Pasternack on the Past: “Shadows”
During his Academy Awards acceptance speech for “Inside Out,” Pete Docter advised young people who felt scared or angry to “make stuff.”
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During his Academy Awards acceptance speech for “Inside Out,” Pete Docter advised young people who felt scared or angry to “make stuff.”
“Network” is one of the most relevant movies to our current political climate. Although it was made in the 1970s, it predicts a perversion of our media landscape by greed that has come true. It manages to do this while being bitingly entertaining and fiercely intelligent.
“House of Cards” has always been good with beginnings.
Comedian and musician Reggie Watts once wrote about his love for “time travel” movies, which do not involve literal time travel.
“The Young Girls of Rochefort” is my favorite musical on Netflix. It’s a French film from 1967 that should be more popular. This musical is full of optimism, yet tempered by longings that give it a greater depth.
“Hannibal Buress: Comedy Camisado” is the latest stand-up special from Netflix.
“The Lady Eve” is one of my favorite comedies from the early 1940s. It has a terrific central performance by Barbara Stanwyck that still holds up today.
Grade: B+
There are some movies you like. There are some movies you don’t like. Then there are some movies you like so much you want to grab the person nearest you and tell him or her to watch those films immediately.
Grade: A-
“The Maltese Falcon” shares a few similarities with “Citizen Kane,” which I reviewed last week. Both were released in 1941 and were the first films their directors made. John Huston would go on to make many more excellent films after “The Maltese Falcon,” but few would be as entertaining and influential.
You’ve probably heard of “Citizen Kane.” It has been voted the greatest film of all time by the American Film Institute twice and has a 100 percent fresh rating from Rotten Tomatoes.
Grade: A-
Grade: A-
December is the month when critics make their lists of the year’s best films. “Spotlight” will be on most of them, as will “The Martian.” But I’d like to argue for a family film that I believe is one of the top-10 films of 2015: “Paddington.”
“Creed” is a crowd-pleasing triumph. It’s smart and heartwarming in equal measure. The film is made by someone who understands why the original “Rocky” movies work, and it is vastly entertaining.
I’ve never watched an episode of “Mr. Show with Bob and David.” That was the cult classic HBO sketch show created by Bob Odenkirk and David Cross. That did not prevent me from thoroughly enjoying their new Netflix sketch show “W/ Bob and David.”
“Spectre” takes most of the best elements of “Skyfall” and connects them with the mysterious organization behind the plots of “Casino Royale” and “Quantum of Solace” to create an excellent James Bond film. There are a few moments or characterizations that could have been more developed. Overall, though, this is an entertaining and engaging movie.
Weekly Weekend features entertainment reviews and pop culture commentary and is hosted by Weekend's editor, Greg Gottfried. This week's guests include Jesse Pasternack, Ben Wittenstein and Jake Richards.
Grade: B