Reviews

That's the focus of this romantic drama from Richard Linklater where two strangers try to make the best of the little time they have together, and try to share their secrets, and understand the other. ...

After five films, we've seen around 9 different "guys" try to kill our main characters. ...

However, in this case, I think Technicolor would have really made the picture pop; after all, the movie is called How Green Was My Valley, and its awfully hard to tell just how green that valley is when its in black-and-white. ...

I'll definitely be chacking out more Branagh and Shakespeare films for some time starting now. ...

This is EASILY one of Akerman's best concepts for an indie movie, and she under-did it, even going as far as to give the vast majority of her screen time to her own mother out of likely favoritism. ...

I have no idea why, but I was apparently in the mood for an Akerman film, even though I'm easily more of a Varda guy and find Akerman quite overrated, but not necessarily bad. ...

On the other hand, I appreciated how the film steered away from "silly gadgets" and tried to go for a more grounded approach, at least as far as Bond films are concerned. ...

2, and it's the fact that the Peter/Yondu relationship we've been getting *after* the first film (this short included) is not the relationship at all that we saw on that first film. ...

The tonal shifts could be better, though: there are times when the movie goes from guns blazing, bodies dropping, etc. ...

At the same time, I appreciate that the movie didnt take a time out to have characters give expository monologues about sexuality or gender identity. ...