Abby Hanson

Abby Hanson

indiscriminate giver of four-star ratings • renowned short film extra

Favorite films

  • When Harry Met Sally...
  • Everything Everywhere All at Once
  • Midsommar
  • Whisper of the Heart

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  • Organ Trail

    ★★½

  • Final Destination 5

    ★★★

  • A Real Pain

    ★★★★½

  • Chungking Express

    ★★★½

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  • Organ Trail

    Organ Trail

    ★★½

    feminist win! women can be frontier highwaymen too

  • Final Destination 5

    Final Destination 5

    ★★★

    “WAY too big of a quality jump. Since when do we actually care about these characters?”

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  • Anne of Green Gables: The Continuing Story

    Anne of Green Gables: The Continuing Story

    ★★

    Conflicts in each film:
    #1: Oh no, they wanted a boy orphan instead
    #2: Oh no, being a teacher is challenging
    #3: Oh no, my husband is A PRISONER OF WAR ???

    “I’m scandalously in love with you” is a crazy line, and completely appropriate for Gilbert Blythe. Honorable mention to “If I were blind, I should never forget the contours of your face.” Canada really cooked with this one!

  • Challengers

    Challengers

    ★★★★★

    In the end, the real winner was every bisexual watching. 

    How have I never realized the inherent eroticism of men’s tennis? Just guys in short shorts, grunting back and forth. Somehow, this tension made the in-your-face sexuality of Saltburn look chaste. 

    If you’re expecting this to be a trashy love triangle flick, you’re not entirely off. But Challengers is also made up of fascinating character dynamics, a script rich with callbacks and double entendres, and truly off-the-wall cinematography. 

    Game, set, match.