NYT Critics’ Pick Movies

Review: ‘Command and Control’: Common Errors, Nuclear Arms and Consequences

COMMAND AND CONTROL
NYT Critics’ Pick
Director Robert Kenner
Running Time 1h 32m
Genre Documentary
By NEIL GENZLINGER

Review: In ‘Miss Stevens,’ a Chaperone Greets Temptation

MISS STEVENS
NYT Critics’ Pick
Director Julia Hart
Writers Julia Hart, Jordan Horowitz
Stars Lily Rabe, Oscar Nuñez, Rob Huebel, Lili Reinhart, Timothée Chalamet
Running Time 1h 27m
Genres Comedy, Drama
By STEPHEN HOLDEN

Review: ‘Operation Avalanche,’ a Tale of Film Nerds on a Kubrick Caper

OPERATION AVALANCHE
Director Matt Johnson
Writers Josh Boles, Matt Johnson
Stars Matt Johnson, Owen Williams, Josh Boles, Jared Raab, Andrew Appelle
Rating R
Running Time 1h 34m
Genre Thriller
By JEANNETTE CATSOULIS

Luck o' the Draw

So last night, I went over to the Rosedale AMC theater with a free pass to see Deepwater Horizon, an upcoming movie whose trailer looked a bit interesting. Traffic was really slow on 36, but I got there about a half hour before the show started -- to late as it turns out. I cruised one lane looking for parking, went to the next lane and had a pickup pullout in front of me. Yes! Walked through the rain to the theater, went in to find a very short line (because the theater was already full), and stood there while they checked for empty seats. Well, maybe two, but they'd hafta check -- and the rest of you can leave an email address and go home. About then a young woman said she had an empty seat because her sister had to leave. (I was the only single left in the line.) The movie started a bit slow, but picked up steam as it went on. I left thinking I shoulda bought a lottery ticket.

Meanwhile, the small chest freezer in the basement haz quit working and ditto for Someone's PC. I'm off to get an oil change. Methinks the while o' fortune haz probably flipped quite well.

My tweets

• Thu, 12:32: RT @LanguageLog: Alien encounters: The blurb for the movie Arrival, due to open in November: When mysterious spacecrafts touch... https://t…
• Thu, 21:59: RT @Impolitics: To the average contemporary American family, Trump's sexist girls-only parental leave proposal is as useful as half a parac…
• Thu, 22:40: RT @RobProvince: 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 https://t.co/GbEO78voxp
• Fri, 05:40: RT @guardian: New inhaler protects lungs against effects of air pollution https://t.co/Du2ZEZywOb
• Fri, 05:41: RT @guardian: Baclofen: the controversial pill that could 'cure' alcoholism https://t.co/UqmY24hb3j
• Fri, 05:58: Ktugman: Obama’s Trickle-Up Economics https://t.co/QbbGr77Wuc
• Fri, 05:58: Obama’s Trickle-Up Economics https://t.co/QbbGr77Wuc
• Fri, 06:00: RT @guardian: From mech-suit to Batnipples: the best and worst Batman suits of all time https://t.co/zdCOLFVn3g
• Fri, 06:10: RT @mnartistsdotorg: @intermedia_arts is hiring a Creative Leadership Operations Director: https://t.co/x6hKWhQp8Z https://t.co/9LXSWXbzpr
• Fri, 06:53: RT @andrewducker: On Constructed Languages, and their different types, history, and future https://t.co/YJ09r9sRIM

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