Friday, August 6, 2021

Movies I Have Seen - August 2021 (5 movies)

 

Black Widow. 2021, Starring 


Scarlett Johansson as Natasha Romanoff / Black Widow

Florence Pugh as Yelena Belova / Black Widow

David Harbour as Alexei Shostakov / Red Guardian

O-T Fagbenle as Rick Mason

Olga Kurylenko as Antonia Dreykov / Taskmaster

Ray Winstone as Dreykov

Rachel Weisz as Melina Vostokoff / Black Widow

Liani Samuel, Michelle Lee, and Nanna Blondell appear as Red Room assassins Lerato, Oksana, and Ingrid, respectively,[54][44] while Olivier Richters portrays Ursa Major, a fellow inmate of Shostakov's.[40][55] The film's post-credits scene sees Julia Louis-Dreyfus reprising her role as Valentina Allegra de Fontaine from the Disney+ series The Falcon and the Winter Soldier (2021) in an uncredited cameo appearance.[56] Jeremy Renner reprises his MCU role as Clint Barton in an uncredited voice-only cameo


Cineplex Edmonton, August 1, 2021, with Bethany Luther and Dr. Connie Luther. Soundtrack: "


American Pie
Written and Performed by Don McLean
Courtesy of Capitol Records
Under license from Universal Music Enterprises
Smells Like Teen Spirit
Written by Kurt CobainKrist Novoselic, and Dave Grohl (as David Grohl)
Performed by Think Up Anger feat. Malia J.
Courtesy of Think Up Anger
Bond Fights Snake
Written by John Barry
Courtesy of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Music Inc.
Under license from Sony/ATV Music Publishing
Cheap Thrills
Written by Sia (as Sia Furler), Sean Paul (as Sean Paul Henriques), and Greg Kurstin
Performed by Sia feat. Sean Paul
Courtesy of Monkey Puzzle Records/RCA Records
Atshan Ya Zeina
Written and Performed by Ahmed Mohamed El Gaml
Courtesy of Songtradr, Inc.
Rise Ye Soldiers of Salvation
Traditional
The Avengers Theme
Composed by Alan Silvestri


Quote: Melina Vostokoff: Good boy, Alexei. Good boy. Alexei Shostakov: You named a pig after me? Melina Vostokoff: You don't see the resemblance?



Anachronisms 

The opening scene set in 1995 shows Yelena playing with a My Little Pony plushie, of a style which was not released until the mid-2010's.

In the beginning of the film when Alexei, Melina, Natasha, and Yelena are fleeing from S.H.I.E.L.D., they drive past a high school football game. The officials in that game are wearing black officiating pants. Officials would not start wearing black pants for another 15 years. Since this scene is set in 1995, the officials should be wearing white knickers.


Night Of The Kings. 2020 (French), Starring 


Bakary Koné as Roman



Crave, August 6, 2021. Soundtrack: "Avec Toi" - Gbazi Yves Landry; "C'etait L'enfant Koby" - Performed by Kambou Sle; "Zama" -  Performed by Bah Kpazai Marcel; "Adieu Barbe Noire" - Performed by Kombassere Jacques. 

Nomadland. 2020, Starring 


  • Frances McDormand as Fern
  • David Strathairn as Dave
  • Linda May as Linda
  • Charlene Swankie as Swankie
  • Bob Wells as Bob Wells
  • Peter Spears as Peter
  • Derek Endres as Derek
  • Tay Strathairn as James
  • Gay DeForest as Gay
  • Patricia Grier as Patty
  • Angela Reyes as Angela
  • Carl R. Hughes as Carl
  • Douglas G. Soul as Doug
  • Ryan Aquino as Ryan
  • Teresa Buchanan as Teresa
  • Karie Lynn McDermott Wilder as Karie
  • Brandy Wilder as Brandy
  • Makenzie Etcheverry as Makenzie
  • Annette Webb as Annette
  • Rachel Bannon as Rachel
  • Bryce Bedsworth as Bryce
  • Sherita Deni Coker as Deni
  • Merle Redwing as Merle
  • Forrest Bault as Forrest
  • Suanne Carlson as Suanne
  • Donnie Miller as Donnie
  • Roxanne Bay as Roxy
  • Matt Sfaelos as Noodle
  • Ronald O. Zimmerman as Ron
  • Paige Dean as Paige
  • Paul Winer as Paul
  • Derrick Janis as Victor
  • Greg Barber as Greg
  • Carol Anne Hodge as Carol
  • Matthew Stinson as Nurse Matt
  • Terry Phillip as Terry
  • Bradford Lee Riza as Brad
  • Cat Clifford as Cat
  • James R. Taylor Jr. as James
  • Jeremy Greenman as Jeremy
  • Ken Greenman as Ken
  • Melissa Smith as Dolly
  • Warren Keith as George
  • Jeff Andrews as Jeff
  • Paul Cunningham as Paul
  • Emily Jade Foley as Emily
  • Mike Sells as Mike
  • Cheryl Davis as Cheri


Crave, August 17, 2021, with Dr. Connie Luther. Soundtrack: "


What Child Is This?
Written by William Chatterton Dix
Rubber Ring
Written by Morrissey (as Steven Morrissey) and Johnny Marr
Home Is A Question Mark
Written by Morrissey (as Steven Morrissey) and Alain Whyte
White Christmas
Written by Irving Berlin
Performed by Bing CrosbyThe Ken Darby Singers (as Ken Darby Singers), John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra
Courtesy of Geffen Records
Under license from Universal Music Enterprises
The Twelve Days Of Christmas
Written by Frederic Austin
Performed by Philadelphia Brass Ensemble (as The Philadelphia Brass Ensemble)
Courtesy of Sony Classical
By arrangement with Sony Music Entertainment
Oltremare (Divenire)
Written and Performed by Ludovico Einaudi
Courtesy of Ponderosa Music Records
Golden Butterflies (Seven Days Walking, Day One)
Written and Performed by Ludovico Einaudi
Courtesy of Ponderosa Music Records
Struttin' Easy Peasy
Written by Stephen Edwards
Courtesy of mVibe LLC
On The Road Again
Written by Willie Nelson
Quartzsite Vendor Blues
Written and Performed by Donnie Miller (as Donald Miller)
Getting Back With Me
Written and Performed by Donnie Miller (as Donald Miller)
Tequila
Written by Danny Flores (as Chuck Rio)
Performed by The Champs
Courtesy of Masters International
By arrangement with Ace Music Services LLC
Rose Garden
Written by Joe South
Performed by Lynn Anderson
Courtesy of Columbia Records Nashville
By arrangement with Sony Music Entertainment
It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels
Written by Joseph D. Miller
Performed by Kitty Wells
Courtesy of Geffen Records
Under license from Universal Music Enterprises
Foot Stompin' Banjo
Written by Stephen Edwards
Courtesy of mVibe LLC
Epilogue
Written and Performed by Ólafur Arnalds
Answer Me, My Love
Written by Carl SigmanFred Rauch and Gerhard Winkler
Performed by Nat 'King' Cole
Courtesy of Capitol Records
Under license from Universal Music Enterprises
Next To The Track Blues
Written and Performed by Paul Winer
Petricor (Elements)
Written and Performed by Ludovico Einaudi
Courtesy of Ponderosa Music Records
I Love This Bar
Written by Toby Keith and Scotty Emerick (as Scott Emerick)
Performed by Toby Keith
Courtesy of DreamWorks Records Nashville
Under license from Universal Music Enterprises
Coal Miner's Daughter
Written and Performed by Loretta Lynn
Courtesy of MCA Nashville
Under license from Universal Music Enterprises
Tumbling Tumbleweeds
Written by Bob Nolan
Performed by Sons of the Pioneers
Courtesy of RCA Records Nashville
By arrangement with Sony Music Entertainment
Low Mist (Seven Days Walking, Day Three)
Written and Performed by Ludovico Einaudi
Courtesy of Ponderosa Music Records
Drifting Away I Go
Written and Performed by Cat Clifford
Return Of The Grievous Angel
Written by Gram Parsons and Thomas Brown
Performed by Gram Parsons
Courtesy of Warner Records
By arrangement with Warner Music Group Film & TV Licensing
Dave's Song
Written and Performed by Tay Strathairn
Gravity (Seven Days Walking, Day Three)
Written and Performed by Ludovico Einaudi
Courtesy of Ponderosa Music Records
Low Mist (Seven Days Walking, Day One)
Written and Performed by Ludovico Einaudi
Courtesy of Ponderosa Music Records
Drifting Away I Go
Written and Performed by Cat Clifford
Arranged by Luke Dennis




Anachronisms: 

When Fern receives the message from Linda Mae containing the video of the swallows, she is watching it on a large iPhone with a 2D interface. This part of the film is set in September 2011, at which time neither this type of iPhone nor that version of iOS had been introduced.


My Salinger Year. 2020 (Canadian), Starring 



Crave, August 22, 2021, with Dr. Connie Luther. Soundtrack: "


Everyday
Performed by Tinsley Ellis
Written by Bob De Pugh (as Bob DePugh) and Tinsley Ellis
Published by De Pugh Music, Frozen Inca Music
Courtesy of Alligator Records
Tonight
Performed by Sibylle Baier
Written by Sibylle Baier
Published by Soultube Music
Courtesy of Orange Twin Records
Moon River
Arrangements by Christian Turcotte and Martin Léon
Written by Henry Mancini and Johnny Mercer
Published by Famous LLC
Courtesy of Martin Léon
No One Will Ever Love You
Performed by The Magnetic Fields
Written by Stephin Merritt
Published by Rough Trade Publishing
Courtesy of Merge Records
By arrangements with Bank Robber Music
Troublemaker
Performed by Nada Surf
Written by Matthew CawsIra ElliotDaniel Lorca
Published by Karmacode
Courtesy of Nada Surf and Mardev Records
Superhero
Performed by Groenland
Written by Jean-Vivier Lévesque and Sabrina Halde
Published by Third Side Music
Courtesy of Bonsound
Sonata in D Major K381
Performed by Marie-Ève Scarfone
Written by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (as J.S. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart)
Published by Martin Léon
Courtesy of Martin Léon
Clair de lune
Arrangements by Martin Léon
Performed by Guillaume MartineauGuillaume Bourque and Marie-Ève Scarfone
Written by Claude Debussy
Connection
Performed by Elastica
Written by Justine Frischmann
Published by Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Group
Courtesy of David Geffen Company, Universal Music
More Creation
Performed by Lennie Hibbert
Written by Lennie Hibbert & Jackie Mittoo
Published by Jamrec Music
Courtesy of Studio One
Sonata No. 26 B-Flat
Performed by Marie-Ève Scarfone and François Pilon
Written by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (as J.S. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart)
Published by Martin Léon
Courtesy of Martin Léon
Beat of Your Own
Performed by Katie Herzig
Written by Cason Cooley, Trenton Dabbs, Katie Herzig (as Katheryne Herzig)
Published by Incognito Street Music & Ready Set Publishing
Courtesy of Marion-Lorraine Records


Once Upon A Time In Hollywood. 2019, Starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Brad Pitt and Margot Robbie. Netflix, August 31, 2021, with Dr. Connie Luther. Soundtrack: "California Dreaming" - Performed by Jose Feliciano. 


Anachronisms: 

When Sharon Tate was talking to the girl at the box office of the movie theater in Westwood, you can see the Starbucks sign for half the scene before it was covered up. Starbucks was founded in 1971.
When Cliff drives home on the freeway and just before taking the off-ramp there is a clearly visible numbered exit sign. California was one of the nation's last holdouts and did not use numbered exit ramps until 2002; the movie takes place in 1969.
In the movie Sharon Tate and Roman Polanski attend a party at the Playboy Mansion. Although there was a Playboy Club in LA in 1969, Hugh Hefner did not buy the Playboy Mansion until 1971 making Tate's attendance rather difficult.
Pan Am did not introduce the Boeing 747 until January, 1970, over five months after the Tate murders.
When Cliff drives through Hollywood at night, back to his trailer, he passes an illuminated Subway restaurant. The first Subway on the West Coast didn't open until 1978, and that was in Fresno.
The movie takes place in 1969 and shows the Pussycat Theatre on Hollywood Blvd., but the Pussycat Theatre did not open at that location until late 1974. It was called the New-View Theatre in 1969.
When Sharon and Jay are listening to a record, the phono cartridge/stylus on the turntable is an Audio Technica AT3600. This particular cartridge was not manufactured until the 1980s.
The watch Cliff can be seen wearing throughout the film is a Citizen Challenge Timer, aka Bullhead. Despite the film being set in 1969, the movement found in this watch wasn't released until 1972, with the rounded variant Cliff wears following slightly later.
Sharon Tate drives a Porsche 911 in 1969, but the car shown is a 1973 model. The 73 had black horn grills, All 911's before 73 had chrome horn grills.
The theater marquee shows Lady in Cement with a GP rating. The GP rating wasn't introduced till early 1970. Also star Raquel Welch's name is misspelled.
While Cliff and Rick are driving early in the film, Joe Cocker's version of "The Letter" is heard, presumably coming from the car radio. The record was not released until April 1970, more than one year after the action of the film first takes place.
When Roman Polanski and Sharon Tate arrive at the airport, they collect their baggage from a belt conveyor which did not exist at that time until 1971 when the baggage handling system was invented.
When the Manson girls were finished scrounging through dumpsters for food, a fourth-generation Ford Econoline van can be seen driving through an intersection in the background. That particular generation of Ford Econoline wasn't made until 1992, and the movie takes place in 1969.
In February 1969, Marvin Schwarz warns Rick Dalton that he might end up playing villains of the week on The Man from U.N.C.L.E.The Girl from U.N.C.L.E., and Batman. All of these TV series had already been canceled before the events of this film. "The Man from U.N.C.L.E." and "Batman" went off the air in 1968, and "The Girl from U.N.C.L.E." was canceled in 1967.
When Dalton first meets the little girl actor and sits on the set porch with her while she's reading a book, he pulls out a pack of Parliament cigarettes and lights one up. The Parliament pack had a much different design in 1969. The one shown came out many years later.
When Cliff is driving on the highway, A sign for Citibank is visible.
The movie takes place in 1969. Pandora's Box was demolished in 1967, but in one scene, Cliff is driving past it in LA.
The California black and yellow plates in use at the time were three letters followed by three numbers. The black and yellow license plates with combinations of numbers and letters in each group of three shown on Sharon Tate's Porsche and Rck Dalton's Cadillac are the reissued plates used today.
A couple of times, the new slimmer version of LED street lights are visible in the background. These were introduced around 2010 and were not around in 1969.
Way too much swearing for 1969, especially in public. Anyone shouting "fuck" in Musso & Frank's would have been politely asked to tone it down or leave, regardless of how important or famous they may have been.
When on the set for Lancer, several modern intermodal containers are in the background being used as offices. These weren't available for decades later.
The 101 (Hollywood) Freeway is shown with concrete K-rails in the center divider. In 1969 the old-style steel barriers were still in use.
Characters make reference to the movie Hell River which came out 5 years after the film setting.
C.C. & Company came out in October 1970. It is unlikely a trailer would be running in theaters early in 1969.
We see Polanski use a French coffee press. The device was invented in 1929 but the design we see here looks like one from the 80s.
While Sam Wanamaker did, in fact, direct the first episode Lancer: The High Riders of Lancer that episode aired on September 24, 1968--five months ahead of the events depicted in the film.
The rear bumpers on Tate's Porsche 911 are US market-only black rubber that were only used one year, 1973, to conform with New Federal bumper regulations and very different from the ones used in '69.
A number of the cowboy hats are styled improperly, with the front of the brim being totally horizontal. This style would not appear for at least thirty years.
The pilot of Lancer premiered September of 1968. The film shows them shooting it in 1969.

On The Green Hornet set, Bruce Lee talks about Cassius Clay and Sonny Liston. Cassius Clay changed his name to Muhammad Ali on March 6, 1964, 2 1/2 years before The Green Hornet aired. There is no way Bruce Lee would have referred to Muhammad Ali as Cassius Clay in late 1966.