Watch List Weekly Recap 2/9/24
A perfect "Perfect Days" and a delicious "The Taste of Things," among other viewing pleasures.
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Ty, I think you are a fine, very intelligent film reviewer and your insights have been valuable to me as a film lover. BUT, why do you tell the endings of so many of the films you review??? I thought your review of The Devils was great, until I kept reading and you just spill it all out. I think it may be keeping me from seeing it - a film I have wanted to watch for many years. Now in Perfect Days, you do the same thing. I have reviewed crime fiction for over 35 years, including for the SF Chronicle, Portland Oregonian and now on CrimeReads. I NEVER tell how a story comes out. You can allude to how a story ends, but details ruin it. It becomes a book report, not critical analysis. In fact, the halfway point in a book is usually where I shift from any more plot. Whaddya say?