I love the movies, but I must admit I go to a movie theater only rarely and don't even watch that many flicks at home. Not only does it seem like fewer and fewer worthwhile movies are being made nowadays, its hard to find reviews that I feel I can rely upon to know whether or not its worth my spending the time and money to go see them. Years ago we had Siskel and Ebert, both now long deceased. I personally found the more down to earth, less esoteric Siskel more in line with my likes and dislikes of films than I did Ebert, but both were solid and worthwhile critics to pay attention to. Now, other than Michael Phillips in the Chicago Tribune I hardly know of any movie critics. There are hundreds of movie critic blogs, but I have yet to find one that I can consistently go to for an understanding of some new film just out or coming out. So I'm asking if any of you movie fans out there have found a movie critic blog or blogs that are worth following, meaning that they cover most if not all new movie releases and where the evaluation and description of the movie matches roughly at least with your personal impression when you see the movie yourself. And for what its worth, I'll mention a movie I just watched that was certainly worth watching, even if the film is a real downer. It was "Manchester by the Sea", and Casey Afleck 's performance is superb and certainly deserving of his winning the Best Actor award. The film shows a man who has closed himself off from emotions and how his developing relationship with the nephew that he barely knows starts to humanize him again. Sort of a remake of a sort of the 1964 film that won Rod Steiger an Academy Award nomination for best actor, "The Pawnbroker".
I really miss Siskel and Ebert
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I always enjoyed Siskel & Ebert... but what I remember most is when they reviewed the worse Japanese Scifies..... one, can't remember which, the monster had stomped every city in Japan and it seems the folks making the movie ran out of things to destroy and so the scientist in charge of stopping the critter went before the U.N. and stated, "Things are so bad, they've never been this bad before!"
What I got out of this is that this is the theme these days of news channels as well as especially the weather channel.....
What I got out of this is that this is the theme these days of news channels as well as especially the weather channel.....
If you have never seen "The Pawnbroker", by all means do see it. The cinematography, direction and Rod Stieger's acting are phenomenal.
Jeff
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The storyline of the Pawnbroker is certainly different from that of Manchester by the Sea, but the underlying theme is the same. It is about a man who has suffered an almost unimaginable tragedy and has closed himself off emotionally as a means of dealing with what he has suffered. But involvement with a young person ends up starting to open up the closed emotions and renew the humanity of the main protagonist.
