MovieStarJane

MovieStarJane

I only watch movies with women leads 🎀

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  • It Ends with Us

    ★★★★

  • Woman of the Hour

    ★★

  • Love & Basketball

    ★★★★★

  • Ingrid Goes West

    ★★★½

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  • Woman of the Hour

    Woman of the Hour

    ★★

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

  • Love & Basketball

    Love & Basketball

    ★★★★★

    Game meet game. This movie feels like a love letter. There is so much intention in the cinematography, and environmental storytelling. I’m not a sports fan, but the POV shots had me energized. I was so emotionally invested and the pacing was fantastic. I love that the story is spilt into quarters.


    Truly one of my favorite love stories of all time.

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  • Back to Black

    Back to Black

    ★★½

    I fell asleep multiple times while watching this film. It portrays Amy Winehouse as vapid and childish, but fails to provide necessarily social context that would add nuance. Overall, the film felt very discombobulated. 

    If substance abuse plays such a large role in her life, why does the film start at 18 (& after she’s already started drinking)? 

    The one scene that reaaaaally bothered me was when Amy tells Blake she’s not a feminist. In what seems to be the…

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