Maggie Smith

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I have a film degree but also I'm an idiot.

Favorite films

  • Everything Everywhere All at Once
  • The Green Knight
  • Alien
  • Challengers

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  • Jurassic Park III

    ★★½

  • Craig Before the Creek

    ★★★★

  • Kneecap

    ★★★★½

  • Blow Out

    ★★★½

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  • I Saw the TV Glow

    I Saw the TV Glow

    ★★★★★

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

  • Children of Men

    Children of Men

    ★★★★★

    Scavenger Hunt #66: 29. Watch a film that takes place right before and/or during the apocalypse.

    You know when you can tell that directors are trying to say something really profound and you can see the effort they are putting into it. And the message is either confused or falls a little flat?

    Alfonso Cuarón makes movies that do the exact opposite of that. Children of Men isn't spoon feeing you profoundness. It just exists, as is it, and you…

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  • Jurassic Park III

    Jurassic Park III

    ★★½

    You are going to look and me and you are going to tell me that Alan and Ellie broke up? You are going to sit there in the wrongness of that idea and tell me that's what happened? Fucking choke.

    Fun but definitely the worst of the three. Mostly because the idea that anyone is getting Alan anywhere near that island again feels insane to me. Also partially because the dinosaurs look a bit worse? Which! Sucks!

    There is a…

  • Craig Before the Creek

    Craig Before the Creek

    ★★★★

    I think that the childhood magic that craig of the creek and this movie captures is incredible.

    also animation is such a fantastic medium! beautiful work!

    sh120 | eighteen | a movie based on a tv show

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  • A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood

    A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood

    ★★★★

    I had a conversation the other day with my coworkers about how we felt that Tom Hanks wasn’t the best choice to play Mr. Rogers. He isn’t the right build and they look nothing alike, however - turns out it was perfect. 

    We tend to think of Mr. Rogers as a character, someone who isn’t actually human. He came into our lives when we were children and helped us make sense of the anger and sadness that come with being…

  • Emma.

    Emma.

    ★★★★★

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