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  Gravesend season 1 premiered on April 3rd 2020 and was only 4 episodes long and each episode was about a half hour.  The series is tight and goes by quickly.  We are introduced to all the characters and the series follows our main protagonist Benny Zerletta played by actor William DeMeo who also writes and directs each episode.  DeMeo is the creator of the series to boot so a lot rests on his shoulders.  The series is quick and to the point.  DeMeo's character Benny is a soldier in a crime family that runs Gravesend a part of South Brooklyn, which runs from Avenue P to the Belt Parkway and includes from Stillwell Avenue to East 12th street.  Gravesend is consider by most a blue collar area, which has gone through many changes since the early 20th Century, and it's close proximity to Cony Island made Gravesend a popular destination to get to Coney Island, and points south.  Many times I would head the  Coney Island-Stillwell Avenue station,...

Saw Riff Raff a few weeks ago when it opened.  Like some movies that studios release they've only limited it release in several theaters, and the theater I saw it in the film was relegated to a small theater.  It's a shame what studios are doing, and it's a BIG problem that streaming has created.  Studios feel it's not worth promoting small films unless they became run away success.  It's a shame because Riff Raff is a smart and dark comedy about an unusual family under seige by oddly and old friend.  Ed Harris is a gift and I swear that anything he is in is leveled up by his performance alone.  But the entire cast is fabulous.  Bill Murra y is hilariously funny in a dead-pan way.  What malice he brings to his character that only Bill Murray can do, and please don't get me started on Jenifer Coolidge 's performance.  She is hilarious and someone I can watch all day.  She is a gift that keeps on giving.  Now don't get me wrong this ...

Lee is a movie about the combat photographer Elizabeth Lee Miller  a fashion model who became an acclaimed war correspondent for Vogue magazine during World War II.  It's a fascinating journey told in flashback as she is interviewed by someone about her career and her times in Europe.  It's an extremely interesting journey and one that you'll find fascinating.  How Lee dealt with sexism, and being a women n a male dominated profession.  The film is shot as though it were shot during the late 40's in color using the stocks they had in the 40"s.  The Germans shot in Agfa color while the American's shot in Kodachrome, but in the film Lee is shooting Black and white stills since that was the prevalent stock of the day. Yet the photography of the film feels like post war Agfa film stock   The film was directed by Ellen Kuras who is a cinematographer of some noted films such as "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind", my favorite "Summer of Sam", ...

  So after hearing about the making of this film last year I was intrigued.  Full confession I'm a Kevin Smith fan.  I saw Clerks in 1994 three times and back in 1992 Robert Rodriguez's film El Mariachi set my brain on fire, so when Mr. Smith's film "The 4:30 Movie" was released I had to see it.  In the NYC area there was a show called the 4:30 Movie, which would host an assortment of different movies.  It was on channel 7 WABC NYC.  There would be Planet of the Apes week, or monster week, and a favorite of mine was Godzilla week.  Everything a young boy could imagine and hope for, so I was intrigued by Mr. Smith's film and why he called it "The 4:30 Movie". What the film is about is sort of a autobiography of Kevin Smith growing up in New Jersey in the Atlantic Highlands neighborhood, and how he became obsessed with movies.  It is a cute story about friends and first loves, which takes us back to 1986.  Kevin does a great job at recreating t...

  What can I say.  A buddy of mine is in this and I wanted to review it awhile ago, so why not review a Christmas movie in July.   The synopsis of the film is this: "A blood-thirsty Santa wrecks havoc on the set of an eccentric adult film director's latest production."  I took this directly from their IMDB page & I thought why mess with perfection. So that sums it up nicely and I'm not going to have any spoilers in this review.  You will either like this film or not.  I'm kind of ambivalent towards it.   First off I'd like to say that the cast is so good looking.  I mean really even the guys, but then again it's a porn satire turned horror film.  Here are some of them: The dialogue is kind of funny and I like our eccentric director played by Chris Ruppert.  He thinks he's making one of the greatest porno's in history, and it will be a masterpiece because there is a plot and a script.  Hey a guy can dream, and Mr Rupper...

  The trilogy that Ti West has achieved is a trilogy that is quite unique and rests on the lead actress Mia Goth.   In X she plays dual parts.  One as the main character and then the murderous old lady.  What she does in X alone is really extraordinary.  What Ms Goth does in the film " Pearl " the second of the films, which is really a prequel of X is also well done.  All three films have a different feel and feel that they are from a different era's.  That is because of Ti West's skill as a writer and director.  In the prequel "Pearl" both Mia Goth And Mr West share writing credit.  This example alone shows how intertwined both Ms Goth & Mr West are to the story of Maxine and Pearl.  Both separate characters but one's that share a theme about seeking fame and the tenaciousness one needs to be to acquire it.  Of course the films take it to the extreme & that's the fun of these films.  It seems that the critics and the...