film reviews
4 Stars This movie reminded me of FX's Atlanta - contemplative, character driven, touches of humor and a measured amount of surrealism to keep things interesting. Based on the title I was really expecting the main character to be a repugnant narcissist. Instead she was just a sad millennial
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4 Stars I avoided this movie for a long time pretty much due to it's title. That alone implied an unenjoyable gore-fest to me. But with assurance from my best friend that it wasn't even that particularly gorey, I found this movie is actually a
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4 stars Nicole Kidman is so inhumanly beautiful in this that she's almost scary for that alone. This reminded me so much of The Innocents, down to the final twist. Overall I felt truly scared several times, but the speech Kidman gives to her children about purgatory close
book review
I managed to read this all in one day whilst on a day trip to NYC, I highly recommend this course of action. Reading this book is very similar to watching the movie, only lightly more bitchy and melancholy. While there are several important plot changes (mainly to make the
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4 stars Regina's husband is obviously portrayed as the righteous do-gooder in a nest of vipers, but he exerted patriarchal control over money that rightfully belonged to Regina as much as him, and used it to punish and control her, and leave her in the exact position
film reviews
This is a movie that I loved the cinematography more than anything else - Ida (same director, Paweł Pawlikowski) was one of my all-time favorites, I can't say the same for this. I feel like I've read/watched/heard this story of doomed love that ruins
book review
I read the book and watched the movie in quick succession. The Book - 4 Stars I was quite late getting around to reading this book, almost a decade from the height of its cultural relevance. I started on a beach vacation and turned out to be a perfect thrilling read
film reviews
3 and a 1/2 stars This movie has some of the most interesting, creative death scenes of any slasher film. And I love the clever, confident, and most importantly, competent lead character. Sadly, I think my enjoyment of this film lags behind my friends because I didn't
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Having never seen this movie before, I had gathered less from a spoiler and more of a pop culture osmosis that there was a big twist ending. I really loved the confluence of knowing about the twist, but not knowing what it was. I felt like a detective along with
film reviews
Simultaneously self-indulgent and self-eviscerating, Buffalo 66 reminded me of "I'm Thinking of Ending Things," with its awkward and frequently hostile family dinners, magical realism, contemplation of suicide, and couples who should not be together. The directing style is unique and the style choices were
film reviews
I read this book in just one day on February 6th, 2022 with the intention of doing a classic deep dive of a story - to explore multiple iterations and compare. While it had the exciting, pulpy, page-turning quality that won't let you put it down, it'