Amaris Sachs

Amaris Sachs

Favorite films

  • The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
  • Interstellar
  • The Taste of Things
  • Mulholland Drive

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  • The Substance

    ★★

  • The Holdovers

    ★★★½

  • Gladiator II

    ★★★

  • Joker: Folie à Deux

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  • The Substance

    The Substance

    ★★

    I agree with what someone else said here. “Important ideas are introduced but not really explored past the surface.” This surprised me as I was watching. The final product fell flat to me despite so much buzz and discussion around the film. I wish I could’ve rated it higher! It was truly wild and fun and gruesome to watch at parts, but also very unreachable in other aspects for what it was meant to be about. It had the potential…

  • Children of Men

    Children of Men

    ★★★★½

    I couldn’t control the sobs coming out of me as Kee, Theo and Dylan made their way through the building. The quieting and ceasing of gunfire and violence in such a horrific time and space. Seeing the way everyone paused to witness their humanity and the quiet/peace was deafening. Oh my word. This scene is one of those that will always stay with me and it feels very fitting in 2025. It’s horrifying and beautiful and probably one of the…

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  • Wild at Heart

    Wild at Heart

    ★★★★

    I don’t think this is one of Lynch’s sharpest movies; but boy did I still want to watch it all the way through. It’s BRUTAL at parts… brutally honest in a way that sticks with you. And with me as a woman. I found it to be refreshing and also knowing that all the women who work with Lynch felt respected and heard in his production process says a lot. Yes, the subject matter is a LOT and leaves one…

  • Holiday Inn

    Holiday Inn

    ½

    just don’t watch it. racist, misogynistic, capitalist bull crap. 15 minutes of black face? What the actual…. we turned it off.

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