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https://www.blogger.com/profile/01130460547029155342 Blogger: User Profile: TrustMovies Blogger is a blog publishing tool from Google for easily sharing your thoughts with the world. Blogger makes it simple to post text, photos and video onto your... blogger user profile trustmovies https://trustmovies.blogspot.com/2016/10/in-drew-waters-rom-com-tear-jerker-new.html TrustMovies: In Drew Waters' rom-com tear-jerker, NEW LIFE, cancer and cute prove a deadly combo The new indie rom-com-drama NEW LIFE ( Nouvelle vie ) is a made-in-the-USA product so why, I wonder, does it it need that French transl... https://trustmovies.blogspot.com/2015/01/coal-mining-country-comes-to-life-and.html TrustMovies: Coal-mining country comes to life -- and death -- in Sara Colangelo's film, LITTLE... The first thing that came to mind as the credits began to roll at the end of LITTLE ACCIDENTS -- a film about which I had read nothing,... https://trustmovies.blogspot.com/2017/05/stefan-zweig-farewell-to-europe-maria.html TrustMovies: STEFAN ZWEIG: FAREWELL TO EUROPE -- Maria Schrader's look at the Austrian writer What a smart, resourceful and especially interesting idea it was for actress/filmmaker Maria Schrader to conceive of a film about the l... https://trustmovies.blogspot.com/2013/08/the-french-come-through-again-gilles.html?m=0 TrustMovies: The French come through again: Gilles Legrand's riveting YOU WILL BE MY SON Leaping genres like crazy -- family drama to father/son face-off to mystery thriller to socio-economic-class treatise to a film about ho... https://trustmovies.blogspot.com/2009/02/film-comment-selects-again-at-nycs-wrt.html TrustMovies: FILM COMMENT SELECTS -- once again -- at New York City's Walter Reade Theater The annual Film Society of Lincoln Center series that I suspect provokes the most "What?!" comments debuts tomorrow, 2/20, at the Walter Re... https://trustmovies.blogspot.com/2015/09/noaz-deshes-white-shadow-shows-us.html?m=0 TrustMovies: Noaz Deshe's WHITE SHADOW shows us the frightful, lurid, awful life of an African... Uncompromising. That might be a pretty good word to describe a movie like WHITE SHADOW , which, though it sounds like a possible dog o... https://trustmovies.blogspot.com/2013/07/an-original-seeks-distribution-mark.html TrustMovies: An "original" seeks distribution: Mark Lewis' funny, sweet and crazy WILD GIRL WALTZ Every once-in-a-while a movie comes along that seems so quirky and odd, yet genuinely its-own-thing, that you're certain it's a sho... https://trustmovies.blogspot.com/2018/07/streaming-must-hugh-grant-renaissance.html TrustMovies: Streaming must: The Hugh Grant renaissance continues via Stephen Frear's tone-perfect... Never off the grid of television or movie screens for more than a year or so, at longest, British actor Hugh Grant is now approaching h... https://trustmovies.blogspot.com/2008/10/dvdebuts-last-weeks-mixed-blessings.html?m=0 TrustMovies: DVDebuts: Last Week's Mixed Blessings Nothing I've seen over the past week or so rates as chaff -- which is a blessing in itself. The films below, which may not have made my "wh... last week trustmovies mixed blessings https://trustmovies.blogspot.com/2016/08/robert-greenwalds-latest-agitprop.html?m=0 TrustMovies: Robert Greenwald's latest agitprop, MAKING A KILLING, takes on the NRA. Good luck, Bob! You've got hand it to Robert Greenwald , that seemingly indefatigable maker of movies (most of them documentaries) -- 86 as producer and... https://trustmovies.blogspot.com/2011/04/diy-ana-zins-head-over-spurs-in-love.html TrustMovies: DIY: Ana Zins' HEAD OVER SPURS IN LOVE proves an alternately perky/jerky rom-com How you find distribution for a relatively standard romantic comedy without any "names" attached? That's the problem facing filmmaker Ana Z... https://trustmovies.blogspot.com/2009/10/documentary-food-beware-comes-to.html?m=0 TrustMovies: Documentary FOOD BEWARE comes to theaters via FRF and Jean-Paul Jaud Toward the beginning of this French docu- mentary (made last year), in the midst of a European conference one of the speakers tells us that ... https://trustmovies.blogspot.com/2015/04/victor-levins-little-treasure-5-to-7.html?m=0 TrustMovies: Victor Levin's little treasure, 5 TO 7: Out of the blue comes the best love story in... An instant classic, as well as the finest love story -- small, endearing but enduring, full of surprise, sadness and joy -- that I've s... https://trustmovies.blogspot.com/2019/04/five-fine-films-on-netflix-streaming.html?m=1 TrustMovies: Five fine films on Netflix streaming: LADY J, YOUR SON, MIRAGE, THE CLAPPER and A... Will Forte and Dohmnall Gleeson (shown below, left and right, respectively) are terrific in this very cleverly handled bio-pic about t... https://trustmovies.blogspot.com/2021/03/erez-pereys-interrogation-landmark-film.html TrustMovies: Erez Perey's THE INTERROGATION, a landmark film, finally arrives in the USA via home... Made back in 2016, THE INTERROGATION -- the Israeli film co-written (with Sari Turgeman ) and directed by Erez Perey (shown below) -- ha... https://trustmovies.blogspot.com/2013/05/for-love-of-game-bobbito-garcia-kevin.html?m=0 TrustMovies: For love of the game: Bobbito Garcia & Kevin Couliau's DOIN' IT IN THE PARK proves one... From its first action-filled frames and the filmmakers' gracious nod to the inventor of basketball ( James Naismith ) and what he hoped ... https://trustmovies.blogspot.com/2010/04/everyone-else-maren-ades-sophomore.html?m=0 TrustMovies: EVERYONE ELSE, Maren Ade's sophomore splendor, arrives via Cinema Guild With only two full-length films to her credit, German writer/director Maren Ade (shown below) appears to have the ability to burn in... everyone else maren ade https://trustmovies.blogspot.com/2012/11/ang-lees-life-of-pi-no-turkey-folks.html TrustMovies: Ang Lee's LIFE OF PI -- it's no turkey -- opens for Thanksgiving in major U.S. cities What an unusual film -- lovely, rich and nipping at the heel of profundity -- is LIFE OF PI , written by David Magee and directed by A... https://trustmovies.blogspot.com/2015/11/sacrifice-caring-sarah-gavronabi.html TrustMovies: Sacrifice & caring: Sarah Gavron/Abi Morgan's bone-deep feminist history, SUFFRAGETTE Maud Watts, one of the drab but determined protagonists of the new film, SUFFRAGETTE , doesn't have much to show for her life: a poorly-... https://trustmovies.blogspot.com/2017/02/jeff-nichols-overlooked-but-deserving.html?m=0 TrustMovies: Jeff Nichols' overlooked-but-deserving LOVING arrives on digital HD, Blu-ray and DVD LOVING has garnered but a single Oscar nomination, though it is certainly as deserving of 14 of these as is the over-rated but its-abou... https://trustmovies.blogspot.com/2013/02/the-battle-of-pussy-willow-creek-wendy.html TrustMovies: THE BATTLE OF PUSSY WILLOW CREEK: Wendy Jo Cohen's mockdoc does Civil War, Gays,... So where were all the "others" during our much-vaunted, -heralded, -written-and-filmed-about Civil War? Over the past 12 months alone, w... https://trustmovies.blogspot.com/2016/03/the-stories-of-israel-palestine.html TrustMovies: The stories of Israel & Palestine converge in Dorman & Rudavsky's exceptional doc,... One of the most memorable documentaries TrustMovies has seen during this new century was Joseph Dorman 's wonderful Sholem Aleichem: La... https://trustmovies.blogspot.com/2013/05/matthew-mieles-successmoneycelebrity.html?m=0 TrustMovies: Matthew Miele's success/money/celebrity fest: SCATTER MY ASHES AT BERGDORF'S If you follow TrustMovies , you'll already know how little interest he possesses in the subject of "fashion." That said, he did immensely... https://trustmovies.blogspot.com/2013/04/a-connection-between-violence-and-art.html TrustMovies: A connection between violence and art? You jest. As does Boris Rodriguez's goofy... A hoot, a goof and a lark about art -- and its sometimes neces-sary attraction to vio-lence for its inspiration -- the new "horror" film... https://trustmovies.blogspot.com/2013/08/netflix-streaming-tip-cusack-akerman-in.html?m=0 TrustMovies: Netflix streaming tip: Cusack & Akerman in Barfoed/Frazier's THE NUMBERS STATION As usual, out of seemingly nowhere, a whole bunch of new movies appear via Netflix's streaming capability, and you're left wondering, "S... https://trustmovies.blogspot.com/2016/10/movie-sop-for-seniors-rosemary.html?showComment=1537216403483 TrustMovies: Movie sop for seniors: Rosemary Rodriguez's SILVER SKIES hits Florida theaters this... It's true that we seniors enjoy seeing ourselves up there on the (as we used to call it) silver screen, but I suspect a lot of us may br... https://trustmovies.blogspot.com/2014/07/blu-raydvdebut-jeremy-saulniers-smart.html?m=1 TrustMovies: Blu-ray/DVDebut: Jeremy Saulnier's smart, thought-provoking vengeance tale, BLUE RUIN One of the most oddball, funny and smart/sleazily enjoyable slasher comedies TrustMovies has seen -- the 2007 Murder Party -- suddenly... https://trustmovies.blogspot.com/2012/06/dvdebut-project-x-deserves-look-see.html TrustMovies: DVDebut: PROJECT X deserves a look-see from any audience appreciating anarchy Disappearing far too fast from the typically mainstream, sound-bitten, and afraid-to-encounter-something-different radar, the R-rated ... https://trustmovies.blogspot.com/2013/06/part-ii-of-one-of-most-important-docs.html?m=0 TrustMovies: Part II of one of the most important docs (physician and film) of the Millennium --... First a note: TrustMovies ' review of the original Burzynski film, together with a long interview with the filmmaker Eric Merola (you c... the most important https://trustmovies.blogspot.com/2012/08/marcel-rasquins-hermano-brotherhood.html?m=1 TrustMovies: Marcel Rasquin's HERMANO: brotherhood, futbol, life & death in one swell melodrama If the opening of HERMANO -- the sound of a baby crying and what follows -- doesn't grab you immediately, you probably shouldn't both... https://trustmovies.blogspot.com/2014/08/more-mileage-accrues-to-old-star-trek.html TrustMovies: More mileage accrues to old Star Trek franchise, as Jennifer M. Kroot's TO BE TAKEI... Wow. They're still here. Most of 'em, anyway. TrustMovies is speaking of the old (and original) group of actors from Star Trek , that s... https://trustmovies.blogspot.com/2010/01/drool-opens-in-la-laura-harring-stars.html TrustMovies: DROOL opens (in L.A.); Laura Harring stars in Nancy Kissam's comedy How nice to see Laura Harring , the voluptuous young lady from Mulholland Drive (the one whose career did not take off like a house afire... https://trustmovies.blogspot.com/2012/09/nyff50-theres-passion-tonight-later-too.html TrustMovies: NYFF50: There's PASSION tonight (later, too) as Brian De Palma's newest unveils Might as well come right out with it: PASSION , the new film from Brian De Palma which has its American debut at the New York Film Festi... https://trustmovies.blogspot.com/2018/02/another-attempt-at-nouveau-horror-in.html TrustMovies: Another attempt at nouveau horror in Philip Gelatt's 2-character creep-out, THEY REMAIN Somewhat similar to last year's all-atmosphere/low-on-plot-and-characterization movie, It Comes at Night , this new film -- the sophomor... https://trustmovies.blogspot.com/2011/07/good-neighbors-opens-jacob-tierneys.html TrustMovies: GOOD NEIGHBORS opens--Jacob Tierney's naughty, black "crimedy" from Canada Last year Canadian writer/director/actor Jacob Tierney , gave us a mostly unheral-ded but fun little social/political comedy called The Trot... good neighbors jacob tierney https://trustmovies.blogspot.com/2013/11/catching-up-with-australian-classic-ted.html TrustMovies: Catching up with an Australian classic: Ted Kotcheff's and Evan Jones' WAKE IN FRIGHT You've probably heard of this Aussie film from 1971, just as I had. In fact I was certain I'd seen it when it made its U.S. debut. Bu... https://trustmovies.blogspot.com/2015/09/discover-everlasting-in-tim-grabham.html?m=0 TrustMovies: Discover the everlasting in Tim Grabham & Jasper Sharp's doc, THE CREEPING GARDEN One of the most information-packed documentaries imaginable -- on a subject about which most of us know next to nothing -- THE CREEPIN... https://trustmovies.blogspot.com/2013/06/brad-bernsteins-tomi-ungerer-story.html TrustMovies: Brad Bernstein's TOMI UNGERER STORY -- that famous/unknown children's book artist Why does so much of the work of Tomi Ungerer , considered by some -- most likely the very old or the very young -- to be one of the world... https://trustmovies.blogspot.com/2010/09/what-if-hercules-found-jesus-if-angel.html?showComment=1283636186233&m=0 TrustMovies: Kevin Sorbo and Kristy Swanson in Dallas Jenkins' Christianity-themed WHAT IF... What if Hercules found Jesus? What if an angel, disguised as a tow-truck driver, showed him how his life should have turned out? What if ... https://trustmovies.blogspot.com/2012/05/the-try-anything-josh-lucas-scores.html?showComment=1358956494378&m=0 TrustMovies: The try-anything Josh Lucas scores again in Chris Eyre/Peter Vanderwall's HIDE AWAY How talented, how versatile is Josh Lucas ? The 40-year-old actor may look the same from role to role, but he continues to grow -- wh... https://trustmovies.blogspot.com/2012/09/stephen-elliotts-about-cherry-views.html?m=0 TrustMovies: Stephen Elliott's ABOUT CHERRY views the porn industry from an interesting angle Not great, but better than many of its reviews might indicate, ABOUT CHERRY , the new film from fledgling co-writer (with Lorelei Lee ) ... https://trustmovies.blogspot.com/2013/06/elijah-wood-attempts-manhood-in-franck.html?m=0 TrustMovies: Elijah Wood attempts manhood in the Franck Khalfoun remake, MANIAC Mommy's little boy grows up (or actually, doesn't) in the homage-y remake MANIAC , in which Elijah Wood (partially shown on poster at... elijah wood in the franck khalfoun trustmovies attempts https://trustmovies.blogspot.com/2011/11/patrick-wangs-lengthy-but-lovely-in.html TrustMovies: Patrick Wang's lengthy-but-lovely IN THE FAMILY probes prejudice and its handling with... For two weeks now, New York City's Quad Cinema has presented unusual narrative films with interesting things in common, not least among the... https://trustmovies.blogspot.com/2009/03/peter-davis-hearts-and-minds-is-back.html TrustMovies: Peter Davis' HEARTS & MINDS is back -- and we're still trying to win them Those three resounding words hearts and minds were used back in the late 60s and early 70s as the catch-phrase for what America wanted/need... https://trustmovies.blogspot.com/2013/06/netflix-streaming-tip-french-tv-series.html?showComment=1405078879582 TrustMovies: Netflix streaming tip: The French TV series SPIRAL offers cops, judges, (in)justice... If you, like I, have been hearing for some time how very good is the French TV series SPIRAL ( Engrenages ) -- all about (among other s... https://trustmovies.blogspot.com/2012/05/the-try-anything-josh-lucas-scores.html?showComment=1592711841725&m=0 TrustMovies: The try-anything Josh Lucas scores again in Chris Eyre/Peter Vanderwall's HIDE AWAY How talented, how versatile is Josh Lucas ? The 40-year-old actor may look the same from role to role, but he continues to grow -- wh... https://trustmovies.blogspot.com/2013/12/?m=0 TrustMovies: December 2013 Movie criticism (mostly foreign films, documentaries and independents: big Hollywood product hardly needs more marketing), very occasional interviews from... trustmovies december https://trustmovies.blogspot.com/2014/08/blu-raydvdebut-teplitzkyboycepaterson.html TrustMovies: Blu-ray/DVDebut: the Teplitzky/Boyce/Paterson adaptation of Eric Lomax's THE RAILWAY... "The Japanese: such a cruel race." That line from the film version of Bridget Jones' Diary , spoken by Gemma Jones with utter panache ... https://trustmovies.blogspot.com/2009/08/alexis-dos-santos-unmade-beds-opens-at.html?showComment=1259775271696&m=0 TrustMovies: Alexis Dos Santos' UNMADE BEDS opens at Lincoln Plaza & the IFC Center As messy as its title would indicate -- and just as warm and fragrant -- UNMADE BEDS , the second full-length feature from Alexis Dos Santos... alexis dos santos https://trustmovies.blogspot.com/2013/07/an-agenda-free-gun-doc-in-girl-and-gun.html TrustMovies: An agenda-free gun doc? In A GIRL AND A GUN, Cathryne Czubek comes pretty close. Wow. A documentary all about guns (and the ladies who lunch on them) that either does not have a pro or con agenda or seeks to bury it f... https://trustmovies.blogspot.com/2011/07/jeremy-seiferts-dive-small-documentary.html?m=0 TrustMovies: Jeremy Seifert's DIVE! -- a small documentary with large import DIVE! Living Off America's Waste -- one of the must-see documentaries of the year -- begins like a Who Knew? movie extolling the virtues... trustmovies jeremy seifert dive https://trustmovies.blogspot.com/2010/12/johnnie-tos-vengeance-gets-theatrical.html?m=0 TrustMovies: Johnnie To's VENGEANCE gets a theatrical release -- after VOD, DVD and streaming You could have seen it on VOD, and you can now see it via DVD and streaming. Yet here it is opening on a theater screen. However you view it... https://trustmovies.blogspot.com/2010/02/red-riding-trilogy-julian-jarrold-james.html TrustMovies: Julian Jarrold, James Marsh, Anand Tucker tackle the RED RIDING TRILOGY Something new in cinema (though per- haps not so much in TV), the RED RIDING TRILOGY consists of three separate films, adapted by a singl... julian jarrold james marsh anand tucker https://trustmovies.blogspot.com/2018/12/big-time-oscar-bait-favourite-yorgos.html TrustMovies: Big-time Oscar bait: THE FAVOURITE, Yorgos Lanthimos' most entertaining and accessible... We've already seen as number of films this year with a terrific lead performance from a woman -- Kelly MacDonald in Puzzle , Julianne Mo... https://trustmovies.blogspot.com/2013/01/joe-raffas-6-degrees-of-hell-what-hell.html TrustMovies: Joe Raffa's 6 DEGREES OF HELL: What the hell has the hand-held revolution wrought? What's this ? TrustMovies asked himself as the Bu-ray edition of 6 DEGREES OF HELL fell out of the envelope and onto his floor. Had he... https://trustmovies.blogspot.com/2014/06/martin-provost-tackles-his-second.html?m=0 TrustMovies: Martin Provost tackles his second creative French woman of time past, and Emmanuelle... He's back with the broads. That is to say: one of France's very fine filmmakers, Martin Provost , is again doing what it appears he does... https://trustmovies.blogspot.com/2012/04/juicy-malcolm-mcdowell-in-tim-cheys.html TrustMovies: A juicy Malcolm McDowell in Tim Chey's SUING THE DEVIL: good, Christian schlock TrustMovies understood even better the bedrock appeal of Christian fundamentalism from the very beginning of the scripture-thumping movi... https://trustmovies.blogspot.com/2016/09/romance-and-history-get-good-going-over.html?m=0 TrustMovies: Romance and history get a good going-over in Jenni Olson's hour-long doc, THE ROYAL... A combination of California (and U.S.) history, lesbian confessional, geography lesson and meditation on the human condition -- who we a... https://trustmovies.blogspot.com/2013/03/meet-philip-roth-digitally-but-for-free.html TrustMovies: Meet Philip Roth--digitally, but for free!--at NYC's Film Forum in this new documentary The title may be PHILIP ROTH: UNMASKED , but since we're watching a documentary made for the uber-prestigious American Masters series f... https://trustmovies.blogspot.com/2015/10/stephen-s-campanellis-knock-your-socks.html TrustMovies: Stephen S. Campanelli's knock-your-socks-off MOMENTUM offers exactly that -- in spades Say hello to a nifty new action director, whose first film -- MOMENTUM -- proves an object lesson in how to make a first-class action f... knock your socks off https://trustmovies.blogspot.com/2010/03/white-stripes-under-great-white.html TrustMovies: WHITE STRIPES: Under the Great White Northern Lights debuts at SXSW & simultaneously... Going into the film at hand, TrustMovies knew nothing about the Detroit-based man/woman musical twosome, The Whites Stripes , who alternate... the great northern white stripes https://trustmovies.blogspot.com/2009/10/land-of-lost-makes-dvdebut-its-lot.html TrustMovies: LAND OF THE LOST makes DVDebut; it's a lot more fun than you've heard (or read) Reviews for LAND OF THE LOST were generally so terrible that we almost skipped it auto- matically. I should know better. Film- wise, I've ... https://trustmovies.blogspot.com/2013/10/kevin-williamson-marcos-siegas-dark-tv.html?m=0 TrustMovies: Kevin Williamson & Marcos Siega's dark TV series THE FOLLOWING is a fast, smart,... Home-grown terrorism is among the topics most Americans would rather forget. Easier, of course, to blame "terrorism" on outsiders, forei... https://trustmovies.blogspot.com/2014/12/rax-rinnekangas-finnish-fantasy-drama.html TrustMovies: Rax Rinnekangas' Finnish fantasy drama THEO'S HOUSE links home, lost love &... The premise of the new oddball drama from Finland, THEO'S HOUSE , which is having its world theatrical premiere here in New York City,... https://trustmovies.blogspot.com/2008/10/jaime-rosales-film-that-demands-us.html TrustMovies: Jaime Rosales -- and a film that demands U.S. distribution: An appreciation (of sorts)... To clear the air immedi-ately, the film mentioned above is not Bullet in the Head . Rather, it's Rosales' earlier movie La Soledad ( Solit... https://trustmovies.blogspot.com/2009/01/zizeks-crash-course-on-movies-perverts.html TrustMovies: Zizek's Crash Course on Movies: PERVERT'S GUIDE TO CINEMA at IFC Could there be a better "Amen" to TrustMovies's own philosophy of why films are so important to our culture and our world than the final m... https://trustmovies.blogspot.com/2012/03/jannicke-systad-jacobsons-turn-me-on.html?m=0 TrustMovies: Jannicke Systad Jacobson's TURN ME ON, DAMMIT! Teen-age love 'n lust in Norway Have raging hormones ever been portrayed quite as delightfully as in TURN ME ON, DAMMIT! , the new, Norwegian, not-quite-coming-of-age movie... https://trustmovies.blogspot.com/2013/09/in-joe-berlingers-hank-5-years-from.html?m=0 TrustMovies: In Joe Berlinger's HANK: 5 YEARS FROM THE BRINK, Mr. Paulson tells his side of the... With so very much to view out there in Netflix streaming-land, TrustMovi es is not sure he'd have watched HANK: 5 YEARS FROM THE BRINK ... https://trustmovies.blogspot.com/2010/06/seek-out-bursynski-documentary-and.html?showComment=1309892236531&m=0 TrustMovies: Seek out BURZYNSKI (maybe its doctor, too) in Eric Merola's new documentary ;... TrustMovies can sometimes be too credulous. He admits this. He would like to think it is part of his charm, but it is more likely related... https://trustmovies.blogspot.com/2019/02/ TrustMovies: February 2019 Movie criticism (mostly foreign films, documentaries and independents: big Hollywood product hardly needs more marketing), very occasional interviews from... trustmovies february https://trustmovies.blogspot.com/2012/09/nat-christians-monday-morning-gets-its.html TrustMovies: Nat Christian's MONDAY MORNING gets its New York debut via New Filmmakers at AFA This past February TrustMovies reported on a new film just then opening in Los Angeles, that, though it proved a mixed bag, had some wond... https://trustmovies.blogspot.com/2014/03/hot-hard-and-rather-enjoyable-james.html?m=0 TrustMovies: Hot, hard, and rather enjoyable: James Franco and Travis Mathews' INTERIOR. LEATHER BAR After making the rounds of some festival circuits (Sundance, Berlin, in Turkey and Taiwan, and then various GLBT fests), INTERIOR. LEATH... https://trustmovies.blogspot.com/2013/03/the-guskinjennings-down-shore-offers.html?m=0 TrustMovies: The Guskin/Jennings DOWN THE SHORE offers a thick slice of Jersey miserabilism Whoa -- can any life get much more depressing and awful than that of the New Jersey-ites profiled in this new movie? Well, yes, I supp... https://trustmovies.blogspot.com/2015/03/in-going-clear-scientology-and-prison.html?m=0 TrustMovies: In GOING CLEAR: Scientology and the Prison of Belief, Alex Gibney tackles that... My first experience with Scientology occurred back in the mid 1970s, when neighbors of mine in Pacific Palisades, California, who ha... https://trustmovies.blogspot.com/2015/09/queen-crab-attacks-as-brett-piper-takes.html TrustMovies: QUEEN CRAB attacks, as Brett Piper takes us back to the sci-fi days of early Roger... What goofy, old-fashioned fun (for awhile, at least), as filmmaker Brett Piper does a funny, often nifty homage to everything from stop... https://trustmovies.blogspot.com/2010/04/good-bad-weird-opens-spaghetti-western.html?showComment=1274739477424 TrustMovies: THE GOOD, THE BAD, THE WEIRD opens: Spaghetti Western with a twist The Wild West: An ancient locomotive speeds along a railroad track, as the passengers in the cars behind it chat, snooze, play cards, or ni... the good spaghetti western trustmovies bad weird https://trustmovies.blogspot.com/2016/05/gerard-barretts-glassland-combines.html TrustMovies: Gerard Barrett's GLASSLAND combines subtlety and melodrama to odd effect Having recently seen the very fine American-Irish actor Jack Reynor in Sing Street , TrustMovies was fired up to view him in another I... barrett s https://trustmovies.blogspot.com/2014/10/songs-of-love-death-in-rudderless.html TrustMovies: Songs of love & death: In RUDDERLESS William H. Macy gives Billy Crudup one hell of a... Talk about a fine actor who has appeared in a few too many less-than-fine films (from Grind to Watchmen to Thin Ice ) yet just never s... https://trustmovies.blogspot.com/2014/03/denis-villeneuve-bounces-back-with.html?m=0 TrustMovies: Denis Villeneuve bounces back with the tasty, dark Jake Gyllenhaal double-header, ENEMY To those of you, including me, who found the recent Denis Villeneuve movie, Prisoners , obvious, tiresome and excrucia-tingly overlong, ... https://trustmovies.blogspot.com/2011/11/oren-movermans-rampart-grueling.html?m=0 TrustMovies: Oren Moverman's RAMPART: grueling, edifying character study of a dirty cop It is telling, I think, that Oren Moverman 's new film RAMPART (his sophomore directing effort, following his well-received The Messenger ... https://trustmovies.blogspot.com/2010/12/lee-chang-dongs-secret-sunshine-taps.html?m=0 TrustMovies: Lee Chang-dong's SECRET SUNSHINE taps into a mother's love -- or is it guilt? A simple description plot-wise, of SECRET SUNSHINE , the Korean film adapted (from the novel by Yi Chong-jun ) and directed by Chang-dong L... https://trustmovies.blogspot.com/2014/07/hi-def-restoration-hollywood-tackles.html TrustMovies: Hi-def restoration: Hollywood tackles the French Revolution in Anthony Mann's THE... I was but eight years old when I got my first taste of and lesson in The French Revolution -- via Hollywood, of course -- from a dizzy l... the french revolution https://trustmovies.blogspot.com/2018/11/from-italy-with-love-and-pain-cesare.html TrustMovies: From Italy, with love (and pain), Cesare Furesi's WHO WILL SAVE THE ROSES? 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Spaniards, I suspect, have a bit... https://trustmovies.blogspot.com/2011/04/werner-herzogs-3-d-cave-of-forgot-ten.html TrustMovies: Werner Herzog's 3-D CAVE OF FORGOT-TEN DREAMS: visuals, yes; narration, no What a privilege it is to be able to go into Chauvet Cave -- the latest, though probably not the last, in the ongoing discoveries of block... https://trustmovies.blogspot.com/2015/10/stephen-s-campanellis-knock-your-socks.html?showComment=1445033746828 TrustMovies: Stephen S. 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