Locating ‘Parallel Mothers’ on My Review Axis

January 21, 2022

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Parallel Mothers (CREDIT: Sony Pictures Classics/Screenshot)

Starring: Penélope Cruz, Milena Smit, Israel Elejalde, Aitana Sánchez-Gijón, Rossy de Palma, Julieta Serrano

Director: Pedro Almodóvar

Running Time: 120 Minutes

Rating: R

Release Date: December 24, 2021 (Theaters)

Those mothers aren’t parallel! On the contrary, they intersect quite a bit!

But I’m okay with that! It probably would have been a worse movie if they had remained fully parallel. And I’m also okay with the title not being 100% mathematically correct. Pedro Almodóvar is more of a poet than a professor, after all. But now I’d kinda like to see him make a movie about a calculus professor…

Grade: Top-Notch Soap Operatics

Entertainment To-Do List: Week of 12/24/21

December 24, 2021

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The Book of Boba Fett (CREDIT: Disney+/Lucasfilm)

Every week, I list all the upcoming (or recently released) movies, TV shows, albums, podcasts, etc. that I believe are worth checking out.

Movies
–The Matrix Resurrections (Theaters and HBO Max) – After all these years…
–Memoria (One Theater at a Time)
–Parallel Mothers (Theaters) – Penélope Cruz and Pedro Almodóvar team up again!
–Sing 2 (Theaters) – Just give in to the singing animals.

TV
–Insecure Series Finale (December 26 on HBO)
–The Book of Boba Fett (December 29 on Disney+)