feels like it’s trying so hard to be Rebecca but completely lacks the subtlety that normally makes hitchcock films so great. with rebecca the husband was vaguely suspicious but was quiet and not outwardly a horrible person so there was actual doubt and mystery built up. here cary grant’s character is so cartoonishly, obnoxiously horrible it truly doesn’t matter whether he’s planning to kill joan fontaine or not in the last 40 min because he’s guilty of a thousand other…
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My Reputation 1946
i wasn’t expecting much when i put this on, i just wanted more barbara stanwyck but i quite loved this! a very mature, adult romance that takes it time. it’s a beautiful story about carving a life for yourself after tragedy, and reimagining life as a single woman whose kids are growing up and leaving the nest. we get to follow jess on her journey to liberate herself from her overbearing mother and conventional life by pursuing romance and putting…
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Anora 2024
i truly wanted to love this, it’s entertaining enough, but there’s some key issues preventing me from being on board with this, namely how little we know about anora at all.
mikey madison is incredible and gives such a sympathetic performance capturing all of Ani’s feistiness and vulnerability, but it can’t make up for the fact that we as an audience have no idea what her motivations are and thus it affects the framing of the story. there’s little details…
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The Awful Truth 1937
irene dunne’s face when she’s singing with her beautiful opera voice and ralph bellamy is harmonizing horribly off key to create a nightmare rendition of home on the range and he’s proudly like “never had a lesson in my life. have you??” priceless.
had to watch my ultimate favorite comfort comedy for my birthday!!
