Out of the Wild

— Sometimes its nice to watch a modern-day Western and this fill the need. There's nothing flashy about the story of a broken cowboy with a painful past whose last chance comes when takes a job training a troubled mustang at the dude ranch. He finds his way back by helping the ranch's owner, a widow with problems of her own. It's a little corny but the acting is decent, the scenery is soothing, and the road toward healing and aceptable is worth taking. [Amazon Prime streaming.]

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[2019. 98 min. Directed by Paul Krizan. Starring John Diehl, Jean Louisa Kelly, and Benjamin Ashbrook.]
https://thesubtimes.com/2021/10/19/out-of-the-wild-modern-day-western-film-review/

What I'm watching in May 2022:

05/29/22 Toscana (Netflix)

05/28/22 Stranger Things, Season 4, Part 1 (Netflix)

05/27/22 Georgetown (Amazon Prime)

05/23/22 A Perfect Pairing (Netflix)

05/22/22 Bosch, Season 1 of 7 (Amazon Prime series)

05/21/22 Senior Year (Netflix)

05/16/22 The Lincoln Lawyer (Netflix series)

05/14/22 Set It Up (Netflix)

05/13/22 Operation Mincemeat (Netflix)

05/12/22 The Lost City (Paramount+)

05/10/22 Wrath of Man (Paramount+, Amazon Prime)

05/09/22 Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty (HBO Max series)

05/08/22 Outer Range (Amazon Prime series)

05/07/72 Dear Evan Hansen (Paramount+)

05/06/22 The Gentlemen (Netflix)

05/06/22 The Staircase (HBO Max Series, 1-3)

05/05/22 Julia (HBO Max series)

05/04/22 Moon Knight(Disney+ series)

05/02/22 Tokyo Vice (HBO Max series)

05/01/22 Ozark (Netflix series)

Set It Up

— [Netflix streaming.]

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[2018. 105 min. Directed by Claire Scanlon. Starring Zoey Deutch, Glen Powell, Lucy Liu, and Taye Diggs.]
https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/set-it-up-2018

The Lost City

— [Paramount+ streaming.]

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[2022. 112 min. Directed by Aaron Nee and Adam Nee. Starring Sandra Bullock, Channing Tatum, Daniel Radcliffe, Da’Vine Joy Randolph, and Brad Pitt.]
https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/the-lost-city-movie-review-2022

Wrath of Man

— [Paramount+ and Amazon Prime streaming.]

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[2021. 119 min. Directed by Guy Ritchie. Starring Jason Statham, Holt McCallany, Rocci Williams, and Jash Hartnett.]
https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/wrath-of-man-movie-review-2021

Dear Evan Hansen

— This doesn't make the transition from stage to film as well as, say, "West Side Story. It does have Ben Platt reprising his Broadway role and, excellent as he is, he's less likely to be mistaken as high schooler now that he's older and filmed in close-up. Julianne Moore, someone who's always good, gives more depth to her role than other actors seem to bring to their roles. Amy Adams is good and th film's lucky to have her, but this isn't her best role. I enjoyed the film because I enjoy musicals. It brings the play to a larger audience but doesn't add anything to it with a change of medium. [Paramount+ streaming.]

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[2021. 137 min. Directed by Stephen Chbosky. Starring Ben Platt, Julianne Moore, Amy Adams, Kaitlyn Dever, Danny Pino, and Amandla Stenberg.]
https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/dear-evan-hansen-movie-review-2021

The Gentlemen

— With Guy Ritchie directing (and writing and producing), it's no surprise that it’s clever and filled with twists and turns. I not sure I fully liked it but I was interested in how it was done—more like a story told at a campfire than action/crime film, with a it of humor, and almost a bit too much. Quite a cast: Matthew McConaughey, Charlie Hunnam, Hugh Grant, Colin Farrell, Henry Golding, Michelle Dockery… [Netflix streaming.]

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[2019. 113 min. Directed by Guy Ritchie. Starring Matthew McConaughey, Charlie Hunnam, Hugh Grant, Colin Farrell, Henry Golding, and Michelle Dockery.]
https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/the-gentlemen-movie-review-2020

Julia

— If you missed HBO’s 8-episode “Julia,” it’s a wonderful look at the first season of Julia Child’s television show. It’s hard to tackle the role of Julia after Meryl Streep’s incredible performance in “Julia and Julia,” but Sarah Lancashire manages to also embrace Julia’s essence with the help of a great supporting cast that includes David Hyde Pierce and Bebe Neuwirth. It’s a well-done look at a legend and at a pivotal point in history for women, for American culture, and for PBS. It’s even fun to get a glimpse of PBS in the early years and it’s place in the gray area between education and entertainment, when maintaining a distinction between highbrow and riffraff was given more importance. In some ways, it’s a pretty traditional bio-drama without the salaciousness and continual conniving we often see in today’s looks at famous people, but it has humor, warmth, and decency instead. [HBO Max streaming.]

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[2022. 127 min. 8 episodes, each 50-55 min, Created by Daniel Goldfarb. Starring Sarah Lancashire, David Hyde Pierce, Bebe Neuwirth, Brittany Bradford, Fran Kranz, Fiona Glascott, and Rob Levesque.]
https://variety.com/2022/tv/reviews/julia-review-hbo-max-child-1235218037/