I can’t even put into words how much I love and appreciate Sara Bareilles. The music of Waitress is gorgeous, and her performance in this??? Stunning. I’m not nearly as enamored of the script, which I think is the biggest shortcoming of the stage show and this filmed version of it. But— lovely music, gorgeously sung and beautifully shot? What a treat.
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The Color Purple 2023
Not 100% sure about the star rating, even after a second viewing. But my second viewing crystallized a lot of my feelings about this, both positive and negative. The things that work REALLY work, chiefly the performances — Fantasia Barrino, Taraji P. Henson, Danielle Brooks, Halle Bailey, and Phylicia Pearl Mpasi. There are a few moments, even just a week after the first viewing, that still gave me chills or made me cry. Danielle Brooks’ laughing into crying into laughing…
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The Room Next Door 2024
I got home from seeing this a couple hours ago and I still don’t fully know what to think. I read a bunch of reviews of this after seeing it and I have to say, I didn’t mind the dialogue at all. Just like most of the rest of the film, it retained Almodóvar’s style, it just had a bit of a different sound to it when spoken in English. It took me a few scenes to get into it…
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