La Belle Cérébrale - 1968 - 6/10
AKA - The Beautiful Intellectual
Martine, model for a painter is on her break.
While he babbles on the phone, she listens, eats a pear, lets her mind wander.
Nice juxtaposition of the banal conversation with her vivid imagination.
I used TurboScribe to capture the phone talk, then tidied up.
Not ideal, but serviceable.
English subtitles = https://sub-scene.com/subtitle/3364066
Blueprint For Robbery - 1961 - 6/10
Fine caper flick, based on the Brink’s Robbery.
Financial backers contact one to assemble and lead a crew.
Observe the premises, plan meticulously, rehearse, do the job.
An inverted police procedural, where we watch the bad guys execute the heist.
Then they have to wait three and a half years.
Which proves so hard.
The film Frankenstein (2025) is a fantastic adaptation of the book. A much more faithful one, but with its own unique choices. As moving as the book and just as tragic. A must see for horror fans. I highly recommend it.
I’m just a simple man trying to make my way in the universe.
Star Wars has 3 eras: The eras are 1977-1983(pre Expanded Universe), (1983-2014) expanded universe, or (2014- now) Disney-bought version. Each are valid.
My movie reviews aren’t AI, they’re just written by someone who’s Neurodivergent. If you don’t like them, then simply don’t read them.
Ludwig - 2025 - 6/10
After his police inspector brother vanishes, John takes his place.
Inside the department, outside in the field.
Solving seemingly impossible cases.
Which is what he did beforehand, as John is Ludwig, premier puzzle maker.
Weekly stand-alone mysteries are good, all “locked-room”.
Overlook the implausibility that none of the colleagues noticed their boss was now “different”.
The overall arc? I doubt producers will sort that.
For Those In Peril - 2013 - 6/10
Aaron, lone survivor of a fishing disaster, suffers ever more.
The community refuses to accept him, he hears his brother, old fables haunt him.
Fisherman superstition means he will never be permitted onboard again.
He cannot recall the incident, which many refuse to believe.
Listed as folk-horror, this is a pure descent down survivor’s guilt.
Slow, with pregnant pauses, unexplained meanderings.