

Close – Easily Manipulative (2.5*)
Close evokes emotions, but violates another principle of what makes a good movie. (2.5*)
Reviews of the Year’s Oscar-Nominated Movies Available to Rent or Stream
Close evokes emotions, but violates another principle of what makes a good movie. (2.5*)
The Quiet Girl is quite possibly the best movie of the year. (5*)
Babylon has some great moments, but is ultimately an overstuffed mess.
The Batman is one of this year’s best movies. While nominally an action film, it also is thrilling detective story, told at a human level.
Avatar: The Way of Water is a visual spectacle, a story setting up the next three sequels, and, yes, long.
Living is a remake of a 70-year-old Japanese film with the setting changed to London. The story is a classic, about a man who, told he only has six months to live, suddenly decides to do something different with his life. Nighy’s acting is “spot on”, and the film is a tearjerker, but ultimately it doesn’t present anything new.
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever starts with the death of the former Black Panther and moves through nearly three hours of sometimes beautiful, sometimes action packed, scenes but with so many obligations to fulfill that it is ultimately unsatisfying.
Triangle of Sadness starts as an interesting riff on money and sexual politics, turns into a disgusting display of sophomore humor, and ends as an insult to the audience. How did this become an Oscar nominee? (1.5*)
Women Talking is exactly what the title suggests. What you get is a journey what it is like to be a woman in a man’s world, and how that is changing. It is a fascinating conversation. (4*)
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