Ben’s Pocket Movie Reviews (List 3)

by Ben D’Alessio

• **You can find the Original, 200+ movie rating list here.***
• **You can find List 2— 5/28/2020–5/26/2021—here.**

*As lists 1 & 2 became laggy with length, I decided to begin a new list of movie ratings and mini-reviews.

All rankings are personal and combine my own enjoyment, my opinions on the quality of acting, story, effects, visuals, dialogue, etc.

Movies are rated on (1)–(99) scale.

RT = Rotten Tomatoes, a shorthand I frequently use. The critic/audience score is displayed as (75/63) (for example), and is the score at the time I am writing the rating.

To put the scale into the “stars system,” think 90–99 = 5 stars. 80–89 = 4.5 stars. 70–79 = 4 stars. 60–69 = 3.5 stars. Et cetera. Above a (60) = fresh. Anything below a (60) = rotten.

Each review may have spoilers.

Each review may have spoilers.

Each review may have spoilers.

Smash that “command+f” and search to see if I’ve covered any of your favorites or just see what I’ve rated most recently.

Ben D’Alessio is a co-host for the podcast, The Reckless Musecast. He is the author of the novels Binge Until Tragedy, Lunchmeat, The Neon God, and 6 Harlots: Rebirth of a Nation. He’s a contributing writer to The Reckless Muse. Visit bendalessio.com to learn more. Follow him on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.

Additions: 5/25/2022:

A Hero (2021)→ (92) Things fall apart. Farhadi’s A Hero is an engaging snapshot of a culture that places such a premium on honor that reasonableness and practicality are cast aside. Rahim (Amir Jadidi) possesses that tick wherein even when he’s frustrated or downtrodden, he cracks a smile. Rahim is in jail for not being able to pay back a business loan to a creditor — the creditor, Bahram, also happens to be his ex-brother-in-law (Mosen Tanabandeh). Bahram comes off as a cold-hearted miser, but you also question, “Does he have a point?” The film accomplishes a story where the smallest mistake —…