By Andrea Thompson“Promising Young Woman” is one of those films that begins with a very good idea. Ideas that involve the camera lasciviously objectifying men on a…… Read more “New from A Reel of One’s Own by Andrea Thompson: Sundance 2020: Promising Young Woman”
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New from A Reel of One’s Own by Andrea Thompson: Sacha Baron Cohen’s merry prankster feels too redundant in ‘Borat Subsequent Moviefilm’
By Andrea ThompsonCertain movies you watch and wonder just how much your own torture should be taken into account. Who knew that “Borat Subsequent Moviefilm” would make me…… Read more “New from A Reel of One’s Own by Andrea Thompson: Sacha Baron Cohen’s merry prankster feels too redundant in ‘Borat Subsequent Moviefilm’”
New from A Reel of One’s Own by Andrea Thompson: ‘The Trial of the Chicago 7’ is Aaron Sorkin’s endearingly flawed ode to those who fight the power
By Andrea ThompsonSome movies are bound to divide, and “The Trial of the Chicago 7” will divide nearly all who give it a watch. If it’s less…… Read more “New from A Reel of One’s Own by Andrea Thompson: ‘The Trial of the Chicago 7’ is Aaron Sorkin’s endearingly flawed ode to those who fight the power”
New from A Reel of One’s Own by Andrea Thompson: There’s plenty of glitter, but no spark in Netflix’s regressive ‘Rebecca’
By Andrea ThompsonSome films lack means. Others lack imagination.Or at least the 2020 version of “Rebecca” does, a film so uninspired Daphne Du Maurier must be turning…… Read more “New from A Reel of One’s Own by Andrea Thompson: There’s plenty of glitter, but no spark in Netflix’s regressive ‘Rebecca’”
New from A Reel of One’s Own by Andrea Thompson: Inside the blood-soaked Gothic romance of “Crimson Peak”
By Andrea ThompsonThere are few directors who toy with the conventions as Guillermo del Toro does, and there’s no question that he puts his own unique stamp on several…… Read more “New from A Reel of One’s Own by Andrea Thompson: Inside the blood-soaked Gothic romance of “Crimson Peak””
New from A Reel of One’s Own by Andrea Thompson: Twisted Dreams Film Festival 2020: Misfit Heights
By Andrea ThompsonA film that proclaims itself a zombie puppet musical is either going to be terrible or something you’ll just have to go with. And “Misfit…… Read more “New from A Reel of One’s Own by Andrea Thompson: Twisted Dreams Film Festival 2020: Misfit Heights”
New from A Reel of One’s Own by Andrea Thompson: Twisted Dreams Film Festival 2020: Exit
By Andrea ThompsonSome movies are so terrible you don’t even want to waste words on them, let alone a review. But I watched this damn film “Exit,”…… Read more “New from A Reel of One’s Own by Andrea Thompson: Twisted Dreams Film Festival 2020: Exit”
New from A Reel of One’s Own by Andrea Thompson: Twisted Dreams Film Festival 2020: H0us3
By Andrea ThompsonThe future? There’s an app for that. Or at least there is in “H0us3,” a high tech thriller where all the horror comes from being…… Read more “New from A Reel of One’s Own by Andrea Thompson: Twisted Dreams Film Festival 2020: H0us3”
New from A Reel of One’s Own by Andrea Thompson: Youth fades into a pleasant haze in Sofia Coppola’s charmingly uneven ‘On the Rocks’
By Andrea ThompsonInclusion must be taken quite seriously these days if a filmmaker with one of the whitest filmographies out there has a cast which is primarily…… Read more “New from A Reel of One’s Own by Andrea Thompson: Youth fades into a pleasant haze in Sofia Coppola’s charmingly uneven ‘On the Rocks’”
New from A Reel of One’s Own by Andrea Thompson: 52 Films By Women: D.E.B.S. (2004)
By Andrea ThompsonThe 2004 film “D.E.B.S.” is one of those deeply silly gems that was unfairly panned, both critically and commercially, but was subsequently rewarded with cult…… Read more “New from A Reel of One’s Own by Andrea Thompson: 52 Films By Women: D.E.B.S. (2004)”
