Film Reviews
On Screen: Is This Thing On?
Just so we get this straight from the bRelationships are hard. No, we understand that’s not very profound, but when we’re invited into the lives of two people who are truly struggling with a relationship that seems to have simply faded, the moments can be uncomfortable, the revelations volatile … and the resolutions very, very hard to achieve.
On Screen: LANDMAN
With the second season of “Landman,” a “pot boiling” saga of big oil, big egos, big money and big mistakes concluded, what better way to while away some winter hours than binge watching this Bill Bob Thornton drama unfold, unravel and rewind?
On Screen: Song Sung Blue
Just so we get this straight from the beginning so we’re on the same page, as it were. “Song Sung Blue” is a Hollywood film about a Neil Diamond tribute band.
On Screen: THE RIP
At various counts, Matt Damon (Dane Dumars) and Ben Affleck (JD Byrne) have been involved in 15 different films, so “The Rip,” currently streaming on Netflix, might simply be another take on the evergreen “buddy movie” concept. Not so fast. This one has a twist … or three ... or we stopped counting.
On Screen: Hamnet
No, the quote from I Corinthians 13 is not part of Chloé Zhao’s elegant portrayal of the crippling grief and tentative healing experienced by Agnes and William Shakespeare in “Hamnet.” It is, however, one of the sustaining themes that brings hope out of utter darkness and healing to otherwise broken lives.