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My Movie Diary 2017 (217 movies items)" 1 February. Manchester by the Sea is a beautiful, seemingly grandeur drama about life’s complexities, beautifully photographed, directed with clarity, and wonderfully acted. And its depressing as hell. The center of the story is Lee, whose life measures to one epic disaster after another, himself ending up working as a handyman, fixing things where he cannot with his sordid past, takes under his wing and bonds with, his 16-year old nephew. Casey Affleck in the role of a lifetime, and "
Watched in 2017
The 89th Annual Academy Award Nominations (47 movies items)"Best Picture Best Actor - CASEY AFFLECK Best Supporting Actor - LUCAS HEDGES Best Supporting Actress - MICHELLE WILLIAMS Best Director Best Original Screenplay."
Look out world, its 2017 and I'm watching movies! (197 movies items)"01/30/17 Directed by: Kenneth Lonergan Awful dialog, awful, over-the-top music, awful Casey Affleck, uninteresting story with some really jank cuts and hilarious sound effects. The pacing is fine though and by the end I didn't feel hatred towards it despite being deserving of it technically. I ended up just laughing at it which is better than being miserable. "
Movies Watched in 2017 (302 movies items)"January 30th Directed by: Kenneth Lonergan I'm disappointed because this isn't typical Hollywood schmaltz, but it still ends up being bad. It's watchable I guess."
The Good & The Bad - Movies Watched In 2017 (472 movies items)"This movie is a masterpiece in every sense of the word. Beautiful, heartbreaking, funny, and tough all at the same time. This movie puts the viewer through the ringer but earns every single moment by the end. The story is about a man who went through a terrible trauma in his past. This trauma has broken him psychologically. It's affected him so badly in that the mental scars can never be healed. He has to return to the town where the event took place as his older brother has died, leaving him in"
6,006 Movies For a Post-Covid World... (6013 movies items)"CLASSIC MOVIE! Review coming soon... *Official 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die entry...* *Official 2020: A Movie Odyssey entry, by Dr-Faustus* "
Exclusive's 2017 Movie Diary (172 movies items)"22.01.2017 "I can't beat it. I can't beat it. I'm sorry." Director: Kenneth Lonergan Writer: Kenneth Lonergan Cinematographer: Jody Lee Lipes Composer: Lesley Barber Cast: Casey Affleck, Lucas Hedges, Kyle Chandler, Michelle Williams, Gretchen Mol, C.J. Wilson, Ben O'Brien and Matthew Broderick Review: This is one of the movies i have been looking forward to the most in 2016. I had heard nothing but great things about it before watching it. Very good performances all around. Casey Affleck pr"
“Since I kept hearing some really good things about this movie, I was really eager to check it out and, for once, I wasn't disappointed, that's for sure. Seriously, I can't imagine a better way to start off this new year with my film club. Indeed, even though it was maybe not completely flawless, it wasn't far from it and I can't remember the last time I saw a movie combining so perfectly drama and comedy. Seriously, this movie was so funny, it was very often much more hilarious than most of your average comedy. And yet, it was dealing with a really tragic story but, somehow, this mix worked miraculously well. I think that, even though the acting was quite impressive, I enjoyed most of all the writing. Indeed, the two main characters (an uncle and his nephew) were just so fascinating, w” read more
Top 10 best movies 2016 (20 movies items)" Notes: Well, even though it was maybe not completely flawless, it wasn't far from it and I can't remember the last time I saw a movie combining so perfectly drama and comedy. Seriously, this movie was so funny, it was very often much more hilarious than most of your average comedy. And yet, it was dealing with a really tragic story but, somehow, this mix worked miraculously well. I think that, even though the acting was quite impressive, I enjoyed most of all the writing. Indeed, the two main "
A Movie A Year (Part 1) (112 movies items)" Notes: Well, even though it was maybe not completely flawless, it wasn't far from it and I can't remember the last time I saw a movie combining so perfectly drama and comedy. Seriously, this movie was so funny, it was very often much more hilarious than most of your average comedy. And yet, it was dealing with a really tragic story but, somehow, this mix worked miraculously well. I think that, even though the acting was quite impressive, I enjoyed most of all the writing. Indeed, the two main "
Ronny's Dutch Film Club (115 movies items)" chosen by Eric Notes: Well, I can't imagine a better way to start off this new year with the film club. Indeed, even though it was maybe not completely flawless, it wasn't far from it and I can't remember the last time I saw a movie combining so perfectly drama and comedy. Seriously, this movie was so funny, it was very often much more hilarious than most of your average comedies. And yet, it was dealing with a really tragic story but, somehow, this mix worked miraculously well. I think that, "
The 74th Annual Golden Globes (34 movies items)"5 NOMS/1 WIN Best Actor - Motion Picture - Casey Affleck Best Actress - Supporting Role - Michelle Williams Best Director - Motion Picture - Kenneth Lonergan Best Screenplay - Motion Picture - Kenneth Lonergan "
Final 2017 Oscar Predictions (21 movies items)"1.Damien Chazelle- La La Land Probably the winner. 2.Barry Jenkins- MoonlightPotential spoiler. 3.Kenneth Lonergan- Manchester by the SeaLikely not winning, but it would be shocking if he didn't make the cut. 4.Denis Villeneuve- ArrivalAs Arrival has risen towards the front of the BP race, so to has Villeneuve's shot at a nomination. While it has a great script, the movie is really a directors movie, with every element having to come together precisely for maximum impact, and I think the vo"
