If you like baseball then a new documentary on Netflix is a must see. The Battered Bastards of Baseball is a tremendous film about the last independently run baseball team in the major league controlled minor league system. No spoilers. Just watch it.
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We also really enjoyed Don’t Look Up, thought it nailed current society pretty well and was pretty entertaining.
Two movies I watched on Amazon Prime that I also thought were really good. Greater, really liked that one but I think you need to be a bit of a football geek to really like it. The story itself is a good one. I also really liked Emperor, that one probably has broader appeal. But both good watches in my opinion.
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I had been working on a big critique for The Matrix Resurrections in the spoiler thread but then thought that was giving it too much credit so I'll just leave a warning, as someone who enjoyed the whole original trilogy:
I also really enjoyed Don't Look Up. Felt like I knew it was inevitable the world was going to be destroyed but still hoped something or someone would intervene, even though that wouldn't fit the whole commentary on climate change, just a sucker for happy endings. The eccentric billionaire dictating things to serve his interests was all too believable, as were the cohorts of "Look up" vs "Don't Look Up" coupled with the bankrupt mindless media giggling at everything.
Is it a common theme when working with Marlon Brando that making the movie is an awful experience? I heard some funny stuff from an old Christopher Reeve clip on Letterman when doing Superman. Well, maybe not funny.
If you like baseball then a new documentary on Netflix is a must see. The Battered Bastards of Baseball is a tremendous film about the last independently run baseball team in the major league controlled minor league system. No spoilers. Just watch it.
New???? This documentary will be 8 years old on January 20.
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Watched Power of the Dog, fair to say it's going to be an Oscar frontrunner. Slow and ambiguous at times but the cinematogrophy and performances are great.
The Lost Daughter, I think is my favorite film this year. Pretty remarkable that Maggie Gyllenhaal could pull something like this off as a directorial debut. And I think it settles for me that Olivia Colman is the best actor today. The score, by Dickon Hinchliffe, is also incredible.
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If you liked The Florida Project I recommend Sean Baker’s new movie Red Rocket. It’s funny and dark with a former porn star moving back to Texas to get his life together (i.e. scam his way back into porn).
If you like baseball then a new documentary on Netflix is a must see. The Battered Bastards of Baseball is a tremendous film about the last independently run baseball team in the major league controlled minor league system. No spoilers. Just watch it.
