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We are immensely enjoying Brie Larson in "Lessons in Chemistry," which is now streaming on AppleTV. This week the Oscar winner (Best Actress 2016 for "The Room") turns up in superhero mode as Captain Marvel/Carol Danvers in "The Marvels," the latest chapter in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. She will probably elevate the production.
So far as theatrical releases go, it seems we're in blockbuster-of-the-week mode, with Martin Scorsese's 3-hour and 26-minute "Killers of the Flower Moon" following Taylor Swift's "Eras Tour" concert film into the cineplexes. Perhaps the most anticipated film of the year, the reviews have been overwhelmingly good, though some critics have remarked that the move seems "overlong."
There's no best movie, just like there's no best sunset. Subjective judgments derive from all manner of internal calculation, and a lot of the work is done subconsciously.
The last big movie of the summer, George Miller's "Three Thousand Years of Longing," opens this week. As I write this, I haven't seen the film, so I don't know what to think of it. If Miller can pull off "Mad Max" and "Babe, Pig in the City," I like his odds with this genie in a bottle story, based on a A.S. Byatt short story, particularly given that he's directing Tilda Swinton and Idris Elba, actors who are fascinating even in dubious films.
I haven't seen Steven Spielberg's remake of "West Side Story," but it is the subject of my favorite movie hot take of the year. "A rich and famous artist spends $100 million to revive a corpse with the blood of young people," Richard Brody wrote in his online review for The New Yorker. "The creature is still alive, but barely, and the infusion leaves it deader than when it started."
I haven't seen Steven Spielberg's remake of "West Side Story," but it is the subject of my favorite movie hot take of the year. "A rich and famous artist spends $100 million to revive a corpse with the blood of young people," Richard Brody wrote in his online review for The New Yorker. "The creature is still alive, but barely, and the infusion leaves it deader than when it started."