krsamuels

krsamuels

Favorite films

  • The Favourite
  • Portrait of a Lady on Fire
  • Lost in Translation
  • Moulin Rouge!

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  • Babygirl

    ★★

  • Atonement

    ★★★★★

  • The Last Showgirl

    ★★★½

  • A Complete Unknown

    ★★★½

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  • Babygirl

    Babygirl

    ★★

    Trying to be provocative, but there’s not much new here, apart from the idea that a person whom you just met can see what a husband of 19 years can’t. 

    9 1/2 Weeks, Secretary and The Piano Teacher are three examples, especially the second for its positive outcome. 

    Last 5 minutes were interesting for the direction and use of music.

  • Atonement

    Atonement

    ★★★★★

    Watched again, after having reread the novel. It is one of the best book-to-film adaptations ever.

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  • Emily

    Emily

    ★★★

    The very first scene is completely unnecessary and needed to be cut. 

    Mackey and Whitehead are great as Emily and Branwell, and have the best scenes. If the focus had been on them and how their relationship inspired Wuthering Heights, (minus the curate and that fictional romance), you’d have an even better film.

  • Nocturnal Animals

    Nocturnal Animals

    ★★★

    Disturbing in a good way.

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