Howard Spierer Pro

Favorite films

  • Casablanca
  • Singin' in the Rain
  • Hellzapoppin'
  • The Burden

All
  • Black Bag

    ★★★

  • The Childhood of a Leader

    ★★★

  • Va Savoir (Who Knows?)

    ★★★½

  • The Ballad of Wallis Island

    ★★★★½

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Black Bag

2025

★★★ Liked Watched

Soderberg brings his masterful eye for composition for the dark world of British spy craft. The visuals are sumptuous, and the van diagram of it. All is fascinating, except the underlying plot is a little hard to fully grasp. But at its core, this is really what it means to have somebody's back and that point comes across clearly.

The Childhood of a Leader

2015

★★★ Watched

It is clear That Brady CorbeT is an incredibly gifted filmmaker with a fine eye for detail and shot composition. The soundtrack is stirring and the acting intense. That being said I had no idea what was going on or any of it was relevant for the ultimate ending. It struck me as weird to focus on a real moment in history and then jump to some imagined moment in the future. I get that the future. I get that…

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Naked Singularity

2021

★★★ Liked Watched

Heist films films need to be executed with precision. This was not. But a stellar cast makes this a worthwhile watch even though the execution is disappointing

Is There Anybody Out There?

2023

★★★★★ Liked Watched

It is rare that I rate any film five stars. And let’s be clear, this film is far from perfect but it is incredibly authentic and it really hit a nerve for me. I am now a quadriplegic after living with multiple sclerosis for 25 years. so I get all the able ism frustration but what really struck me about this film is that as what happens with the very best documentaries it starts off in one direction and winds…