September 9, 2019
Cats (2019) ***
It fails spectacularly as a proper cinematic adaptation of Andrew Lloyd Webber's fabulous Broadway play, but it succeeds splendidly as an immortal camp classic, and possibly the worst musical film since "Xanadu" (1980). Songs include:
"Beautiful Ghosts" ***
"Mr Mistoffelees" ***
"Memory" ***
"Beautiful Ghosts" ***
"Mr Mistoffelees" ***
"Memory" ***
Hors normes (2019) ***
Very good French film about an organism taking care of severely autistic people.
Harriet (2019) ***
Directed by Kasi Lemmons ("Eve's Bayou"), this is more than just an ordinary slavery-era biopic about a remarkable woman whose face was supposed to replace Old Hickory on the $20 bill during the Obama era (a promise that was “indefinitely delayed” under Donald Trump, and conveniently forgotten under Joe Biden).
Avengers: Endgame (2019) ***
The climax involves dozens of superheroes fighting over a glove, but the rest of the film is actually quite good, revisiting earlier Marvel films "Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban"-style.
The Cave (2019) ***
Powerful documentary about an underground hospital in a rebel-held town in Syria besieged by the regime forces.
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