Old Possum's Movie Review

My blog reviews movies as political, historical or social commentary with intentional disregard for their artistic or cinematic value. One foe of American political scientists and economists is that they ignore movies as sources to inform them on changes in American culture, view exoticism as a hallmark of "foreigness" and, at the same time, impart American values and judgment to foreign movies.

Tuesday, March 31, 2026

Project "Hail Mary"

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         As is the story goes with all movies made after Weir's books they are thick on technical details (hard sci-fi) and short on hum...
Thursday, March 12, 2026

Hoppers

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  O'K movie with fine animation of nature. Some complexity is added because the villain is not a "capitalist" mayor or mad sci...
Tuesday, February 17, 2026

Scarlet

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  Another "girl power" anime, probably reflecting powerlessness of women in the Japanese society. Yes, a current Prime Minister of...

Zootopia 2.

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  A long blue serpent is hardly a credible good guy in the animation intended for children. 
Saturday, January 31, 2026

All You Need Is Kill

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    Enticing but totally forgettable anime with stock characters: lonely unrecognized girl with powers and lonely boy with less powers fight...
Saturday, January 17, 2026

Housemaid

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              This thriller, or maybe horror, is quite true to its genre and is well wrought. Why it was as well as " One battle after ...
Saturday, November 15, 2025

Nuremberg.

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                      The movie on Nuremberg trials could not be anything but formulaic. But the wonderful acting by Rami Malek and, especia...
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Alex Bliokh (Alexander Semionovich) is a retired engineer from USSR missile program biding his time to Alzcheimer's at one of upstate New York nursing homes near Corning. I invite you to visit my other blogs.
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