Rachel McGrath

Rachel McGrath

Favorite films

  • Gone Girl
  • When Harry Met Sally...
  • The Social Network
  • Marie Antoinette

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  • Opus

    ★★½

  • Mickey 17

    ★★★★

  • Novocaine

    ★★★

  • The Monkey

    ★★½

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  • Opus

    Opus

    ★★½

    Okay nobody asked but here’s my theory on the popular movie genre of “something weird is going on.”

    The BUILDUP part can be so fun and creepy, and it can be well executed through a lot of different approaches: production design, score, cinematography, acting, etc. I genuinely enjoyed the buildup of this movie and I think it worked due to all of those factors. There were so many potential directions where this could have gone and so many weird little…

  • Mickey 17

    Mickey 17

    ★★★★

    robert pattinson I was unfamiliar with your comedic game and physical comedy!! I never had issues telling 17 and 18 apart - he was truly FACE acting. 

    not a subtle movie by any means (that’s never really been bong joon-ho’s style) but I really enjoyed it. brought up a lot of interesting thoughts on what it means to be human and how much we value a life. the regrettable psych degree haver in me liked the aside about each Mickey…

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  • The Monkey

    The Monkey

    ★★½

    the funniest part of this movie was that it thought it could convince me that Theo James was a loser

    this movie struggled with plot lowkey but it was funny yet nasty enough to strike a really fun and specific tone

  • Novocaine

    Novocaine

    ★★★

    this movie has EVERYTHING:
    - chappell roan casual needle drop
    - unnecessarily sexy villains??
    - a female romantic lead written by tumblr ai
    - gnarly fight scenes and creative kills that had me squirming in my seat
    - mike mclintock from veep
    - a charming, pathetic, adorable jack quaid carrying this movie in a really impressive way. his character doesn’t have much of a personality or interests - which could have easily derailed the whole thing - but his cute,…