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The Movie Buff, Seattle, WA (2025)

11/17/2025

🚐💛 She parked her life on his driveway… for 15 years!

The Lady in the Van is one of those rare gems — funny, touching, and wonderfully odd. 🎬 Starring the legendary Maggie Smith, who turns eccentricity into pure art, this true story of an unlikely friendship between a writer and a homeless woman will make you laugh, sigh, and maybe tear up a little.

It’s British humor at its best — quirky, heartwarming, and quietly powerful. ☕✨

📺 Stream it on Prime Video, Apple TV, or Google Play Movies

11/17/2025

“An angel and a demon walk into the apocalypse…” 😈😇
That’s Good Omens — funny, weird, and completely addictive. David Tennant’s charm + Michael Sheen’s sweetness = the most chaotic duo in heaven or hell.

It’s witty, wild, and a little too relatable for the end of the world.
📺 Streaming on Prime Video.…

11/16/2025

If Downton Abbey and The Office had a chaotic baby — it’d be Fackham Hall. 😂🎩
Aristocrats behaving badly, scandals flying, and absolute nonsense at every turn. It’s a sharp, ridiculous period comedy that doesn’t take itself seriously for even a second.

“Born to aristocracy. Bred for idiocy.” — honestly says it all. 💀

🎬 Fackham Hall — in theaters December 5.
Who’s ready for a little upper-class madness? 👀

11/16/2025

The River Why
A young man named Gus, disillusioned by his life and searching for meaning, retreats to the remote Oregon wilderness in search of solitude. As he reconnects with nature, Gus becomes entangled in the complexities of love, self-discovery, and his own dreams of being a fisherman. Adapted from the novel by David James Duncan, the movie portrays a heartfelt journey of introspection and transformation, blending beauty, emotional depth, and an exploration of personal freedom and the pursuit of happiness.

11/16/2025

Wes Anderson’s The Phoenician Scheme is the kind of movie that feels like flipping through a dream — every frame too perfect, every line too peculiar to be real. Benicio Del Toro plays a crash-proof billionaire who suddenly decides to hand over his empire to his nun daughter (Mia Threapleton), setting off a chain of chaos, inheritance drama, and quietly unhinged humor. Michael Cera adds his trademark awkward charm, and Anderson paints it all in his signature pastel perfection — think The Grand Budapest Hotel but darker and more cynical. It’s strange, it’s gorgeous, it’s the kind of film that makes you wonder what the director’s really trying to say about power, legacy, and the absurdity of human ambition. The Phoenician Scheme premiered in May 2025 and is now streaming on Peacock in the U.S., and available for rent or purchase on Apple TV and Amazon Prime Video.

11/16/2025

Eleanor & Colette is an uplifting and inspiring drama about an unlikely friendship between two very different women. Eleanor is a mentally ill patient who has spent years in hospitals, fighting for her rights. Colette is a strong, confident lawyer who takes on Eleanor’s case after learning how she was treated without proper consent. At first, they clash because Eleanor is emotional, unpredictable, and honest to the point of being difficult, while Colette is calm, professional, and very controlled. But as they spend more time together, something beautiful happens—they slowly begin to understand each other. Eleanor teaches Colette about courage, humor, and the importance of being heard, while Colette teaches Eleanor patience, trust, and the value of standing up for herself. Their legal battle becomes a powerful story about human rights, mental-health struggles, and dignity. The movie shows how friendships can grow in the most unexpected places and how two people who seem opposite can change each other’s lives. It’s emotional, hopeful, and filled with moments of warmth and truth. The film reminds us that everyone deserves respect, love, and the chance to live freely.

11/15/2025

The Leisure Seeker is a warm, touching, and sometimes heartbreaking story about an elderly couple who decide to take one last road trip together. The husband is losing his memory because of Alzheimer’s, and the wife is dealing with her own health problems, but both of them refuse to sit quietly and wait for life to end. They take their old RV, which they call “The Leisure Seeker,” and start traveling across the country like they used to when they were younger. On the way, they talk about old memories, argue about small things, laugh at moments from the past, and face the reality of aging together. The movie shows how love can stay strong even when the mind starts forgetting. It also reveals how painful and beautiful it is to hold on to a partner who is slowly slipping away. The journey teaches them that life is still worth living, even if it’s not perfect anymore. They enjoy sunsets, old music, roadside diners, and moments of freedom they once took for granted. The film feels like a goodbye letter written with love, sadness, and hope. It’s emotional, gentle, and deeply human, reminding us that the greatest journey is not where you go, but who you go with.

11/15/2025

The Chaperone (2019)
Set in the 1920s, The Chaperone follows the story of an ambitious young woman, Louise Brooks, who is sent to New York to attend a prestigious dance school. However, she is accompanied by a middle-aged woman named Norma, a strict and conservative chaperone, who reluctantly opens up to the city and to herself. Through the contrasting perspectives of these two women, the movie explores themes of freedom, repression, and the power of self-discovery. As they navigate their contrasting lives, the story delves into personal reinventions and the complexities of relationships, all set against the glamorous backdrop of 1920s New York City.

11/15/2025

Irrational Man (2015)

Available to stream on some services like HBO Max (depending on region) or for rent/buy.

Another film by Woody Allen, this story centers on Abe Lucas (Joaquin Phoenix), a philosophy professor at a small New England college who is deeply depressed and entirely uninspired. He teaches classes, drinks alone, and struggles with existential despair. He forms a bond with his brilliant student Jill (Emma Stone) and their lives become entangled. When Abe experiences a sudden “purposeful” moment, he decides to commit a daring act that brings meaning back into his life — but it comes with moral cost. The film mixes dark humor, moral ambiguity, romance, and suspense. It asks: what happens when you find a reason to live? Is it worth the price? The characters are flawed, the motives obscure, and the tension grows quietly until the final moments. It’s an unsettling, philosophical journey disguised as a thriller-romance.

11/15/2025

Calvary (2014)

Available to rent or buy online; streaming free options may vary by region.

Set in a remote Irish seaside village, this dark drama stars Brendan Gleeson as Father James, a kind and principled priest who, during a confession, is told by a member of his parish that he will be killed in one week — purely because the man wants to murder a good priest to make a point. The film follows Father James through seven days of grace, temptation, and confrontation with his own beliefs and the broken lives around him. The villagers carry guilt, anger, faith, and doubt; the priest must navigate a community full of pain, without turning bitter. The story is both morally complex and emotionally rich: it confronts forgiveness, faith, failure, and sacrifice. The landscapes are bleak, the tone is sober, the questions are big: what does it mean to do good when evil seems unstoppable? The ending doesn’t tie everything up neatly — life seldom does.

11/14/2025

Let Them All Talk (2020)

Streaming on services like Hulu, Max, or available to rent/buy digitally.

Directed by Steven Soderbergh, this drama-comedy brings together a brilliant cast: a famous author Alice Hughes (Meryl Streep) travels on a luxury cruise ship with her long-time friends and her nephew in tow. The friends reunite after years apart, each carrying a lifetime of secrets, regrets, and unspoken tensions. Alice, blunt and aging, uses the voyage as both escape and confrontation. The shift from comfortable civility to raw honesty happens gradually: long meals, ocean vistas, and conversations that hint at pain beneath the surface. Meanwhile the nephew falls for a mysterious passenger, adding another layer of complication. With improvised dialogue and subtle performances, the film explores friendship, aging, fame, family, and the things we won’t say until forced to. It’s quiet yet intense, emotionally layered, and offers a window into how life keeps evolving — no matter how set you think you are.

11/14/2025

Ella & John – The Leisure Seeker (2017)

Streaming free with ads on Rai Play in Italy or available to rent/buy on digital platforms in many regions.

This heartfelt road-movie tells the story of an elderly couple: John Spencer (Donald Sutherland) and Ella Spencer (Helen Mirren). Their children want to put them into medical care as their health fails, but John and Ella decide instead to take a final adventure: they hop into their old camper, nicknamed The Leisure Seeker, and head from Boston down America’s Route 1 to Key West. John is suffering Alzheimer’s; Ella is frail but spirited. Their journey becomes a mix of memories, regrets, and rediscovering why they loved each other in the first place. They argue, reminisce, and embrace life in small slices of joy: the road, the wind, each other. The film explores aging, love, loss, and defiance against the idea that you have to slow down and fade away. It’s warm and melancholy, tender and realistic — showing how life doesn’t end at any age; the adventure just changes shape.

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