Hey there gang! Spotlight number 126. Wherein I up periscope, and survey the cinematic landscape to see what might be out there in the land of technicolor and see if we can’t find you something interesting to watch today.
THE DEEPEST BREATH – NOW
Look – I’m halfway through this one, and absolutely loving it so much it’s scaring me to death. I’m nearly certain, that ALL the divers in this documentary end up dying. You may or may not know this but, The Big Blue is one of my favorite movies of all time. So I’m pretty emotionally connected to this idea of free diving – I even followed the sport for a bit, until I realized how absolutely, mind-alteringly, dangerous it is. Anyway, watch this one, it’s fantastic.
SYMPATHY FOR THE DEVIL – 07.28.23
Nicolas Cage – enough said. Synopsis: “After being forced to drive a mysterious passenger at gunpoint, a man finds himself in a high-stakes game of cat and mouse where it becomes clear that not everything is as it seems.”
PARADISE – 07.28.23
Trade your life for money: In the not-too-distant future, a method of transferring years of your life from one person to another has changed the world forever and turned biotech start-up AEON into a billion-dollar pharmaceutical company.
TALK TO ME – 07.28.23
This thing looks SCARY. Like, SCARY. Another A24 film – so it’s going to be good. Or, at the very least, scary. If not scary good anyway. This reminds me of Candyman… in a way. Who knows. I’ve watched 30 seconds of trailer and stopped. hahah. little much!
Previously on Spotlight Worth Mentioning:
OPPENHEIMER – One of Nolan’s best, can’t be understated
BARBIE – Watched this one tonight – and cannot wait to write this one up
THE BEAR S2 – Such an epically great show… can’t recommend enough
DISCONTINUED – Great Indie outside the box film, definitely recommend
REALITY – Real-time movie based on FBI interview audio. Intriguing!
INFLUENCER – Crazy little movie about the evils of socials??
Note – the writer’s/actor’s strike is shifting all movie dates up and down the calendar because everyone wants the actors to promote the movie, and they can’t when they are on strike. For example… Dune looks like it might shift. Poor Things definitely shifted. So I’ll update these dates as I learn more.
Coming Soon – Watch List:
2023.08.02 SOUL CATCHER
2023.08.11 HEART OF STONE
2023.08.11 APORIA
2023.08.13 LESSONS IN CHEMISTRY
2023.09.23 SQUID GAME THE CHALLENGE
2023.09.23 THE CREATOR
2023.11.03 DUNE: PART TWO (probably shifting to December)
2023.11.02 ALL THE LIGHT WE CANNOT SEE
2023.11.23 NANNY
2023.12.08 EILEEN (Sometimes I think about dying)
2023.12.22 REBEL MOON
2023.?.? THE OLD GUARD 2
2023.?.? TRUE DETECTIVE: NIGHT COUNTRY
Unknown SOMETIMES I THINK ABOUT DYING
Unknown POOR THINGS (Yorgos Lanthimos)
Unknown THE ZONE OF INTEREST
Unknown LOLA
Unknown KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON