josscarter

josscarter

you're not a true cinephile until you've seen Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island (1998)

Favorite films

  • Coraline
  • Passing
  • The Handmaiden
  • Murmur of Youth

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  • The Monkey

    ★★★

  • Heart Eyes

    ★★½

  • Conclave

    ★★★½

  • One of Them Days

    ★★★½

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  • Heart Eyes

    Heart Eyes

    ★★½

    I went into this expecting a slasher film and it was...not that. It's more of a horror rom-com, if that's even a genre. The fact that I don't particularly care for heterosexual romances definitely impacted my enjoyment; I expect this movie to be more palatable to people who are invested in those stories.

    I think the real issue with this movie is the writing, to be quite honest. When the main character finally vanquishes the killer, she says something like,…

  • All About Eve

    All About Eve

    ★★★★½

    “To put me to bed? Take my clothes off, hold my head? Tuck me in, turn out the lights and tiptoe out? Eve would, wouldn't you, Eve?”
    “If you'd like.”

    I had some reservations going into this but Bette Davis blew me away. And she was hot, obviously. That scene where Eve is standing in the wings and watching Margo as she bows on stage, and you can see in Eve's face how captivated she is...how badly she wants the stage, the adoration, Margo...

    Was anyone else bothered by the multiple derogatory comments about Native Americans? No? Just me? Okay.

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  • Missing

    Missing

    ★★★½

    I gotta call my mom

  • Lisa Frankenstein

    Lisa Frankenstein

    ★★

    a swing and a miss. tonally very confused; didn't know to what extent it wanted to commit to horror or comedy or romance, and ended up a bad mash-up of each. leads had no chemistry, which made the comedy and romance fall flat. kathryn newton seemed like she was having fun and doing her best, though the film had lisa (swallows, not frankenstein) move from being quiet and emotional to gleefully partaking in murder which, fine, but make her personality…