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Leverage: Redemption (2021)
OMG - just what i've been waiting for!!!! 😁
I am SOOOO happy it's here!!! The old team is back, mostly! And they're getting into trouble just like in the old days, so refreshing. I can't tell you how many times i've seen a situation on tv and said, "this would get fixed with a little leverage." i liked every single episode and had absolutely no problems with them (except, my missing hardison). Very unlike that poster that had a burr up his spleen about nazis, for some reason. Maybe he's got a nazi stuck in there? Idk. But, that's what leverage does, it uses headlines new and old, like law&order, for episode content. This whole season did NOT disappoint and i am so happy i will see more of the crew in the future; very hopefully and quite possibly, maybe. Carry on! 👍🏽🙌🏽👍🏽🙌🏽👍🏽
Run the Wild Fields (2000)
a moving period piece so vivid, it may leave you weeping
this movie caught me off-guard while channel surfing 4 years ago. i found it on the hallmark channel, originally on showtime, and i was sucked into watching until the very end. i couldn't tear myself away even if i'd tried.
such a sweet movie and tender performances all around by the main cast. it's a story about a woman (joanne whalley) whose husband is off to WW2 and MIA. the discovery of a wounded drifter (sean patrick flanery) on her property by her daughter (alexa vega), makes her confront her fears and the possible truth of her husbands demise. why we don't hear more from joanne whalley is beyond me. a fantastic actress whose technique is so engaging you are compelled to watch. and sean flanery? my goodness, "subtle" yet effective, comes to mind when thinking of his performance. the aching melancholy beneath the surface of his "tom", and joanne's "ruby" makes my heart ache the acting is so touching. comparably, the interaction between mother and daughter and between tom and ruby's daughter as well, "opal (pug)", is so sweet you almost forget that tom hasn't been part of this family from the beginning. there's a scene where ruby is caught making an unconscious parallel comparison between eleanor roosevelt dealing with FDR's death, and herself trying to deal with her husband frank's possible death. she gets a chill at the realization of the quasi-truth. at that exact moment, tom notices her shivering and offers her his jacket - which is really frank's jacket she gave him to wear out of kindness. the unspoken dialogue in that one scene moved me to tears. you can almost see her let go of frank's memory as she refuses the offer to wear the jacket. it is one of many scenes that moved me to tears in this wonderful, wonderful movie.
i cannot express how unexpectedly fantastic this movie is. to reveal the ending would rob the prospective viewer from simply one of the most wonderful viewing experiences they'll ever have. this movie grabs your head and your heart in a tight grip from the time you start watching, and it doesn't let go until the very end it is so engaging. such a pleasure was had watching this movie, i bought it not long ago.
go and rent it today. you will be so thoroughly happy that you let ruby, tom and pug into your heart for an hour and a half, that you may want them to stay forever and buy the movie like i did.
The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day (2009)
BD2 is fan-friggin-tastic and an old-fashioned shoot-em-up!
BD2 rocked the house and definitely did NOT disappoint me! i love, loVE, LOVED it, have seen it now 5 times as of this past Friday and i find something new each time i see it. hell, i just finished watching the original for what is sure to be the 1,792nd time, and just found something i hadn't noticed before in it! good movies have that affect. not only do they make you want to see them, but it becomes an exercise in pleasantly surprising discovery each time you do.
i went into BD2 expecting a wonderful movie and received nothing less. the mcmanus brothers and everyone else are back from BD1 10yrs older (8yrs in movie time), but maybe not a whole lot wiser (their plan execution is still chaotic) and the new characters were great additions to the BD family. i especially liked the back-story to noah mcmanus' modus operandi - his witnessing the cold-blooded murder of his father. that one action by the mob is what started this whole generational vigilante mess. what i find intriguing throughout both movies is the whole 'it runs in the family' motif. could that be true? and the ending? it just took my breath away...
my only complaint, and it's a small one, is that some of the editing left some scenes too long to me. maybe the director's cut can address this and tighten up those loose edits. i don't know, it's just a thought. but what this girl does know is that troy duffy delivered that big BD cheeseburger he was promising us we could sink our teeth into. and dude, it was good! make another one troy, hurry!