Tom Yossarian Joad
Tom Yossarian Joad's JournalComing to Netflix in March and it looks fun!
"Set in the aftermath of a robot uprising in an alternate version of the ’90s, The Electric State follows an orphaned teenager who ventures across the American West with a cartoon-inspired robot, a smuggler, and his sidekick in search of her younger brother. The film stars Millie Bobby Brown, Chris Pratt, Ke Huy Quan, Jason Alexander, Woody Norman, with Giancarlo Esposito and Stanley Tucci. Woody Harrelson, Anthony Mackie, Brian Cox, Jenny Slate, Hank Azaria, Colman Domingo and Alan Tudyk join the cast in voice roles. THE ELECTRIC STATE premieres globally on Netflix MARCH 14."
Meanwhile in New Jersey...
&rco=1Joker: Folie Deux... Now that was different. On HBO Max
More of a character study than a story and depressing as hell. It was fine filmmaking and the art was above the typical bars that we see today. If you don't expect a typical DC film you might enjoy it. Definitely not a light weight film.
I wasn't expecting to like this one but it's staying with me in a way that some of the better films of the past have.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11315808/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_5_tt_6_nm_0_in_0_q_joker
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice on HBO Max was a nostalgic grin fest
with a musical number that'll stick and some great performances from some of the non-headliners.
I've been putting off watching this for fear of disappointment but it was fresh and a nice continuance of the story with more than a couple of easter eggs.
Tin foil hat time: WTF is going on with the drones in New Jersey?
New Jersey residents and lawmakers are pushing for more information about the mysterious drone sightings, including some near military installations.
A federal official said Thursday that the FBI is the lead agency investigating along with the New Jersey state police. Local law enforcement are also investigating.
New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy said during a call-in program on Wednesday night that he would be bringing up the issue with the White House on Thursday but assured constituents that the drones as of now don't appear to pose a safety threat.
"Based on everything we know," Murphy said, "there is no public safety risk we're aware of. On the other hand, is it frustrating to not have more answers on this? Is it frustrating to not have a source for these things? Yes."
/Snip https://www.cbsnews.com/news/drones-new-jersey-what-we-know/
Christopher Reeve bio in HBO Max was a very good watch for me.
Very touching and some new info for me. Got me to rewatch the first two Superman movies which surprised me as to how well they've held up.
Proving she can play anything, Jodie Comer rules in The Bikeriders.
In a more cerebral peek of biker "gangs" during the 60's and 70's I found myself immersed in the acting and delicate story lines within this marvelous film taken from the book. Streaming free on Peacock and $20 on prime.
Furiosa: LONG but still fun
If you need a bit of mindless action steeped in violence here's an afternoon for you on Max or Prime.
Reminder: George Wallace was not helped by a botched attempt.
So lets not grind our teeth over today's events.
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In a still taken from CBS television footage, a gun, center, held by Arthur Bremer is fired repeatedly in the direction of presidential hopeful Alabama Gov. George Wallace (not pictured) during a Laurel, Md., campaign rally, May 15, 1972. Wallace was paralyzed as a result of the shooting. Bremer was a 21-year-old former janitor and busboy when he shot Alabama Gov. George Wallace five times during a presidential campaign stop in 1972 in Maryland. Now 57, Bremer is preparing for life outside prison. He's scheduled to be released in mid-December 2007 and could get out even sooner.
American Star. Slow burning film with Ian McShane on AMC+
"American Star" is an art house variant of the familiar story of an old hitman facing his mortality while doing what might be his last job. Filmed on the gobsmackingly gorgeous Fuerteventura in the Canary Islands, it takes a soft-spoken, slowed-down contemplative approach to the material, omitting things whenever it can, rarely depicting any situation in the obvious way, and anchoring itself to a lead performance by Ian McShane that's a great example of how to take a reactive, at times silent character and make his thoughts and emotions legible to the viewer. It's all in the face, especially the eyes. There are are several long closeups of McShane in this film where you feel every feeling as it happens.
What's it about? I've seen "American Star" and I'm still not entirely sure—partly because director Gonzalo López-Gallego, who also edited the movie, and screenwriter Nacho Faerna go long stretches without dropping bits of exposition; but mainly because it's the sort of film where the look and sound and overall energy is what it's really "about," not so much any obviously spelled-out theme.
The film begins with Wilson arriving in Fuerteventura, picking up a rental car and going to a modernist house in the desert, presumably where the target is, but the house is empty, and the arrival of a young woman (Nora Arnezeder) prompts him to leave. He goes into town, where he's staying at a luxury hotel, and behaves like a man on vacation (which is what he tells people who him ask why he's there). He sees a bit of live music (including a couple of performers in a hotel lounge doing an acoustic cover of Europe's "Final Countdown"
and gets to know locals, workers and fellow resort guests, including a young boy (Oscar Coleman) who sits on the floor in Wilson's hallway outside of a closed door while his parents argue. Wilson goes out for a drink and meets the same woman he saw in the house, a bartender named Gloria. Gloria will take a liking to Wilson and even bring him home to meet her mother (Fanny Ardant). Wilson and Gloria don't have the kind of relationship you think. When you find out what sort of relationship they're building, it deepens Wilson, and opens up surprising aspects of Gloria's character as well.
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https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/american-star-film-review-2024
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