Did a lot of flying recently. Here are my Air Canada film ratings:
Animal Kingdom: 8.75/10
Aussie-based film starring Joel Edggerton, Ben Mendehlson, and Guy Pearce. Another movie where I'm left wanting more. Might have to take a break from film and start reading more. Plot is that a young kid's mother dies. He and his mom were estranged from his real family, and now he goes back into this family to be taken care of by his uncles and grandma. His grandma is played by Jacki Weaver, who gives the best performance. She always convinces me she is pure evil. The entire family is relatively evil, with different members wrapped up in different crime-related activities.
Love & Mercy|: 8.25/10
Re-watched this one. Great to see Elizabeth Banks do movies that aren't masturbation comedies and hunger games. I thought Paul Dano really nailed his character whereas Cusak has rubbed me the wrong way ever since Malkovich.
Spaceballs: 9/10
They have Spaceballs on Air Canada and it is awesome.
Mr. Holmes: 7/10
Probably just been too over-saturated with movies/TV either directly about or influenced by Sherlock Holmes. Here its that cute, 'oh Holmes is really old and there is a cute boy that comes along to help and look how special their relationship is'. Still, it was entertainment.
Spotlight: 7.5/10
Thought the acting in this movie was quite poor considering how great the cast was and the importance of the topic. I normally like Ruffalo but his character felt flat and was written poorly. Writers wanted to establish this 'bond' between reporters right off the bat. They take five seconds to show him ordering a hotdog at a baseball game so everyone can see what an ordinary guy he is. Also, getting rights to the story must have come with a condition that the word 'Spotlight' was used a minimum of 100 times because it seemed like that word was used more than the F-word in Scarface.
Curb Your Enthusiasm: 10/10
I started watching Seinfeld at around 9 or 10. Maybe my favorite show of all time. I have no idea why I waited so long to watch Curb. Larry David shows signs of both George and Jerry so perfectly and his wife is great. So excited that there are nine seasons of this show to catch up on.
Mr Robot: 7/10
Only watched two episodes, but didn't like it as much as I initially did. Getting tired of TV shows where the lead character narrates what he is doing/feeling. LAZY.