't should have... Steven Bognar & Julia ReichartNetflix 2019 Intriguing on a political and cultural level... to a degree. I was mostly engaged, but found it cared a lot … Continue reading Documentary Feature Triple Bill
I have been absent from The Wasteland for a while. And, to be honest, I'm not watching as many movies as I used to. You know how it is: work, work, work. And sadly I don't get paid for this... but I do miss it. Often I watch something, then write a post about it … Continue reading True Story Triple Bill
Available on Netflix since 2017, this excellent documentary from Ava DuVernay, the director of the memorable and equally impressive Selma, caught my attention for its Oscar nomination and compelling subject matter. It took me until early 2020 to watch it, based on many recommendations, but the subject matter hadn't lost any relevance or importance in … Continue reading 13th (documentary)
Kicking off my attempt to catch up on 14 months backlog of reviews with a vintage cinema classic, which I finally managed to see a mere 70 years after its release. Keeping my comments brief and to the point until I can tick off a bunch of reviews and get back up to date. Two … Continue reading Sunset Boulevard
The rule of threes is a pretty solid philosophy. We find things repeated in triplicate satisfying and complete. There is no rule of four, it isn't a thing. Four is usually one too many... and this was the fear for all Pixar and Toy Story fans when this project was announced, fairly unexpectedly, in 2018. … Continue reading Toy Story 4
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