Caroline Siede

Caroline Siede

Film & TV critic | Expert grocery shopper

Favorite films

  • Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
  • Independence Day
  • Pride & Prejudice
  • If Beale Street Could Talk

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  • Mirror Mirror

    ★★★½

  • Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

    ★★★★

  • Æon Flux

    ★★½

  • Girlfight

    ★★★★

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  • Mirror Mirror

    Mirror Mirror

    ★★★½

    I don’t know if this 100% works, but what it’s trying to do is so charming that I’m inclined to go with it!

    The dynamic between Snow and the dwarves is such a funny, sweet highlight, and it’s crazy how much the Disney live action remake waffled over something this movie nails so effortlessly.

    Also, ending with a Bollywood dance number is a stroke of genius.

  • Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

    Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

    ★★★★

    A true Rosetta Stone for every Disney animated film that followed, featuring some of the best cape animation in the business. 

    Also, I’m fascinated by how the movie’s actual terminology (“love’s first kiss”) got transmuted to “true love’s kiss” over the years.

    Read my full thoughts in entry #1 of my Princess Diaries series

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  • The Mummy Returns

    The Mummy Returns

    ★★★

    Making Evelyn and Rick a happily married couple instead of splitting them up to retread the arc of the first movie is the single greatest decision any sequel has ever made.

  • Anora

    Anora

    ★★★½

    Loved the first half, but the second relies on Ani being both naive and confrontational in a way that didn’t jibe with her initial characterization to me. No way in hell she doesn’t *immediately* spot that her position hinges way more on Vanya’s parents than on Vanya himself!

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