15/43
Features They Stooge to Conga (1943)
Scenario
A generational story about families and the special place they inhabit, about love, loss, laughter and sharing life… Based on the comic book "Here" by Richard McGuire. It first appeared as a strip in the comic book magazine "Raw" in 1989 and then expanded into a 300-page comic book in 2014. At one point in the film, Richard’s father names several towns that he says are along the Pennsylvania Turnpike, when in fact they are all towns along Interstate 80 in PA, which had not yet been built.. [from the trailer] Richard: You know, if you like, you can spend the rest of the night here.Margaret: I could spend the rest of my life here..
Concerto for Clarinet, Pts
1 and 2. Written by Artie Shaw. Performed by Artie Shaw and his band, courtesy of RCA Records, under arrangement with Sony Music Entertainment. I saw the negative reviews and didn’t want to see this movie. But I went and saw it with my family and was pleasantly surprised.
The actors did a nice job
It wasn’t one of the best movies of 2024, like The Wild Robot. But this movie is engaging from start to finish, when I expected to be bored when I heard the concept of the movie. My biggest complaint is probably that some of the stories felt empty and incomplete compared to others. I wish there was more of a sense of equality between the stories of the neighborhood residents in the different eras. And maybe it would have been nice if there was something more to tie them together than just the setting.
I feel like the visuals were excellent
Maybe I missed something because there are so many details in this movie. It really took me from the 1950s to the early 2000s for the most part. I found the family around the last 10 years and the family around the 20s and 30s to be particularly one-dimensional. I really liked the early 1900s family with their interest in aviation, as well as the clips before the house was built. The editing and transitions were very enjoyable and made up for the lack of camera angles and variety.
The story isn’t perfect
Then when the camera finally came to a close, there was something unexpected and magical about it. Overall, I found it solid and worth watching because it’s a very different and interesting film. But I found it hard to fault the execution in terms of direction and editing. From Alien: Romulus to Road House, take a look back at some of our favorite posters from 2024.