This week on The Movie Gourmet – new reviews of the distopian AI thriller Mercy and the unusually thoughtful romantic dramedy Is This Thing On?
Note: The engrossing indie family drama East of Wall and the historical psychodrama Nuremberg are now both on Netflix.
CURRENT MOVIES
- Is This Thing On? uncoiling the bewilderment of a break-up. Hulu (included,) Amazon, AppleTV.
- Heel: don’t try this at home. Amazon, AppleTV, YouTube, Fandango.
- La Grazia: it’s time to get past his malaise. Amazon, AppleTV.
- The Bride!: a funnier Bonnie and Clyde, with monsters.In theaters.
- Fackham Hall: silly, low-brow, and that’s okay. HBO Max (free), Amazon, AppleTV.
- A Private Life: a shrink and her own issues. Amazon, AppleTV, YouTube.
- Mercy: not as good as the premise. Amazon (included with Prime), AppleTV.
ON TV
Set your DVRs to record the 1996 John Sayles masterpiece Lone Star on April 9 on Turner Classic Movies. It’s a great multi-generational story of mystery, corruption, racism, forbidden love and redemption, and the screenplay was nominated for an Academy Award. The cast is also phenomenal: Chris Cooper, Matthew McConaughey, Kris Kristofferson, Elizabeth Pena, Francis McDormand, Miriam Colon, Joe Morton and Ron Canada.
I love and admire this film so much, and I was amazed to see that I hadn’t written about it in the 15-year history of this blog. So, on Monday, I’ll be publishing a full review.
