# keanu reeves (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 4 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover keanu reeves. Page: Feed: --- ## [Managing the Crisis Rather than Breaking the Machine: The Prophetic Paranoia of Francesco Rosi’s Illustrious Corpses](https://www.perisphere.org/2026/08/28/managing-the-crisis-rather-than-breaking-the-machine-the-prophetic-paranoia-of-francesco-rosis-illustrious-corpses/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=managing-the-crisis-rather-than-breaking-the-machine-the-prophetic-paranoia-of-francesco-rosis-illustrious-corpses) _2026-08-28 · Finn Odum · Perisphere_ |Victoria Breshears| Francesco Rosi’s 1976 political thriller Illustrious Corpses begins with us watching a high court judge move past rows of clothed, desiccated mummies within the Capuchin Catacombs. While this opening scene signals mortality to be an important theme for the movie... Continue reading The post Managing the Crisis Rather than Breaking the Machine: The Prophetic Paranoia of… ## [Plenty of fun in ‘Coyote vs. Acme’](http://denersteinunleashed.blogspot.com/2026/08/plenty-of-fun-in-coyote-vs-acme.html) _2026-08-27 · noreply@blogger.com (Robert Denerstein) · Denerstein Unleashed_ Someone once told me that the two key questions people most ask about movies are 1) Who’s in it? and 2) What’s it about? If that’s true, I offer the following: Who’s in Coyote vs. Acme , a mix of live action and animation that brings a rich trove of Looney Tunes characters back to the screen with a level of humor that’s difficult to resist? Well, Wile E. Coyote and his nemesis, Road Runner, have… ## [Travelers on the road to nowhere](http://denersteinunleashed.blogspot.com/2026/08/travelers-on-road-to-nowhere.html) _2026-08-27 · noreply@blogger.com (Robert Denerstein) · Denerstein Unleashed_ In It Ends , director Alexander Ullom gives the road-movie genre a mind-bending twist. Ullom tells the story of four characters stuck on a road that never ends. They drive and drive, but can never find an exit from this road to nowhere. If they leave the car, they're quickly surrounded by hordes of people who seem intent on harming them, but whose motives aren't made clear. Eventually, t he… ## ['Marching Band' sounds the right notes](http://denersteinunleashed.blogspot.com/2026/08/marching-band-sounds-right-notes.html) _2026-08-26 · noreply@blogger.com (Robert Denerstein) · Denerstein Unleashed_ Not every formula movie can be counted a failure. Consider The Marching Band, an amiable French offering that tells the story of two men who learn they are brothers when it becomes necessary for one of them to locate the other for medical reasons involving a bone marrow transplant. Both were adopted by different parents as young children. Neither knew of the other until the medical crisis that… ## [An uneven post-apocalyptic thriller](http://denersteinunleashed.blogspot.com/2026/08/an-uneven-post-apocalyptic-thriller.html) _2026-08-26 · noreply@blogger.com (Robert Denerstein) · Denerstein Unleashed_ We’ve had so much post-apocalyptic “entertainment" that it now qualifies as a pop-cultural obsession, if not an addiction. Still, dystopian overload didn’t stop director Ridley Scott from taking us to a time when life as we know it once again has come to an end. That said, The Dog Stars , which is based on a 2012 novel by Peter Heller and leans heavily on stars Jacob Elordi , Josh Brolin ,… ## [Anthony Perkins Runs Away From “Mother”](https://www.perisphere.org/2026/08/25/anthony-perkins-runs-away-from-mother/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=anthony-perkins-runs-away-from-mother) _2026-08-25 · Olga Tchepikova-Treon · Perisphere_ | Wil McMillen | It’s astonishing to realize now, but Anthony Perkins wasn’t even nominated for Best Actor for his role as Norman Bates in Alfred Hitchcock’s cultural earthquake Psycho. Horror films rarely get the attention they deserve, but one would expect... Continue reading The post Anthony Perkins Runs Away From “Mother” first appeared on Perisphere . ## [An oddly structured Kafka biopic](http://denersteinunleashed.blogspot.com/2026/08/an-oddly-structured-kafka-biopic.html) _2026-08-19 · noreply@blogger.com (Robert Denerstein) · Denerstein Unleashed_ Director Agnieszka Holland subverts traditional biopic structure in Franz , a fragmented look at the life of Franz Kafka, the Czech author who died in 1924. Holland ( Green Border ) blends Kafka’s personal and aesthetic sensibilities with the quotidian aspects of a life that included a domineering father, loving relationships with his mother and one of his three sisters, and nondescript employment… ## [Bob's Cinema Diary: 'The Rivals of Amziah King' and 'Learning to Fly'](http://denersteinunleashed.blogspot.com/2026/08/bobs-cinema-diary-rivals-of-amziah-king.html) _2026-08-19 · noreply@blogger.com (Robert Denerstein) · Denerstein Unleashed_ The Rivals of Amziah King The Rivals of Amziah King stars Matthew McConaughey as a country singer and beekeeper who turns a Native American woman into a devoted protege. As a foster child, Kateri ( Angelina Looking Glass ) shared a home with Amziah. When she re-enters his life as an adult, she's exposed to a beekeeping world she learns to love. In an overextended dramatic section, Kateri tries to… ## [Brink of War](https://xevio.us/2026/08/brink-of-war/) _2026-08-19 · Xevious · Xevious_ With a picturesque backdrop of Reykjavík, Angel Films brings us a one-room drama about a moment in Detent that paints both men in an optimistic light. Jeff Daniels’ Reagan portrayal stays away from parody with hints of classic phrases like “well…”. The film shows Shultz as sympathetic. Raisa is shown as very savvy. President Reagan \[…\] ## [YOUNG, DUMB, FULL OF WHAT’S TO COME: Keanu Reeves’s Transformative Summer 1991](https://www.perisphere.org/2026/08/16/young-dumb-full-of-whats-to-come-keanu-reevess-transformative-summer-1991/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=young-dumb-full-of-whats-to-come-keanu-reevess-transformative-summer-1991) _2026-08-16 · Finn Odum · Perisphere_ |Ben Tuthill| In late 1994, high off the box office fumes of Speed, Keanu Reeves took a break from movies to play Hamlet in a two-month run for the Manitoba Theatre Centre in Winnipeg. Opening night was by all accounts a disaster, but Reeves found his nerve in the coming weeks... Continue reading The post YOUNG, DUMB, FULL OF WHAT’S TO COME: Keanu Reeves’s Transformative Summer 1991 first appeared… ## [Every Channel. One Login. (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/IPhPRox4UZ44) _2026-08-16 · **Sponsored**_ 17,000+ live channels, movies and sports on any device. Free trial, no IP lock. ## [In My Own Private Idaho, Being Gay Is a Choice](https://www.perisphere.org/2026/08/16/in-my-own-private-idaho-being-gay-is-a-choice/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=in-my-own-private-idaho-being-gay-is-a-choice) _2026-08-16 · Finn Odum · Perisphere_ |Abraham Tueber| Though it embarrasses me to admit it, I own just a single DVD. At one time, I had many more I could proudly hold in my hands. Now, sheaves of plastic collect dust in my parents’ basement, entombing masterpieces like Spy Kids, Ice Age, and Akeelah and the Bee... Continue reading The post In My Own Private Idaho, Being Gay Is a Choice first appeared on Perisphere . ## [Kaiju Go](https://xevio.us/2026/08/kaiju-go/) _2026-08-16 · Xevious · Xevious_ I attended Kaiju Go yesterday. I was impressed by how much better and bigger it was this year. This is the fourth year of what started out as just a screening of a couple of classic Godzilla movies. this year featured the US premiere of Seafood Monster Wars. The featured movies were Ebirah and Hedorah. \[…\] ## [End of Oak Street](https://xevio.us/2026/08/oakstreet/) _2026-08-15 · Xevious · Xevious_ I was expecting a Cloverfield movie but got a Jurassic Park movie. ## [Journeys North](https://www.perisphere.org/2026/08/14/journeys-north/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=journeys-north) _2026-08-14 · Finn Odum · Perisphere_ |Luis Lopez| Gregory Nava will be at the Trylon in person and I plan to ask him if he shot a version of El Norte in which Enrique’s sister Rosa survives at the end. She dies after a solo teardrop escapes her body that’s wrapped in a white hospital gown adorned with... Continue reading The post Journeys North first appeared on Perisphere . ## [HUSTLED AGAIN: The Color of Money and the originary sequel](https://www.perisphere.org/2026/08/14/hustled-again-the-color-of-money-and-the-originary-sequel/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=hustled-again-the-color-of-money-and-the-originary-sequel) _2026-08-14 · Finn Odum · Perisphere_ |Ben Tuthill| Maybe nothing has raised the moviegoing populace to space-brain meta-awareness more than the sequel. The sequel presents itself as a new window into an already established cinematic universe, but in reality it exposes the moviemaking infrastructure to which that... Continue reading The post HUSTLED AGAIN: The Color of Money and the originary sequel first appeared on Perisphere . ## [A shipping magnate throws a party](http://denersteinunleashed.blogspot.com/2026/08/a-dispiriting-look-at-rich.html) _2026-08-14 · noreply@blogger.com (Robert Denerstein) · Denerstein Unleashed_ Willem Dafoe plays a Greek shipping magnate in The Birthday Party , another barbed critique of life among the obscenely rich. Basing his movie on a 2007 novel by Panos Karnezis , writer/director Miguel Angel Jimenez creates a fictionalized view of a character who resembles Aristotle Onassis. Aways adventurous, Dafoe plays Marcos Timoleon, a calculating boss who’s accustomed to controlling… ## [Regan and Gorbachev talk nukes](http://denersteinunleashed.blogspot.com/2026/08/regan-and-gorbachev-talk-nukes.html) _2026-08-13 · noreply@blogger.com (Robert Denerstein) · Denerstein Unleashed_ Put Jeff Daniels , Jared Harris , and J.K. Simmons in the same movie, and you’ve created interest - at least among those who value capable acting. In The Brink of War , Daniels plays Ronald Reagan; Harris appears as Mikhail Gorbachev, and Simmons portrays George Shultz, Reagan’s Secretary of State. In 1986, Reagan and Gorbachev met in Reykjavik for a summit meant to tackle issues of nuclear… ## [A horror movie with sex on its mind](http://denersteinunleashed.blogspot.com/2026/08/a-horror-movie-with-sex-on-its-mind.html) _2026-08-12 · noreply@blogger.com (Robert Denerstein) · Denerstein Unleashed_ Remember the horror series Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma ? The original starred Billy Preston, an actress who has vanished from public view. Obligatory sequels followed, establishing the Camp Miasma movies as a horror staple that wore out its welcome. Stop scanning your memory. There never was a Camp Miasma series, but director Jane Schoenbrun bases her movie -- Teenage Sex and Death at… ## [Hungry dinos trample the burbs](http://denersteinunleashed.blogspot.com/2026/08/dinosaurs-rampage-through-suburbia.html) _2026-08-12 · noreply@blogger.com (Robert Denerstein) · Denerstein Unleashed_ Advanced publicity for T he End of Oak Street blames a mysterious cosmic event for transporting a typical American suburban neighborhood to a time when dinosaurs roamed the earth. Anne Hathaway , who seems to be everywhere this summer, and Ewan McGregor , who lately has been working in TV series, star as husband and wife in a high-concept job that keeps them on the run. Director David Robert… ## [Eclipse](https://xevio.us/2026/08/tse/) _2026-08-12 · Xevious · Xevious_ Truly beautiful pictures coming out of Spain today of the Total Solar Eclipse. I'm definitely sorry that I had to cancel my plans this year. I'm glad that there's going to be another chance next August. ## [Your 24/7 AI Media Buyer (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/S3DRtBdPZ6Cf) _2026-08-12 · **Sponsored**_ Finds placement, geo, and funnel leaks and proposes fixes you approve ## [One Night Only](https://xevio.us/2026/08/one-night/) _2026-08-12 · Xevious · Xevious_ Fun and tantalizing rom-com. ## [The Matrix in Shared Reality](https://xevio.us/2026/08/matrix/) _2026-08-10 · Xevious · Xevious_ Experiencing The Matrix at Cosm in The Colony offers a captivating, highly immersive twist on a sci-fi classic by expanding the film's visual world far beyond the traditional movie frame. Through a massive curved screen that surrounds viewers with surrounding environments—from alley walls to hovering laser lights—the venue creates an unforgettable, full-dome cinema experience. While premium… ## [Coming of age in Las Cruces](http://denersteinunleashed.blogspot.com/2026/08/blog-post.html) _2026-08-07 · noreply@blogger.com (Robert Denerstein) · Denerstein Unleashed_ It's not unusual for a family to go through a crisis. But what if every day presented a crisis of some sort? I ask the question by way of introducing Olmo , a movie about a Mexican-American family living in Las Cruces, N.M. in 1979. Aivan Uttapa plays the title character, a young man who is often called upon to care for his quadriplegic father ( Gustavo Sánchez Parra ). Burdened by the need to… ## [A Sentimental Journey Through the Films of Tsai Ming Liang](https://www.perisphere.org/2026/08/07/a-sentimental-journey-through-the-films-of-tsai-ming-liang/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=a-sentimental-journey-through-the-films-of-tsai-ming-liang) _2026-08-07 · Finn Odum · Perisphere_ |Cole Seidl| There’s a very specific existential crisis that happens to many film students. It occurs with such frequency as to almost feel like a cliché. You spend 4 years drowning in film. Film history, film theory, film production, film conversations. Then, you suddenly find yourself... Continue reading The post A Sentimental Journey Through the Films of Tsai Ming Liang first appeared on… ## [End of Google Voice](https://xevio.us/2026/08/gv/) _2026-08-06 · Xevious · Xevious_ After 17 years of relying on Google Voice for seamless voicemail transcription, international flexibility, and enhanced privacy, deteriorating telecom infrastructure and restrictive fraud-prevention systems have forced an end to the experiment. While consumer Voice over IP (VoIP) platforms proved early on how modern telephony should operate, strict carrier protocols like STIR/SHAKEN and aggressive… ## [When sex happens once a year](http://denersteinunleashed.blogspot.com/2026/08/when-sex-happens-once-year.html) _2026-08-06 · noreply@blogger.com (Robert Denerstein) · Denerstein Unleashed_ B oasting a blatantly contrived high-concept premise, One Night Only is better than it ought to be. At the same time, the movie — which rides on agreeable performances from Monica Barbaro and Collum Tower — isn’t the winning charmer it might have been. The contrivance: One Night Only , directed by Will Gluck and written by Travis Baum, creates a world in which unmarried people are subject to an… ## ['Ice Cream Man' offers gore galore](http://denersteinunleashed.blogspot.com/2026/08/ice-cream-man-offers-gore-galore.html) _2026-08-05 · noreply@blogger.com (Robert Denerstein) · Denerstein Unleashed_ Eli Roth has directed notable horror movies, among them Cabin Fever (2002) and Hostel ( 2005). He's also produced such helpings of horror as Clown (2014) and Haunt (2019). Now, Roth arrives with I ce Cream Man , a horror movie that tries to cut the heart out of idyllic, small-town life when a smiling ice cream man ( Ari Millen ) turns the town's kids into killers. Ice Cream Man tries to walk the… ## [The callow youth of Anthony Bourdain](http://denersteinunleashed.blogspot.com/2026/08/the-callow-youth-of-anthony-bourdain.html) _2026-08-05 · noreply@blogger.com (Robert Denerstein) · Denerstein Unleashed_ In the summer of 1975, a callow 19-year-old from New Jersey traveled to Provincetown, Mass., a certified mecca of free-style living. Tony (later to become celebrity chef and TV star Anthony Bourdain ) spent the summer working in restaurants and partying. At the time, Bourdain was dealing with rejection for a writing fellowship at Vassar, the college he attended. But that didn't stop him from… ## [Howard Jones](https://xevio.us/2026/08/howard-jones/) _2026-08-05 · Xevious · Xevious_ Pictures from Howard Jones Concert ## [The Long Dark Night of the 21st Century](https://www.perisphere.org/2026/07/31/the-long-dark-night-of-the-21st-century/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-long-dark-night-of-the-21st-century) _2026-07-31 · Finn Odum · Perisphere_ |Louis Gagnon| On July 8th, St. Paul mayor Khaoly Her announced her plan to evict the city's homeless encampments. This is set to begin on August 5th. Upwards of 400 people will be displaced and have their belongings confiscated by the cleaning crews. The city is going ahead... Continue reading The post The Long Dark Night of the 21st Century first appeared on Perisphere . ## [Stop CI/CD & Supply-Chain Attacks (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/nIBHy0TO5e21) _2026-07-31 · **Sponsored**_ Per-PR: 17 CI/CD checks and package malware scans with inline Check Run findings. ## [Dark Days of Frey’s Minneapolis](https://www.perisphere.org/2026/07/31/dark-days-of-freys-minneapolis/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=dark-days-of-freys-minneapolis) _2026-07-31 · Finn Odum · Perisphere_ |Amelia Foster| In an era when Minneapolis desperately needs courageous leadership, Jacob Frey fails us again and again. During Operation Metro Surge, he took a press tour when he should have been protecting us from abduction and murder by ICE agents. He has literally run from... Continue reading The post Dark Days of Frey’s Minneapolis first appeared on Perisphere . ## [A samurai tires of the sword](http://denersteinunleashed.blogspot.com/2026/07/mysteries-in-16th-century-japan.html) _2026-07-30 · noreply@blogger.com (Robert Denerstein) · Denerstein Unleashed_ When a movie entitled The Samurai and the Prisoner arrives, it's fair to expect ample swordplay. Director Kiyoshi Kurosawa defies that expectation in a big way. Adapting a 2021 novel by Honobu Yonezawa , Kurosawa's 16th-century period piece offers more talk than action, much of it concerning intrigue inside a castle that's about to be overrun by a powerful warlord. Although the movie contains one… ## ['Spider-Man' can still spin some fun](http://denersteinunleashed.blogspot.com/2026/07/spider-man-can-still-spin-some-fun.html) _2026-07-28 · noreply@blogger.com (Robert Denerstein) · Denerstein Unleashed_ As far as Spider-Man is concerned, the world has amnesia. Still heralded as a crime fighter, Spider-Man has become a loner. Even his closest friends have forgotten that he’s also Peter Parker, a nice guy from Queens. To clarify: The collective loss of memory that underlies Spider-Man: Brand New Day stems from developments at the end of Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021), the previous installment of… ## [Searching for the Rainbow Connection: The Community, Optimism and Hope of the Muppets](https://www.perisphere.org/2026/07/26/searching-for-the-rainbow-connection-the-community-optimism-and-hope-of-the-muppets/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=searching-for-the-rainbow-connection-the-community-optimism-and-hope-of-the-muppets) _2026-07-26 · Finn Odum · Perisphere_ |Devin Warner| Note: There are many links to Muppet related material that I am referencing. You do not need to see them to understand this piece but should watch them because they are all delightful. The Muppet Movie starts with the camera descending into the swamp as we... Continue reading The post Searching for the Rainbow Connection: The Community, Optimism and Hope of the Muppets first… ## [It’s The Muppet Movie! With Our Very Special Guest Stars…](https://www.perisphere.org/2026/07/26/its-the-muppet-movie-with-our-very-special-guest-stars/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=its-the-muppet-movie-with-our-very-special-guest-stars) _2026-07-26 · Finn Odum · Perisphere_ |Dan Howard| Dom DeLuise, James Coburn, Madeline Khan, Telly Savalas, Carol Kane, Paul Williams, Milton Berle, Elliot Gould, Edgar Bergen (and Charlie), Bob Hope, Richard Pryor, Steve Martin, Mel Brooks, Cloris Lechman, and Orson Welles! Talk about an... Continue reading The post It’s The Muppet Movie! With Our Very Special Guest Stars… first appeared on Perisphere . ## [Big Date Night](https://www.perisphere.org/2026/07/26/big-date-night/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=big-date-night) _2026-07-26 · Finn Odum · Perisphere_ |Ben Jarman| We always went to Taco Bell for lunch in a 1989 Honda Civic. Four or five other teens were stuffed in the car, some sitting on laps, just to flee class and get a bite to eat. Steak soft tacos and bean burritos were my thing, but I was there for something else: my classmate... Continue reading The post Big Date Night first appeared on Perisphere . ## [Can a robot assuage a family’s grief?](http://denersteinunleashed.blogspot.com/2026/07/can-robot-assuage-familys-grief.html) _2026-07-24 · noreply@blogger.com (Robert Denerstein) · Denerstein Unleashed_ The loss of a child is serious business, but director Hirokazu Kore-eda treats the subject gently in Sheep in the Box, a fable bolstered by a touch of sci-fi. Kore-eda's screenplay involves a humanoid, a robot child that enters the movie to ease the pain of two grieving parents ( Daigo Yamamoto and Haruka Ayase ). A company called Rebirth contacts the grieving couple. The company creates an exact… ## [‘The Dink’ is bland — but cheerful](http://denersteinunleashed.blogspot.com/2026/07/the-dink-is-bland-but-cheerful.html) _2026-07-23 · noreply@blogger.com (Robert Denerstein) · Denerstein Unleashed_ The Dink , a movie about a former tennis wiz reduced to playing pickleball, is a cheerfully bland comedy about a game that has swept the country. Jake Johnson plays Dustin Boyd, a loser who works as a junior tennis instructor at a country club run by his father ( Ed Harris ). A tough old bird, Dad regards his son as a failure. An ill-fated match with Andy Roddick ended teenage Dustin's promising… ## [She orders him to have sex](http://denersteinunleashed.blogspot.com/2026/07/she-orders-him-to-have-sex.html) _2026-07-17 · noreply@blogger.com (Robert Denerstein) · Denerstein Unleashed_ Erika Tracy is a Los Angeles art star. Just ask her. As played by Olivia Wilde , Erika becomes the driving force in I Want Your Sex , director Gregg Arak i's satirical look at a conceptual artist who hires a floundering 23-year-old college graduate ( Cooper Hoffman ) as a studio assistant. Delighted to land a job, Hoffman's Elliott gets more than he bargained for when Erika bluntly proposes that… ## [An academic faces oppression in Iran](http://denersteinunleashed.blogspot.com/2026/07/an-academic-faces-oppression-in-iran.html) _2026-07-16 · noreply@blogger.com (Robert Denerstein) · Denerstein Unleashed_ Collaborating on a screenplay with Marjorie David , Israeli director Eran Riklis tells a story of academic oppression in Iran, basing his movie on a best-selling memoir by Azar Nafisi. In 1979, Nafisi ( Golshifteh Farahani) and her husband ( Arash Marandi ) returned to Iran. Ayatollah Khomeini had just come to power, and Nafisi -- along with many other returnees -- leaned toward the notion that a… ## [Tracking Christopher Nolan's 'Odyssey'](http://denersteinunleashed.blogspot.com/2026/07/youve-already-seen-odyssey.html) _2026-07-15 · noreply@blogger.com (Robert Denerstein) · Denerstein Unleashed_ You've already seen The Odyssey . You've probably seen it many times. I'm not talking about filmed versions, one in 1954 and another in 1997. I'm talking about movies that -- knowingly or not -- have retold the Odyssey story, if not literally, then by mimicking its structure. You know the drill. A valiant hero is separated from all that's familiar to him. He must overcome many obstacles to achieve… ## [The Invite](https://xevio.us/2026/07/invite/) _2026-07-15 · Xevious · Xevious_ Olivia Wilde skillfully gave the world yet another adaptation of the Catalán play, “Els veïns de dalt” by Cesc Gay. Cesc adapted play into the Spanish language film version, “Sentimental” in 2020. IMDB shows a half dozen remakes in various languages of this film. It still carries the pandemic claustrophobia setup. In Wilde’s version, nearly \[…\] ## [Scams inside a senior living facility](http://denersteinunleashed.blogspot.com/2026/07/scams-inside-senior-living-facility.html) _2026-07-10 · noreply@blogger.com (Robert Denerstein) · Denerstein Unleashed_ Night Nurse takes place inside a high-end assisted living facility where some residents have a nurse with them at all times -- one serving during the day and another at night. Many of the residents suffer from dementia. From the outset, director Georgia Bernstein makes it clear that she's not interested in exposing elder-care abuse. Heavy on atmospherics, Night Nurse embarks on a study of how… ## [Scattered laughs in 'Sex Pass'](http://denersteinunleashed.blogspot.com/2026/07/scatter-laughs-in-sex-pass-comedy.html) _2026-07-08 · noreply@blogger.com (Robert Denerstein) · Denerstein Unleashed_ Gail Daughtry and the Celebrity Sex Pass bring s a slapdash quality to a comedy that opts for a glut of gags that bob on a sea of silliness. Director David Wain ( Wet Hot American Summer ) delivers a preposterous story, unremitting goofiness, and a disregard for credibility, driving his movie to zany extremes. There's something refreshing about a movie without pretensions, but the problem with a… ## [Sex, talk, and relationships on view](http://denersteinunleashed.blogspot.com/2026/07/sex-talk-and-relationships-on-view.html) _2026-07-08 · noreply@blogger.com (Robert Denerstein) · Denerstein Unleashed_ I already knew that Penelope Cruz can be a terrific comic actress, but The Invite , a movie about sex and relationships, reminded me how good she can be. I can’t say I’m a huge Seth Rogen fan, but he gives what might be hi s best performance in this Olivia Wilde -directed movie. Wilde also has a starring role. Essentially, The Invit e is a four-hander with Edward Norton joining the group as a… ## [F-35 Flyover](https://xevio.us/2026/07/f-35/) _2026-07-05 · Xevious · Xevious_ A military flyover scheduled for the bisesquicentennial faces poor official communication, leaving spectators to rely on a low-quality city map and flight-tracking scanners to catch the event. Despite the tracking challenges and a last-minute approach from the east, a perfectly timed trip to AT&T Stadium in Arlington results in successful photographs of the aircraft passing overhead. ## [A foodie struggles with bulimia](http://denersteinunleashed.blogspot.com/2026/07/a-foodie-struggles-with-bulimia.html) _2026-07-01 · noreply@blogger.com (Robert Denerstein) · Denerstein Unleashed_ In Maddie's Secret , director John Early plays the lead character, a woman dealing with a long-standing eating disorder, in this case, bulimia. A comedian, actor, and singer, Early's sex isn't the secret to which the movie' s title refers. Early plays a female character. That’s it. The movie’s secret involves Maddie's bulimia, a condition she has been hiding for years. Maddie works in the food… ## [This 'Minions' is fun -- for a while](http://denersteinunleashed.blogspot.com/2026/07/movie-history-mayhem-in-this-minions.html) _2026-07-01 · noreply@blogger.com (Robert Denerstein) · Denerstein Unleashed_ — A massive orange blob of a monster tries to devour much of Hollywood. — Images of Charlie Chaplin, Buster Keaton, and Dooley Wilson, who played Sam the piano player in Casablanca 's Rick's Cafe, flicker by. — An animated George Lucas under glass asks to be released from his display at a museum. — Georges Milies's A Trip to the Moon crops up . All of that and more can be found in Minions &… ## ['Couture' skims the fashion world](http://denersteinunleashed.blogspot.com/2026/06/couture-skims-fashion-world.html) _2026-06-26 · noreply@blogger.com (Robert Denerstein) · Denerstein Unleashed_ Director Alice Winocour takes us to Paris for fashion week in Couture , a movie that tells three loosely related stories, one featuring Angelina Jolie . Perhaps you can already sense a problem. By having to switch the movie's focus from one character to another, Winocour loses the opportunity for in-depth looks at any of them, and Couture becomes more of a skim than a revelation. Jolie plays… ## [Wild and crazy? Maybe too much so](http://denersteinunleashed.blogspot.com/2026/06/wild-crazy-maybe-too-much-so.html) _2026-06-25 · noreply@blogger.com (Robert Denerstein) · Denerstein Unleashed_ Boots Riley directed an impressive and entertaining debut film with 2018' s Sorry to Bother You , an eye-popping critique of telemarketing that hit a broad range of satirical targets. Riley boosted his distinctive aesthetic -- bold colors, sight gags, and preposterous turns of plot -- with giddy bursts of energy. Riley returns with I Love Boosters , a movie about women who steal clothing from a…