Alexander Andrews

Alexander Andrews

Favorite films

  • Meet Me in St. Louis
  • All That Jazz
  • The First Wives Club
  • Rebecca

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  • The Last Showgirl

    ★★

  • Words and Music

    ★★

  • The Pirate

    ★★

  • Ziegfeld Follies

    ★★★★

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  • The Last Showgirl

    The Last Showgirl

    ★★

    Pam Anderson is absolutely great—the movie just isn’t. She brings such charm and depth to her performance, but unfortunately, the film itself is a bit meh.

    It’s a sweet yet sad experience, weighed down by technical flaws that make it feel more amateurish than intentional. The cinematography is distractingly out of focus, the lighting choices are odd and inconsistent, and the shaky camerawork is downright disorienting.

    There are glimpses of something special here, but for me, the execution lets it down.

  • Words and Music

    Words and Music

    ★★

    This one is so tough to review because, as a film, it’s pretty terrible—but as an MGM showcase of its stable of stars, it’s brilliant. A thin plot almost tells the story of Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart’s working relationship and friendship (substituting Hart’s struggles with homosexuality for being short…?).

    MGM rolled out big names like Lena Horne, Gene Kelly and June Allyson to play themselves. Judy Garland appears as herself at a party, sings two songs, and is never heard…

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  • The Brutalist

    The Brutalist

    ★★★★½

    For anyone who bought the Goth mansion and spent 4+ hours gutting the library

  • Conclave

    Conclave

    ★★★★★

    12 Angry Popes (and Isabella Rossellini)

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