Merle Powell-Smith

Merle Powell-Smith

Favorite films

  • Emma.
  • Amélie
  • The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
  • Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World

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  • Little Women

    ★★★

  • Suffragette

  • The Banshees of Inisherin

    ★★★★

  • The Wonder

    ★★★★½

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  • Amsterdam

    Amsterdam

    ★½

    The only thing I like about this film is Margot Robbie as a brunette. Need I say more?

  • Blonde

    Blonde

    This is not a film about Marilyn Monroe. Nor is it about Norma Jeane. The director has used the iconic image and 'idea' of her to illustrate how childhood trauma stays with us throughout our lives and how, ultimately, it shapes who we are. It's a shame that the biography upon which this movie is based (of the same title) is completely inaccurate, and various experts, historians and biographers of Marilyn's life can attest to the totally ludicrous fictionality of…