Tuesday, October 10, 2023

Movies for November, 2023: The Duke and The Covenant

  Jon Lee is hosting our Nov. 11 meeting at his beach house on Boiler Bay, and the movies to see are:


The Duke (2020)

     In 1961, Kempton Bunton, a 60-year-old taxi driver, steals Goya's portrait of the 
Duke of  Wellington from the National Gallery in London.

Director: Roger Mitchell
Writers: Richard Bean, Clive Coleman
Stars: Jim Broadbent, Heather Craney and Stephen Rashbrook



The Covenant (2023)

     During the war in Afghanistan, a local interpreter risks his own life to carry
an injured sergeant across miles of  grueling terrain.

Director: Guy Ritchie
Writers: Guy Ritchie, Ivan Atkinson and Marn Davies
Stars: Jake Gyllenhaal, Dar Salim and Sean Sager


How to find streaming sources for movies:



Scores for October 2023 movies

Average rating on a 10 point scale:

Seven Samurai (1954) 7  (7 voting)
Dersu Uzala (1975)  7.3 (7 voting)


Films of Merit