hannah vail

hannah vail

overly optimistic movie reviewer.

Favorite films

  • La La Land
  • Little Women
  • Spirited Away
  • That Thing You Do!

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  • Flicka

    ★★★★★

  • Priscilla

    ★★★★

  • Alien: Romulus

    ★★★★½

  • Twisters

    ★★★★★

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  • Flicka

    Flicka

    ★★★★★

    Five stars for 2006 horse girl movies and this cast being so dang COMMITTED!!!!!!

    (Edit: but in reality, only 2.5 stars because the fever dream sequence was cringe. But this did have 7 yr old me believing I too would tame a wild mustang in my suburban Rawlins neighborhood, so points for THAT.)

  • Priscilla

    Priscilla

    ★★★★

    The cinematic version of the lyric: “Give me back my girlhood, it was mine first.”

    Lotta female rage for Elvis. And that our misogynistic society robbed us of this side of the story for so long. Weeeeee.

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  • Fun with Dick and Jane

    Fun with Dick and Jane

    ★★★★★

    I don't know how many times I've seen this movie now, but man it makes me laugh. It brings comfort and good memories.
    Also weirdly relatable this time around (in the unemployment kinda way, not in the rob a bank kinda way jeez).

  • Soul

    Soul

    ★★★★½

    Wowowowow. I LOVED this. Love the creativity and level of world building here. The story and message is so timely for me - and so relevant always as an artist who is often lost in the obsession rather than the flow. It’s not just about being present, it’s about the real spark: the miracle of being here. The magic of being alive. The joy of the ordinary. And WAKING UP enough not to miss it.
    I’m crying. Goodnight.