Reviews
Dave’s Academy Award Choices – 2020
This has been a crazy year. I haven’t been to a movie theater since March 2020. I have no conviction about how the Academy will
Shiva Baby: Post-Funeral Reception Comedy N...
This 77-minute film, written and directed by Emma Seligman, is based on Seligman’s short story of the same name. The vast majority of the film
The Father: The Ravages of Dementia (Amazon...
Just like “The Sound of Metal,” “The Father” has Academy Award nominations for both Best Picture and Best Actor (for Anthony Hopkins). Although not nominated
The Sound of Metal: A “Cymbalic”...
This film has Academy Award Nominations for both Best Picture and Best Actor. Riz Ahmed, playing Ruben, gives a fantastic, understated performance. If it were
Judas and the Black Messiah: A “Kille...
This is an excellent historical drama about the murder of Fred Hampton (played by Daniel Kaluuya), the Chairman of the Illinois Black Panther Party, on
I Care A Lot: A “Colorful” Blac...
Maria Grayson (Rosamund Pike) is running a fabulous scam. She has a physician who treats geriatric patients spot a good candidate for guardianship – this
Nomadland: An Isolation Odyssey! (Hulu)
“Nomadland” is a fictional drama adapted from the 2017 non-fiction book “Nomadland,” written by Jessica Bruder. The film is written and directed by Chloe Zhao
Two Of Us: An Unusual Love Story (Amazon Pr...
This film is a very interesting French love story between two elderly women – it received a Golden Globe nomination for Best Foreign Language Motion
Let Him Go: Suspenseful Family Drama (Amazo...
Kevin Costner and Diane Lane are two of my favorite actors – in this film, they play an older, long-married couple. They are both terrific,
MLK/FBI: Who Knew? (Amazon Prime)
This is an excellent and informative documentary, directed by Sam Pollard, about the FBI’s hyper-intrusive surveillance of MLK from1963-April 4, 1968 – the date of
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