Katie

Katie

I just started this for fun. might forget about it before the month's over haha

Favorite films

  • The Adventures of Prince Achmed
  • Some Like It Hot
  • Pan's Labyrinth
  • Ran

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  • The Secret of Kells

    ★★★★½

  • The Prestige

    ★★★

  • The Great Muppet Caper

    ★★★★★

  • Mickey 17

    ★★★★

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  • The Secret of Kells

    The Secret of Kells

    ★★★★½

    I haven't seen this movie since the seventh grade and decided it to revisit it for St. Patrick's Day today.

    I went to a Catholic school and we watched this during our unit on Church history, particularly illuminated manuscripts during the Middle Ages. On one level, I get why Mr. Reush picked it, as it's an origin story for the most famous illuminated manuscript of all time. On the other hand, it is both a fantasy story that bears no…

  • The Prestige

    The Prestige

    ★★★

    This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.

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  • The Adventures of Prince Achmed

    The Adventures of Prince Achmed

    ★★★★★

    I just saw this at Coolidge with live music by the Anvil Orchestra and a nearly-full audience. Suffice it to say, it was magical.(Could’ve done without the crying toddler; though luckily the parents got the child out of there before the opening credits were done.)

    Seeing it with a crowd made it even harder to ignore the racism at the core of nearly all “1001 Nights” retellings. There was an older Asian woman seated next to me who let out…

  • Mickey 17

    Mickey 17

    ★★★★

    Bong Joon-ho you absolute mad lad.

    Robert Pattinson is going to get a lot of love as the lead, so I want to highlight the excellent supporting cast:

    Naomi Ackie's beautiful voice saying, "This is Mild Mickey and this is Habanero Mickey" is going to live rent-free in my brain for A While.

    Congratulations to this movie for finally succeeding in making me hate a character played by Steven Yeun. He's played arsonists and animal exploiters, but he's never felt…