The Weekly Gravy #158
Crash (2004) – **½
Available on: Amazon Freevee
Crash has been a punchline since Jack Nicholson announced, to his unconcealed surprise, that it won Best Picture. It wasn’t just that it beat Brokeback Mountain (which won Director and Adapted Screenplay) and was widely seen as a cop-out choice by an Academy that didn’t want to vote for the gay cowboy movie; it was also a divisive film, with some…
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When the homie hooks you up for your birthday! Added to theblist for #StreamTember boys! See you september first! #LoveYouMatt
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Omega Quintet Part 01 #Streamtember
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The Weekly Gravy #157
El Conde/The Count (2023) – ***½
Available on: Netflix
One might well argue that Pablo Larraín’s historical dramas are simply too interesting for the Academy. No, Neruda, Jackie, and Spencer earned a combined five Oscar nominations, none of which were for Picture or Director, and earned a whopping zero Oscars – Natalie Portman’s brilliant performance and Mica Levi’s brilliant score for Jackie…
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The Weekly Gravy #156
Ilya Muromets/Илья Муромец (1956) – ***
Available on: Kanopy (also YouTube)
When Ilya Muromets was first released in America, it was retitled The Sword and the Dragon (slightly misleading, as the dragon is a relatively minor part of the film) and redubbed; I’m curious to see that version (without the MST3K gang’s comments, thank you) because watching it in Russian with subtitles, I found the…
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Channel Update STREAMTEMBER
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