And now it’s time for another Movie News Roundup, compiling recent movie news that’s fit to print responses to.
Category: Remember All the Movies, Terry, We’d Go See
THE FINAL YEAR (Greg Barker)
HBO Films’ The Final Year — playing in theaters now; hitting a boob-tube near you later — charts the diplomatic efforts of four key members in the Obama administration’s foreign policy team over the course of 2017, their final year in office.
DEN OF THIEVES (Christian Gudegast)
5 Strong in 12 STRONG
During the terminally forgettable stretches of 12 Strong, the only persistent saving grace is the ensemble, five of whom deserve individual shout-outs in the same vein as my recent Murder on the Orient Express piece:
12 STRONG (Nicolai Fuglsig)
You’ve almost positively absolutely definitely totally in all probability seen 12 Strong before, but that still doesn’t make it ever less than enjoyable to watch.
LOVER FOR A DAY (Philippe Garrel)
Every scene in Lover for a Day presents itself as a cinematically-constructed reflection on the nature of love and relationships.
A Meryl Streep POST-It Note
I enjoyed The Post way more than expected.
A GREATEST SHOWMAN Postscript
Last week, I ended my review of The Greatest Showman with this sentiment:
Double Features! The Sequel!! (now with a triple-feature included!!!)
And now, for some more double features:
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I Owe Hugh a Clarification
In my review of The Greatest Showman, I included this aside regarding Hugh Jackman:
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