By: Amanda Guarragi Love Lies Bleeding is a devilishly twisted Neo-noir thriller that explores female trauma, body image and familial issues. Director Rose Glass fully grasps the American West in the atmosphere she creates using the location of the desert and the backdrop of a beautiful starry night while toxic masculinity is present in a small town. There’s a subtle beauty when the world is … Continue reading ‘Love Lies Bleeding’ Review
By: Amanda Guarragi There is always something special about romantic comedies, no matter the amount of times we watch them. The conventions are the same, but each film is unique and heartwarming. In Irish Wish, a book editor falls in love with the author she’s working with. After a year of steadily working long hours together, Maddie (Lindsay Lohan) wants to tell Paul Kennedy (Alexander … Continue reading ‘Irish Wish’ Review
The 96th Academy Awards is this Sunday! After a glorious year of film in 2023, it’s time for Hollywood’s biggest night. There were too many fantastic films to choose from this year, so making final picks was difficult, to say the least. Here are my final predictions for the 2024 Oscars. Best Picture Oppenheimer Best Actor Cillian Murphy, Oppenheimer Best Actress Lily Gladstone, Killers of … Continue reading 96th Academy Awards Final Predictions
By: Amanda Guarragi Millie Bobby Brown stars as Elodie in Damsel on Netflix. It is a Fantasy survival film about the eldest daughter of an impoverished land receiving a proposal from a handsome prince from another kingdom. The one thing that Bobby Brown wants audiences to know because of the VoiceOver at the beginning of the film is that women don’t need saving. Young Elodie … Continue reading ‘Damsel’ Review
By: Amanda Guarragi There’s a feeling that comes with watching a film on an epic scale that is indescribable. Not only has Denis Villeneuve done this three times in his career, but each film has become grander than the one before it. Villeneuve has mastered the sci-fi genre as he expertly weaves the human condition into space wars and the exploration of planets. He grounds … Continue reading ‘Dune Part Two’ Review
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