This Week at the Movies

This Week at the Movies (Sep. 17, 2021)

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Here are some reviews of films coming out at the theater this week as well as others that may be in theaters or newly on home video.

Opening: Sep. 17, 2021

Wide (United States)

CopShop

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Limited (United States)

Blue Bayou

Laura Clifford @ Reeling Reviews

  • Excerpt: The film is deeply affecting, but Chon’s indulged too many of his ideas while not fully developing Antonio’s back story. Still, you’d have to have a heart of stone not to be moved…

The Eyes of Tammy Faye

Laura Clifford @ Reeling Reviews

  • Excerpt: There’s a whole lot of moralizing going on in…a film determined to paint her as the Martha Mitchell of Televangelism, but apparently no one listened, least of all the woman who seemed shocked that her lush lifestyle was acquired by fraud.

Lady of the Manor

Brent McKnight @ The Last Thing I See

  • Excerpt: If any of this sounds funny, don’t worry, it isn’t.

Prisoners of the Ghostland

Laura Clifford @ Reeling Reviews

  • Excerpt: Sono’s created a frontier town that looks like it was art directed out of a Chinatown five and dime… choppy and nonsensical, but it’s Sono’s world and Cage is living it up in it.

Prisoners of the Ghostland

Brent McKnight @ The Last Thing I See

  • Excerpt: Is this truly, as the actor said, the “wildest” movie Nicholas Cage has ever made? Maybe, maybe not, but it’s at least in the running.

2021 Films In Theaters Now In Select Areas

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2021 Films

Reviews: CopShop (2021)

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  • [New] | Laura Clifford @ Reeling Reviews
    • Excerpt: There’s some amount of fun to be had watching a man bun-sporting Grillo spar with Butler…But when the chess moves turn into explosions and mayhem, it’s just more of the same from Carnahan, the Cheesewhiz Tarantino.
  • [New] | Brent McKnight @ The Last Thing I See
    • Excerpt: If you expect and hope for a violent, irreverent slice of tough-guy action thriller, you will not be disappointed.
Classics & Other Film Reviews

Classics & More on DVD (Sep. 14, 2021)

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Pre-2018 Film Reviews

The Black Scorpion (1957)

Mark Leeper @ Mark Leeper’s Reviews

  • Excerpt: The 1950s could be thought of as the Golden Age of giant arthropod films and frequently giant arthropod films are mis-categorized as science fiction.

Cactus Flower (1969)

Rick Aragon @ Rick’s Texan Reviews

Down with Love (2003)

Rick Aragon @ Rick’s Texan Reviews

  • Excerpt: Down With Love is too self-aware to be the Rock Hudson/Doris Day homage it wants to be.

Dragon Seed (1944)

Rick Aragon @ Rick’s Texan Reviews

Gorky Park (1983)

Rick Aragon @ Rick’s Texan Reviews

In Old Chicago (1938)

Rick Aragon @ Rick’s Texan Reviews

No Regrets for Our Youth (1946)

Rick Aragon @ Rick’s Texan Reviews

Patterns (1956)

Rick Aragon @ Rick’s Texan Reviews

The Public Enemy (1931)

Rick Aragon @ Rick’s Texan Reviews

Stage Door (1937)

Rick Aragon @ Rick’s Texan Reviews

Stage Fright (1950)

Rick Aragon @ Rick’s Texan Reviews

A Taste of Honey (1961)

Rick Aragon @ Rick’s Texan Reviews

Tomorrow, the World! (1944)

Rick Aragon @ Rick’s Texan Reviews

The Grab Bag

From Our Members’ Desks (Sep. 13, 2021)

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OFCS members don’t just write film reviews. Here are several articles you might find interesting.

Best of Lists

5 Favorites Redux #96: Willem Dafoe

Wesley Lovell @ Cinema Sight

Interviews

Coming to Terms With the Legacy of Rick James

Candice Frederick @

Worth

Nell Minow @ moviemom.com

  • Excerpt: Our discussion was sponsored by the John F. Kennedy Library, where Feinberg served as board chairman, and we were introduced by Ambassador Caroline Kennedy. The discussion included ethics, empathy, acting, and opera.

Awards Coverage

The Friday Face Off, Losers Bracket (Losers), Round 2 #3

Wesley Lovell @ Cinema Sight

Oscar Preview: Weekend of Sep. 3-5, 2021

Wesley Lovell @ Cinema Sight

Poll: Remaking Best Makeup & Hairstyling, 2002

Wesley Lovell @ Cinema Sight

Video Essays, Video Reviews, Vlogs & More

Mohammad Rasoulof’s Brave and Brilliant ‘There Is No Evil’

Michael Barrett @ PopMatters

Other Types of Articles

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This Week at the Movies (Sep. 10, 2021)

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Here are some reviews of films coming out at the theater this week as well as others that may be in theaters or newly on home video.

Opening: Sep. 10, 2021

Limited (United States)

Language Lessons

Laura Clifford @ Reeling Reviews

  • Excerpt: These two are so enjoyable to watch even those thoroughly sick of Zoom calls, which I believe encompasses just about everyone, will forget about the format, Morales propelling the narrative by switching up backgrounds in creative ways.

Small Engine Repair

Laura Clifford @ Reeling Reviews

  • Excerpt: while Pollono is adept at drawing his male characters, he tips his hand too strongly with his plot developments, draining all surprise from what should be a shocking turn of events. What he leaves us with is a strong, regional character study…

2021 Films In Theaters Now In Select Areas

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Classics & Other Film Reviews

Classics & More on DVD (Sep. 7, 2021)

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Pre-2018 Film Reviews

American Beauty (1999)

James Wegg @

  • Excerpt: “There’s nothing worse in life than being ordinary”

Gandhi (1982)

James Wegg @

  • Excerpt: One incredible life

Lord of the Rings – Return of the King (2003)

James Wegg @

  • Excerpt: Art by Spectacle
The Grab Bag

From Our Members’ Desks (Sep. 6, 2021)

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OFCS members don’t just write film reviews. Here are several articles you might find interesting.

Best of Lists

11 Times Movies And TV Shows Changed Real-World Fashion

Mike McGranaghan @ Ranker

14 Movies All About Tracking One Very Valuable Person

Mike McGranaghan @ Ranker

5 Favorites Redux #95: Films I Would Like to See (from This Week’s Releases’ Stars)

Wesley Lovell @ Cinema Sight

Interviews

Nia DaCosta on ‘Candyman’ and the Power of Terrifying Legends

Candice Frederick @ New York Times

Tributes

Constructively Curmudgeonly: Ed Asner 1929-2021

Nell Minow @ rogerebert.com

  • Excerpt: Asner’s best-remembered roles had him playing tough, sometimes irascible, forceful characters, who might, somewhere, have some hidden tenderness.

Awards Coverage

The Friday Face-Off, Losers Bracket (Losers), Round 2 #2

Wesley Lovell @ Cinema Sight

Poll: Remaking Best Makeup & Hairstyling, 2001

Wesley Lovell @ Cinema Sight

Other Types of Articles

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This Week at the Movies (Sep. 3, 2021)

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Here are some reviews of films coming out at the theater this week as well as others that may be in theaters or newly on home video.

Opening: Sep. 3, 2021

Wide (United States)

Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings

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Limited (United States)

Yakuza Princess

Lee Jutton @ Film Inquiry

  • Excerpt: Co-written and directed by Brazilian filmmaker Vicente Amorim, Yakuza Princess stars Japanese singer-songwriter Masumi as a young woman living in São Paulo who discovers she is heiress to half of Japan’s yakuza crime syndicate — and the other half is trying to kill her. Yet when one looks beyond the immediate novelty of the film’s title, one is taken aback by how dull and derivative Yakuza Princess actually is.

2021 Films In Theaters Now In Select Areas

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2021 Films

Reviews: Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (2021)

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  • [New] | Mark Hobin @ Fast Film Reviews
    • Excerpt: Wow! That fight scene on the bus alone is worth the price of admission.
  • Aaron Neuwirth @ We Live Entertainment
    • Excerpt: The best standalone MCU film since Black Panther.
  • Matt Oakes @
    • Excerpt: ‘Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings’ introduces new heroes, new landscapes, new powers, and new threats, giving us a more fantasy-inspired taste of Marvel’s Cinematic Universe. But stiff performances, iffy dialogue, and a general sense of familiarity keeps the superhero action grounded.
  • Eddie Pasa @ Gunaxin
  • [New] | Sebastian Zavala @ Me Gusta El Cine [Spanish]
    • Excerpt: As an origin story, “Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings” works very well, and as an action-fantasy movie, it isn’t too bad either.
Classics & Other Film Reviews

Classics & More on DVD (Aug. 31, 2021)

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Pre-2018 Film Reviews

Citizen Kane (1941)

Josh Taylor @ The Forgetful Film Critic

  • Excerpt: Citizen Kane is a masterwork, from conception to execution. This intense study of one man’s loves, losses, obsessions, and rage is endlessly fascinating.

Make Way for Tomorrow (1937)

Wesley Lovell @ Cinema Sight

Return to Oz (1985)

Gregory J. Smalley @ 366 Weird Movies

  • Excerpt: It has that magical “Oz” spirit—minus the music, which obviously wasn’t part of Baum’s original work—and it’s easy to see why those who first saw it as kids fell in love with it.

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