This week on The Movie Gourmet – a plug for my favorite romantic comedy of the year, The Baltimorons, a perfect watch-at-home choice for the Holidays.
I’ll soon post a new review of the George Clooney film Jay Kelly, which is a witty and poignant screen version of the Harry Chapin song Cat’s in the Cradle. I liked it, but you can wait until it streams on Netflix on the weekend after this one.
Thanksgiving weekend is a great time catch a prestige, or even movie, or even a popcorn movie at a movie theater. Recently, I’ve enjoyed some movies at my local multiplex equipped with Dolby’s ATMOS sound. ATMOS really enhanced the thrills in A House of Dynamite and One Battle After Another and the music in Frankenstein and Deliver Me from Nowhere. Look for it.
CURRENT MOVIES
- It Was Just an Accident: trauma, justice and complications. In theaters.
- Nouvelle Vague: a subversive trickster bets that he is an artist, too. Netflix.
- Frankenstein: who is the real monster? In theaters and on Netflix.
- A House of Dynamite: a master filmmaker reminds us of the terrifyingly plausible. Netflix.
- Blue Moon: wit and vulnerability. In theaters.
- Deliver Me from Nowhere: a genius works out his issues. In theaters.
- Die My Love: Jennifer Lawrence ablaze. In theaters.
- Nuremberg: matching wits with a master manipulator. In theaters.
- Eleanor the Great: grief, an appalling lie, redemption. Amazon, AppleTV, YouTube, Fandango.
- One Battle After Another: sometimes hilarious, sometimes thrilling, always outrageous. In theaters, but hard to find. Amazon, AppleTV, YouTube, Fandango, but expensive..
- Kissinger: he sought to justify the means. PBS, American Experience website and YouTube channel.
- Death By Lightning: a statesman, a hack, a lunatic and one great story. Netflix.Harvest: peasants get the shaft. AppleTV.
- The Baltimorons: vulnerability, recovery, good-hearted laughs. Amazon, AppleTV, YouTube Fandango.
ON TV
Turner Classic Movies is airing the 1962 version of Requiem for a Heavyweight. Anthony Quinn is Mountain Rivera, a fighter whose career is ended by a ring injury by Cassius Clay (played by the real Muhammad Ali). His manager, Jackie Gleason, continues to exploit him in this heartbreaking drama. Mickey Rooney, whose acting I usually despise, is real, natural and just perfect in this film. There’s no boxing in this clip, but it illustrates the quality of the writing and the acting.