darbymcneill

darbymcneill

Favorite films

  • The Graduate
  • Blue Jasmine
  • Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
  • Conversations with Other Women

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  • Anyone But You

    ★★½

  • Challengers

    ★★★★½

  • Miller's Girl

    ★★★½

  • Strays

    ★★★

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  • Anyone But You

    Anyone But You

    ★★½

    Honestly like it was better than I expected it to be, but nothing extraordinary. I am a sucker for a cheesy rom-com and if anything I appreciated the Shakespeare reference moment to Much Ado. It had all the things a love to make a cheesy fun rom com like great chemistry, crazy circumstances, high budget, etc, etc, but basically all of the supporting characters were a bit too cheesy. It also just all happened too fast and I never really…

  • Challengers

    Challengers

    ★★★★½

    I really fucking liked this. The shots and angles and the way the music was integrated into the film was incredible. I haven’t seen a film with unique shots and such a strong focus on music since films I live from the 50s/60s. The acting was great too, but truly the direction and the way this movie sounded and the INCREDIBLE score by none other than THE Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross was the star. Cannot get over the soundtrack. It…

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  • Miller's Girl

    Miller's Girl

    ★★★½

    Okay apparently a lot of people didn’t like this film but I really enjoyed it. The music was amazing. The scenery was beautiful. The acting was great and the chemistry amongst the whole cast was really nice and natural. I really liked the way this movie made me feel. The music and scenery fully had me enraptured and obsessed with this world. Jenna and Martin Freeman were amazing as expected. All of the supporting actors also did a phenomenal job…

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