Your Movies (cleveland.com)
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Gerry Shamray
Rating
Title/Year
Author
1
2/5
Tom Clancy's Without Remorse (2021)
They say that death just follows around Clancy hero John Kelly. Regardless, don't blame Michael B. Jordan, the guy who plays him, for killing the movie. That distinction goes to an insanely convoluted screenplay and too many tedious action sequences.
Posted Apr 29, 2021
2
3.5/5
Together Together (2021)
3
1.5/5
Vanquish (2021)
4
3/5
Touch (2020)
5
2/5
Thunder Force (2021)
A funny female friendship for much of the first hour becomes just so much nonsense in the second.
Posted Apr 10, 2021
6
2.5/5
French Exit (2021)
7
2.5/5
Concrete Cowboy (2021)
Elba's dramatic heft and legitimate star power certainly do have their moments, especially during some potent father-son exchanges.
Posted Apr 3, 2021
8
2.5/5
Godzilla vs. Kong (2021)
9
3.5/5
Nobody (2021)
No one can play unassuming as credibly as Odenkirk.
Posted Mar 27, 2021
10
3.5/5
The Courier (2020)
Benedict Cumberbatch smartly returns to espionage mode as an everyman hero who actually helped keep the infamous Cuban Missile Crisis from turning even scarier. Who knew?
Posted Mar 19, 2021
11
4.5/5
The Father (2021)
12
3/5
Coming 2 America (2021)
13
3.5/5
Raya and the Last Dragon (2021)
With the always funny Awkwafina offering her rock-solid vocal accompaniment, Sisu becomes the genuine scene-stealing star of this pretty piece.
Posted Mar 6, 2021
14
2.5/5
Cherry (2021)
Just wish the two young leads added a bit more heft to this good-looking, multigenre, Cleveland-based tale. The Michael Rispoli cameo is a much welcome highlight.
Posted Feb 25, 2021
15
3/5
The performance of a new "Lady Day" (first name Andra) demands watching. She sings, struts and simply startles as the tragic and legendary chanteuse of the title.
Posted Feb 25, 2021
16
4.5/5
Nomadland (2021)
17
4.5/5
Minari (2020)
18
2/5
Land (2021)
19
4.5/5
Judas and the Black Messiah (2021)
20
2.5/5
The Mauritanian (2021)
21
4/5
Two of Us (Deux) (2021)
The full body of a longtime, secret relationship between two sensational women (European stars Martine Chevallier and Barbara Sukowa) is beautifully and compassionately revealed.
Posted Feb 5, 2021
22
3.5/5
Falling (2020)
First-time feature director Viggo Mortensen auspiciously writes, composes, produces and copes with fab co-star Lance Henricksen, as a combustible father spitting out deep-rooted prejudices now without mental filters being slowly disabled by dementia.
Posted Feb 5, 2021
23
4.5/5
76 Days (2020)
Totally absorbing -- from the wildly frenetic start of the total lockdown in the city of 11 million to the film's mostly moving, bittersweet conclusion.
Posted Feb 2, 2021
24
3/5
Malcolm & Marie (2021)
Surely this disagreeing duo is intriguing to watch, even if their topic most likely will fall on deaf ears outside of the self-possessed world of Hollywood.
Posted Jan 30, 2021
25
3.5/5
The Little Things (2021)
26
3/5
Palmer (2021)
Despite bullies big and small -- but mostly thanks to the screen chemistry of Timberlake and Allen --"Palmer" becomes an occasionally moving little film for our times.
Posted Jan 30, 2021
27
3.5/5
Our Friend (2020)
Most is true and undeniably more poignant than weepy in the secure hands of Cowperthwaite and screenwriter Brad Ingelsby.
Posted Jan 23, 2021
28
3/5
Ice Cream in the Cupboard (2020)
Moffett's story never plays to the maudlin, especially with the author portrayed by Ashbrook, and lovely, ill-fated wife Carmen so truly humanized by a fine Claudia Ferri.
Posted Jan 13, 2021
29
3.5/5
Minor Premise (2020)
Don't be surprised if and when you watch it more than once.
Posted Jan 13, 2021
30
3/5
Pieces of a Woman (2020)
Early explosiveness so overpowers the subsequent fallout from what occurs even before the film's title card appears that the rest almost becomes an afterthought.
Posted Jan 9, 2021
31
3.5/5
Herself (2021)
32
3/5
One Night in Miami (2020)
In one man's opinion, Guree and Odom steal the picture - especially the latter, whose vocals easily bring back fond memories of the legendary and soulful Sam Cooke.
Posted Jan 8, 2021
33
3.5/5
Shadow in the Cloud (2021)
The magic movie moment of how Chloe Grace Moretz gets back into a rickety old World War II bomber during this effects-heavy, Toronto "Midnight Madness" winner is almost worth the price of admission alone.
Posted Jan 1, 2021
34
4/5
The Midnight Sky (2020)
The fascinating final reel looks and feels as well-crafted -- and directed -- as any Hollywood film this year.
Posted Dec 26, 2020
35
4/5
Soul (2020)
In this abstract assortment, everyone from Archimedes to New York's infamous Pizza Rat earns a mention and, somehow, it remains exhilarating. Go figure.
Posted Dec 26, 2020
36
4/5
Promising Young Woman (2020)
A psycho/sexual revenge scheme that's best served the way writer/director Emerald Fennell dishes it up.
Posted Dec 26, 2020
37
2/5
News of the World (2020)
. . . an occasionally dull, eternally predictable road trip from wobbly start to not-so-heart-tugging finish.
Posted Dec 26, 2020
38
3.5/5
Greenland (2020)
39
3/5
I'm Your Woman (2020)
Special moments of Aretha Franklin's essential 'Natural Woman' help breathe some screen life into this up-and-down 'Woman.'
Posted Dec 12, 2020
40
4.5/5
Another Round (Druk) (2020)
Ever-great Dane Mads Mikkelsen leads a smartly adept troupe through shtick and skin, sadness and serious celebration.
Posted Dec 12, 2020
41
3/5
The Racer (2020)
42
3/5
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom (2020)
43
4/5
Black Bear (2020)
44
4/5
Dear Santa (2020)
45
3.5/5
Mank (2020)
Perhaps the year's most gorgeous-looking film and every second of it in glorious, Hollywood glamorous black and white.
Posted Nov 28, 2020
46
3/5
The Croods: A New Age (2020)
47
3/5
Uncle Frank (2020)
Most of the genuine humor occurs after we meet Frank's partner Wally, an immensely likable fellow, as played by a terrific Peter Macdissi.
Posted Nov 28, 2020
48
3.5/5
The Last Vermeer (2020)
Veteran cinematographer Remi Adefarasin manages to show off some scenes in the same kind of light made famous by the man in the title, 17th century painter Johannes Vermeer.
Posted Nov 21, 2020
49
4/5
Sound of Metal (2020)
It's the magnificent Riz Ahmed in one of the year's most truly electric performances, with great support, literally and figuratively, from Olivia Cooke.
Posted Nov 21, 2020
50
3/5
Fatman (2020)