Category Archives: Films

From the Ridiculous to the Sublime: My Own Journey to 2001

Posted on 3 April 2018 by Mark R. Kelly

Yesterday, April 2, 2018, was the 50th anniversary of the release of the film 2001: A Space Odyssey, still regarded as the best (or at least one of the best) science fiction films of all time, and as among the … Continue reading →

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Links and Comments: SF, fantasy, and SF cinema

Posted on 18 December 2017 by Mark R. Kelly

» io9: 10 works of science fiction that are really fantasy I love lists like these, and I still mean to compile many of them. Still, I’m not sure I agree with some of the selections on this list. This … Continue reading →

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Fb review of The Girl on the Train

Posted on 11 January 2017 by Mark R. Kelly

We saw THE GIRL ON THE TRAIN today, an excellent thriller, starring Emily Blunt. It’s a mystery about a murder that Emily Blunt’s character, an alcoholic who has blackouts, fears she might have committed. It’s a complex story about several … Continue reading →

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Fb review of Moonlight

Posted on 11 January 2017 by Mark R. Kelly

So we saw Moonlight today, the low-budget art-house film that’s been getting lots of media coverage in the past couple weeks, about a young boy struggling with his identity as he grows up in a drug-infested ghetto of Miami. The … Continue reading →

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Fb Review of Manchester by the Sea

Posted on 11 January 2017 by Mark R. Kelly

Yesterday we saw Manchester by the Sea, the new film written and directed by Kenneth Lonergan, starring Casey Affleck, Michelle Williams, and Lucas Hedges, about a distraught man (Affleck) returning to his hometown after the death of his brother, where … Continue reading →

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Film Reviews: La La Land and Hidden Figures

Posted on 11 January 2017 by Mark R. Kelly

A couple belated capsule film reviews, from the holiday week — La La Land and Hidden Figures. I loved La La Land, for its charming cheerful songs, its tour of LA locations — especially Griffith Park, that freeway ramp along … Continue reading →

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Review: Woody Allen’s Magic in the Moonlight

Posted on 17 February 2016 by Mark R. Kelly

I’m a bit under the weather this week, with a cold or flu that began Sunday, or Saturday night — I took DayQuil to get through our Sunday adventures in the city, with a walking tour of Nob Hill, drinks … Continue reading →

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Film Review: JOY

Posted on 18 January 2016 by Mark R. Kelly

From Facebook, 18jan16: We caught up with JOY today, the third film from director David O. Russell starring Jennifer Lawrence and Bradley Cooper, following SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK (for which Lawrence won an Oscar) and AMERICAN HUSTLE. It’s a story about … Continue reading →

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Film review: THE REVENANT

Posted on 10 January 2016 by Mark R. Kelly

From Facebook, 10jan16: Today we went to see THE REVENANT, the film with Leonardo DiCaprio as an 1820s fur trader in the American northwest, mauled by a bear and left for dead by his compatriots, who manages to survive and … Continue reading →

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Film Review: Room

Posted on 7 January 2016 by Mark R. Kelly

Room is an incredibly powerful film, both on its own terms as a harrowing story of a mother and her 5-year-old son trapped inside a single room for the boy’s entire life, and for its metaphoric weight (which I admit … Continue reading →

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