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  • Top Gun: Maverick

    Top Gun: Maverick

    2022, 2h 11m


    Genre: Action, Drama
    TMDB Rating: 83%

    Our Comments: 05-21-2023 with HS, in Niagara. Rented it on Amazon. An outstanding movie in every way. This is the way movies ought to be! The drama, story, cinematography, action sequences, and imparted emotion are all top level. Enjoyment rating: 4.5 star

    TMDB: “After more than thirty years of service as one of the Navy’s top aviators, and dodging the advancement in rank that would ground him, Pete “Maverick” Mitchell finds himself training a detachment of TOP GUN graduates for a specialized mission the likes of which no living pilot has ever seen.”

    Enjoyment Rating: 4.5 star

    Clean Rating: Not rated

    … About Clean Ratings: see this page.

  • Once Upon a Time in the West

    Once Upon a Time in the West

    1968, 2h 46m


    Genre: Western (Spaghetti)
    TMDB Rating: 83%

    Our Comments: √ 05-16-2023 With HS in Niagara. Well made spaghetti western by the master of the genre, with excellent acting, overall structure and music. In some ways, the entire category is an acquired taste, but worth the effort to be able to appreciate the mastery. 3.5 star.

    From a clean rating standpoint, this movie is not suitable. We give it a Clean 2.5.

    TMDB: “As the railroad builders advance unstoppably through the Arizona desert on their way to the sea, Jill arrives in the small town of Flagstone with the intention of starting a new life.”

    Enjoyment Rating: 3.5 star +

    Clean Rating: 2.5

  • The Hundred-Foot Journey

    The Hundred-Foot Journey

    2014, 2h 2m


    Genre: Drama
    TMDB Rating: 73%

    Our Comments: √ 05-12-2023 at our place in Niagara with NS. Beautifully crafted flick. 4 star.

    TMDB: “A story centered around an Indian family who moves to France and opens a restaurant across the street from a Michelin-starred French restaurant.”

    Enjoyment Rating: 4 star

    Clean Rating: Not rated

  • Julie & Julia

    Julie & Julia

    2009, 1h 53m


    Genre: Drama
    TMDB Rating: 67%

    Our Comments: √ 05-08-2023 with HS, in Niagara. Very enjoyable, with a soft and friendly elegance. Excellent acting by both leading ladies. 3.5 star +

    TMDB: “Julia Child and Julie Powell – both of whom wrote memoirs – find their lives intertwined. Though separated by time and space, both women are at loose ends… until they discover that with the right combination of passion, fearlessness and butter, anything is possible.”

    Enjoyment Rating: 3.5 star +

    Clean Rating: 4

  • North By Northwest

    North By Northwest

    1959, 2h 16m


    Genre: Classics, Mystery
    TMDB Rating: 80%

    My Comments: √ 04-01-2023 at our place in Niagara (PS, HS). Excellent plot, acting, and overall delivery. 4 star.

    TMDB: “Advertising man Roger Thornhill is mistaken for a spy, triggering a deadly cross-country chase. Spine-chilling climax!”

    1. Ernest Lehman Author, Screenplay
    2. Alfred Hitchcock Director

    Enjoyment Rating: 4 star

    Clean Rating: 4.5

  • Casablanca

    Casablanca

    1943, 1h 42m


    Genre: Classics, Drama
    TMDB Rating: 82%

    My Comments: √ 03-31-2023 at our place in Niagara (PS, HS). A masterpiece. Not because it’s iconic, which it is. But because it’s that good. Impeccably interwoven story of war, the plight/fight for freedom, romance, heartbreak, and fate.

    TMDB: “In Casablanca, Morocco in December 1941, a cynical American expatriate meets a former lover, with unforeseen complications.”

    Michael Curtiz Director

    Enjoyment Rating: 5 star

    Clean Rating: 4.5