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Saturday 7th March 2026

USA 2019

Running time: 126 mins

Dark Waters

Director : Todd Haynes

Film Summary :
Corporate lawyer gets sucked in to taking on DuPont. True story spanning 20+ years

Reviewed by rogerco, DVD proj @ home on 07 Mar 2026

Good story but ...

A good story doesn't always make a good film. Covering 20 years - much of which is spent shuffling paper and waiting for the legal process to grind through it somewhat struggles to make a drama. Would probably be better as a book.

Having said which its not a bad film, well shot, acted and directed. Nice to see Ruffalo playing a proper character for once. Unfortunately no subtitles available on the DVD some sometimes hard to make out what the actors said.




Saturday 7th March 2026

Gasoline Rainbow

unlisted director

Reviewed by rogerco, Streamed proj @ home on 07 Mar 2026

Review Summary :
Modern day road trip by teenagers

Modern youth road trip

Interesting to see a younger generations take on the road trip. Rather petered out at the end - I guess they all went home and carried on with life as good little consumer cogs in the machine.




Sunday 15th February 2026

US 2020

Running time: 92 mins

Tesla

Director : Michael Almereyda

Film Summary :
Strange bio-pic of a strange man told in a strange way

Reviewed by rogerco, DVD proj @ home on 15 Feb 2026

Strangely told story

A slightly odd (whimisical) way of telling a life story that doesn't quite work but in a way reflects the strangeness of the man himself. Not your normal bio-pic and doesn't really delve into the stranger end of his ideas and how they have been supressed.




Saturday 7th February 2026

Norway 2021

Running time: 128 mins

The Worst Person in the World

Director : Joachim Trier

Film Summary :
30 yo smiling young woman growing up in Olso

Reviewed by Roger CO, Streamed proj @ home on 07 Feb 2026

The Smile gets a bit monotonous

A rom-com about a young woman who I can't really connect with. Renate Reinsve has a compleeing smile though which makes it good to look at even though it is a bit of a single note moview which gets tedious sometimes.




Saturday 31st January 2026

US 1994

Running time: 96 mins

River of Grass

Director : Kelly Reichardt

Film Summary :
Cozy, a young woman with 2 kids living with her dad, goes on the run (or tries to) with someone she meets in a bar after an accident with a gun.
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Reviewed by Roger CO, Streamed proj @ home on 31 Jan 2026

You Cant Escape Florida

A bit like the classic Badlands, but this time the young couple don't actually do anything particularly bad, although they think they have, and don't manage to get very far.

Nonetheless makes quite a good tale