I like to dissect girls. Did you know I'm utterly insane?
Adapted/directed by a genius female pair and one of the funniest movies of all time. The blows are coming from all directions as Harron and Turner poke fun at male vanity through Bateman and society through their reaction to him. There are so many glorious layers to this. The finance bro hater and criminology major in me will always reel at the fact that Patrick, despite his greatest efforts,…
Julie is a good person, but she doesn’t know that yet. All she knows is that she’s never happy in situations where she “should” be, and she’s the common denominator. It’s an astute observation that she has spent most of her adult life woefully misinterpreting. Me too Julie!
There’s this paradox humans love where we seek independence through dependency, and hurt others in our effort to not hurt them - two things that reveal themselves to be inherently selfish once…
Had only ever seen this in bits and pieces - holy shit, it’s even worse than I thought. Terrible from a filmmaking perspective but mostly just a disgraceful portrayal of a man and band I love dearly. Yikes
A dazzlingly eclectic albeit (unsurprisingly) shallow odyssey of one of the most beloved performers of all time. Expect the Baz Luhrmann special - frenetic and almost nauseating editing, and a flashy stylistic choice made whenever possible (one man’s trash - I loved it). Some sequences in here are absolutely bonkers and intoxicating, full on goosebumps for five minutes, partially from Baz but ultimately because Austin Butler gives an Oscar-worthy performance that you swear is the real thing in certain moments.…
