Reviews of films/TV shows/trailers
Jane Austen never dies... from theater adaptations, TV shows to feature films, the demand for Austen-related content remains strong. I am perfectly ok with that. I don't count myself an Austen purist, so I welcome new interpretations/visions, even crazy mashup like Pride & Prejudice & Zombies can be highly enjoyable (hello Colonel Darcy! 😍) This …
Written & Directed by: Céline Sciamma Winner of last year’s queer palm at Cannes, Portrait of a Lady of Fire creates something new. By using the form of a period piece, Sciamma was able to create something contemporary. Set in the late 1700’s on a remote island, Marianne (Noèmie Merlant) is commissioned to paint a …
Hi everyone! This is going to be a short post as I'm about to leave to the airport in a few minutes... en route to Disney World!! It's my husband and my birthday gift to each other, as our birthdays is about a month apart. We're going to the Disney's Hollywood Studios and Animal Kingdom, …
Directed by: Robert Eggers Screenplay by: Robert Eggers, Max Eggers In his best performance to date, Robert Pattinson plays a lighthouse apprentice assigned to a much older keeper played by Willem Dafoe. Set in Nova Scotia in the 1890’s, this film takes place in an isolated lighthouse. As a never-ending storm rages, the men fight to …
Oh where do I begin with this one… frankly, I'm still a bit discombobulated by what I just watched last night. When I saw the trailer over a week ago, The Last Thing He Wanted looks like an intriguing political thriller, and the fact that acclaimed writer/director Dee Rees is at the helm made me …
Continue reading Netflix Original Movie: The Last Thing He Wanted (2020)
After its World Premiere at the 2019 SXSW, Jeremy Teicher's movie Olympic Dreams made its Minnesota premiere at TCFF. The movie stars Nick Kroll as Ezra, a dentist who's come to volunteer his dentistry skills at the 2018 Olympic Winter Games in PyeongChang, South Korea. It also stars Alexi Pappas as Penelope, an American cross-country …
Per tradition, I don't really watch red carpet show, I just sort of let it play on my iPad while I was making dinner. If I had to make one comment about fashion though, it'd have to be Natalie Portman's ... what a statement she made with her outfit she wore to the Oscars! Natalie …
Continue reading Musings on 2020 Oscars – The Good, the bad + the WTF
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