Coming soon, 22 April 2026

Seen before a showing of Normal which was a hoot. I did not expect the mayor, played by Henry Winkler, to get blown up. Hehe. I was, however, disappointed at the lack of regional Minnesota accent and dialect. No mention of hotdish at the potluck. Oh well. Still, it's always good to have a Ben Wheatley movie.

 

Oceans Eleven's 25th anniversary is this year so it is returning theaters.

Coming soon, 7 April 2026

Seen before a screening of The King's Warden. It was a fine movie. South Korea's version of Oscar bait. The story went from being a comedy with village chief Eom Heung-do as a hapless doofus getting more than he bargained for in hosting an exiled official to something a bit more serious as Yi Hong-wi becomes a man, essentially, and befriends Eom Heung-do. So there's some buddy picture bits here. Things get even darker as the evil, moustache-twirling Han Myŏnghoe steps to the fore.

Plenty of feel-good stuff here with redemption on top.

Lastly, I'll note that The King's Warden was shown in one of AMC's smaller theaters but that it was well-populated. Not SRO but it seemed to be about half full or a little more than that which isn't bad for a Korean-language movie here in Madison on a Tuesday night, to my mind. And I'd bet most were of East Asian descent too.

 

Coming soon, 3 January 2025

Trailers from the screening of Nosferatu I attended at Marcus Palace. Generally speaking, the trailers are getting worse. Or, rather, the movies are getting less interesting to me.

Coming soon, 31 December

I saw Babygirl today at our local AMC outpost and was graced with 9 trailers. 9!! Death of a Unicorn looks to be fun. Lots of Soderbergh in 2025.