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James Wegg
Tomatometer-approved critic
Freelance writer and not-for-profit consultant in search of meaningful artistic expression of any type.
Niagara Region Canada
http://www.jamesweggreview.org
Movies reviews only
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T.S. Eliot's Four Quartets (2022) |
Words speak louder than actions - JWR
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| Posted Aug 01, 2023
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Mickey Hardaway (2023) |
Art is a waste of time - JWR
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| Posted Jul 12, 2023
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The Last of the Winthrops (2022) |
You can’t choose your relatives - JWR
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| Posted Jul 12, 2023
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Wild Beauty: Mustang Spirit of the West (2023) |
We need the tonic of wildness - JWR
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| Posted Jul 12, 2023
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Saint-Narcisse (2021) |
Imagine being an orphan, only to discover your mother is still alive. - JWR
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| Posted Jun 01, 2023
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Kubrick by Kubrick (2020) |
Is man fundamentally good? - JWR
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| Posted Jun 01, 2023
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Plastic Earth (2023) |
Some things are designed to last forever: music, art, literature—hopefully—relationships. But garbage—notably plastics, worse still: microplastics—threaten to end the world as we think we enjoy it, one water bottle at a time. - JWR
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| Posted Jun 01, 2023
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Orchestrator of Storms: The Fantastique World of Jean Rollin (2022) |
Dreams, memories and producers - JWR
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| Posted Jun 01, 2023
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Altered Perceptions (2023) |
If only it wasn’t fiction - JWR
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| Posted Apr 14, 2023
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Stranger at the Gate (2022) |
As positive as this production is, its heartwarming message of real-life hope will be lost on those who know (and profit) from being better than the rest of us. - JWR
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| Posted Mar 21, 2023
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The Martha Mitchell Effect (2022) |
As Ruth Ben Ghiat recently said, “Making sure you have immunity, while those who have done your dirty work go to jail, is an essential strongman skill”. - JWR
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| Posted Mar 21, 2023
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The Elephant Whisperers (2022) |
As positive as this production is, its heartwarming message of real-life hope will be lost on those who know (and profit) from being better than the rest of us. - JWR
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| Posted Mar 21, 2023
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Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022) |
Laundry, taxes and life - JWR
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| Posted Mar 01, 2023
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Navalny (2022) |
Imagine what a kinder, gentler world we would have today if it was Vladimir Putin languishing in jail rather than Alexei Navalny. - JWR
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| Posted Mar 01, 2023
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A House Made of Splinters (2022) |
One can only wish that this captivating documentary was actually fiction; thanks to Putin and his cronies it is an awful truth. - JWR
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| Posted Mar 01, 2023
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Nanny (2022) |
To add cinematic spice, there are copious amounts of magic and visions. Viewers are left to sort out the truth from the deliberate alchemy. - JWR
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| Posted Jan 30, 2023
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Nope (2022) |
Don't look up - JWR
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| Posted Jan 30, 2023
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Body Parts (2022) |
My body no longer belongs to me. - JWR
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| Posted Jan 30, 2023
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The Kings of the World (2022) |
It’s a highway-filled, jungle-rich road movie that deftly explores the good, bad and ugly of strangers met on the trek, along with evolving relationships amongst the travellers. - JWR
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| Posted Jan 18, 2023
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Thirteen Lives (2022) |
Imagine exploring a cave (Tham Luang) in the beautiful mountains of Thailand’s Chiang Rai region, delving into its depths, only to be denied an exit due to the sudden, ceiling-high water eruption, then waiting weeks before any hope of rescue. - JWR
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| Posted Jan 18, 2023
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Pinocchio (2022) |
No strings attached - JWR
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| Posted Jan 18, 2023
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All Quiet on the Western Front (2022) |
What is a soldier without war? - JWR
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| Posted Jan 18, 2023
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Argentina, 1985 (2022) |
In our present-day era of dictatorial rule in Russia causing horrendous, senseless grief in Ukraine, it is instructive to see a re-enactment of the 1985 Trial of the Juntas in Argentina. - JWR
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| Posted Jan 18, 2023
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Blanquita (2022) |
Most truth will never come out - JWR
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| Posted Jan 18, 2023
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Holy Spider (2022) |
And justice for one - JWR
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| Posted Jan 18, 2023
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You Won't Be Alone (2022) |
At the, er, heart of it all is Wolf-Eateress, Maria (Anamaria Marinca is appropriately caustic, brutal and unrepenting), whose previous burning at the stake—ironically completing the transformation to the other side—has left her skin burned to the core. - JWR
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| Posted Jan 17, 2023
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Emily the Criminal (2022) |
Well, what would you do? - JWR
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| Posted Jan 17, 2023
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Decision to Leave (2022) |
Murder, perhaps suicide, upscale sushi, failing/failed relationships, love at first arrest, and crow’s feathers are all important elements in Chan-wook’s story of a weekend marriage detective’s quest to put the nasty amongst us away for good.
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| Posted Jan 17, 2023
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EO (2022) |
After a relatively brief life in the circus, what’s a show donkey to do? - JWR
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| Posted Jan 17, 2023
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No Bears (2022) |
The folly of unfounded traditions - JWR
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| Posted Jan 17, 2023
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Women Talking (2022) |
What’s a girl to do? - JWR
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| Posted Jan 17, 2023
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Crimes of the Future (2022) |
“Surgery is the new sex” - JWR
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| Posted Jan 17, 2023
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Take Out (2004) |
A very dark look at systemic misery - JWR
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| Posted Jan 17, 2023
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My Imaginary Country (2022) |
Third time lucky? We can only hope. - JWR
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| Posted Nov 05, 2022
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The Mayor of Rione Sanità (2019) |
If you want to win the case, the lawyer must never know the truth. - JWR
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| Posted Oct 27, 2022
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Alpha: The Right to Kill (2018) |
Where are the good guys? - JWR
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| Posted Oct 27, 2022
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Bent (1997) |
How extraordinarily chilling to see playwright Martin Sherman’s masterpiece on the screen a quarter century after its release, even as Putin’s “fake war” tries to rid Ukraine of its Nazi population. - JWR
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| Posted Oct 27, 2022
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Beloved (2022) |
Fine performances from Iveel Mashbat and Jana Milley as the doomed lovers who try and fail to resurrect their initial passion. - JWR
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| Posted Oct 18, 2022
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I Didn't See You There (2022) |
Try walking a mile in my chair - JWR
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| Posted Sep 02, 2022
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Sniper: The White Raven (2022) |
Best to be neither seen nor heard - JWR
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| Posted Sep 02, 2022
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From the Hood to the Holler (2022) |
Justice is not a destination, it’s a journey. - JWR
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| Posted Sep 02, 2022
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Moving in 2008 (2021) |
American Nightmare - JWR
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| Posted Jun 13, 2022
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Potato Dreams of America (2021) |
As the younger Vasili, Hersh Powers charms the camera with his apparent naiveté and boyish good looks; once in America, Tyler Bocock readily exudes his inner gay with panache. - JWR
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| Posted Jun 13, 2022
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Guantanamo Diary Revisited (2022) |
Nothing new under the sun of torture - JWR
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| Posted Jun 13, 2022
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Neptune Frost (2021) |
Every once in a while, a film comes along that more needs seeing than reviewing. - JWR
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| Posted Jun 13, 2022
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The Artist (2011) |
Words defeat me - JWR
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| Posted May 08, 2022
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Ben-Hur (1959) |
Death by spectacle - JWR
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| Posted May 08, 2022
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Braveheart (1995) |
"It’s our wits that make us men." - JWR
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| Posted May 08, 2022
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Forrest Gump (1994) |
Seeing this 1994 winner of Best Picture in 2022, immediately reminded me of how far cinema has come in portraying the “different amongst us”. - JWR
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| Posted May 08, 2022
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Unforgiven (1992) |
"They had it coming." - JWR
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| Posted May 08, 2022
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