The Royal Tenenbaums
April 24, 2018
The eccentric members of a dysfunctional family reluctantly gather under the same roof for various reasons.
Film #597
Rating: 2 out of 5
This blog started as my movie marathon — watching a movie a day for a whole year — and has continued as a place for me to write reviews about movies, TV, and various other items.
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April 24, 2018
The eccentric members of a dysfunctional family reluctantly gather under the same roof for various reasons.
Film #597
Rating: 2 out of 5
April 22, 2018
Two parents do what it takes to keep their children and soon to be newborn safe in a world full of creatures hunting every sound they can hear. Not a sound can be heard from the family hiding in silence, but all it takes is one noise and everything can go wrong.
Film #596
Rating: 4 out of 5
April 10, 2018
A veteran tracker with the Fish and Wildlife Service helps to investigate the murder of a young Native American woman, and uses the case as a means of seeking redemption for an earlier act of irresponsibility which ended in tragedy.
Film #595
Rating: 4 out of 5
April 9, 2018
A businessman thwarts his wife's bequest of an estate to another woman.
Film #594
Rating: 2 out of 5
April 7, 2018
When Bryan Fogel sets out to uncover the truth about doping in sports, a chance meeting with a Russian scientist transforms his story from a personal experiment into a geopolitical thriller involving dirty urine, unexplained death and Olympic Gold-exposing the biggest scandal in sports history.
Film #593
Rating: 4 out of 5
April 6, 2018
A police detective, a bank robber, and a high-power broker enter high-stakes negotiations after the criminal's brilliant heist spirals into a hostage situation.
Film #592
Rating: 4 out of 5
March 26, 2018
Conrad (Jason Bateman) is helped by his old friend Dylan (Billy Crudup) and returns the favor by falling for Dylan's girlfriend Beatrice (Olivia Wilde).
Film #591
Rating: 3 out of 5
March 22, 2018
Noah spends the perfect first night with Avery, the girl of his dreams, but gets relegated to the friend zone. He spends the next three years wondering what went wrong - until he gets the unexpected chance to travel back in time and change that night - and his fate - over and over again.
Film #590
Rating: 3 out of 5
March 14, 2018
The former World Heavyweight Champion Rocky Balboa serves as a trainer and mentor to Adonis Johnson, the son of his late friend and former rival Apollo Creed.
Film #589
Rating: 4 out of 5
March 11, 2018
T'Challa, the King of Wakanda, rises to the throne in the isolated, technologically advanced African nation, but his claim is challenged by a vengeful outsider who was a childhood victim of T'Challa's father's mistake.
Film #588
Rating: 4 out of 5