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Favorite films

  • Thelma & Louise
  • What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?
  • Paris Is Burning
  • Come and See

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  • Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile

    ★★

  • The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It

    ★★★

  • mother!

    ★★

  • Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

    ★★★★

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  • Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile

    Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile

    ★★

    I felt this film wasted the excellent performance  of Zac efron as ted Bundy by not being able to choose an angle from which to approach the story. While the film was presented as a focus on liz, it ended up steering away to bundy almost the entire time, leaving us with almost no time to build an emotional connection with liz, therefore turning her into a far less complex character than she could have been. On top of that,…

  • The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It

    The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It

    ★★★

    An entertaining watch in the cinema, but definitely a let down compared to the rest of the franchise. While there were a couple of clever and captivating scenes (the connection between Lorraine and the satanist being the film’s saving grace) but overall the ‘horror’ was very predictable and cliche. The film itself had so much plot to get through that it was interesting to watch, but seemed to dedicate no time to creating memorable scenes to live up to the…

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  • What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?

    What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?

    ★★★★★

    This film is truly one of my favourite psychological thrillers. While it may not be underrated in the film audience, I feel that it should be seen as more of a classic in a mainstream sense. For a film made in this time period, it’s a rare and perfect example of one that passes the bechdel test in a non arrogant or patronising way. While both women’s motivations are corrupt and irrational, these two female protagonists are presented as driven…

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