Lizzie McCartie

Lizzie McCartie

Favorite films

  • The Silence of the Lambs
  • Breakfast on Pluto
  • The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
  • Past Lives

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  • The Favourite

    ★★★½

  • Bird

    ★★★

  • Flow

    ★★★

  • A Real Pain

    ★★★½

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  • The Favourite

    The Favourite

    ★★★½

    Olivia Colman is one of my favourite actresses & she does not disappoint in this role. She plays the chronically unwell, weak minded & lonely Queen Anne brilliantly.
    Amazing costuming & sets reflecting the period. 
    Ruthless rivalries both within the court & also the government. 
    Full of deceit & intrigue.

  • Bird

    Bird

    ★★★

    An odd little movie but I didn’t dislike it. 
    A twelve year old girl trying to be strong & make sense of her poverty stricken dysfunctional family & life in the UK. Coming of age in a harsh environment. 
    I loved the symbolism of the birds as escape, as freedom & even as protection & safety.

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  • Saving Private Ryan

    Saving Private Ryan

    ★★★★

    Been a few years since I watched this & it lost nothing in the passage of time.
    What unflinching horror the opening scenes of the D
    -Day invasion show us. A massacre. Hell on earth depicted.
    Top quality casting & acting. One is drawn into all the different personalities & situations.
    Moving. Epic.

  • Heretic

    Heretic

    ★★★

    Interesting movie. Compels us to consider choice, control, ideology & belief systems from an unusual standpoint.
    Not Hugh Grants typical role but he carries it off spectacularly. Who knew evil lurked beneath that calm & intelligent manner….
    Unfortunately I felt the ending descended into unnecessary rushed & disconnected generic horror scenes…could have been so much more.

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