maryannkm

maryannkm

Too many movies, not enough time.

Favorite films

  • The Princess Bride
  • The Lighthouse
  • Portrait of a Lady on Fire
  • Boogie Nights

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  • Palmer

    ★★★

  • Beyond the Infinite Two Minutes

    ★★★★

  • Drumline

    ★★★

  • Adolescence

    ★★★★★

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  • Beyond the Infinite Two Minutes

    Beyond the Infinite Two Minutes

    ★★★★

    I love films that leave me wondering, “How did they do that?!” A joyful watch, so much fun.

  • Adolescence

    Adolescence

    ★★★★★

    I really loved Adolescence. When I first heard about Adolescence, I was reminded of the show Defending Jacob because both shows center around the same core story: a young boy accused of murdering a young girl, a father struggling with his paternal love, shame, and guilt, underlying themes of toxic masculinity and "red pill" mentality, and a family coping through the aftermath. However, where Defending Jacob becomes overladen with an excess of soapy drama, Adolescence feels entirely authentic and natural.…

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  • The Lighthouse

    The Lighthouse

    ★★★★★

    Beautiful, haunting, violent and at times genuinely funny. Body horror meets gorgeous cinematography, where Von Trier meets Bergman. Willem and Robert were brilliant. Felt like such a lovely marriage of memorable imagery, ideas and feelings put on screen by a group of people all very much on the same page with the same goal. I feel lucky to have The Lighthouse, because it's perfectly up my alley.

  • Senior Year

    Senior Year

    ½

    There wasn't a single joke in the whole movie. I think it tried to play to our nostalgia, but nothing connected. Truly boring, cliché, and unfunny.

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