tributary stu

Movie micro-reviews and other stuff. A tributary to the big screen.

Because watching movies is cheaper than therapy.
Reviews & visual quotes — (almost) daily on all the socials.

February 2019

  • Movies of the Weeks #7 #8 (2019)

    Of Mice and Women The Favourite (2018): Just before its surprising (and not quite so) Oscar win for Olivia Coleman, I had the chance of watching the newest from Yorgos Lanthimos. Set in the early 1700s, it’s a half-fictionalized look at the rather feeble Queen Anne and the relationships she (might have) had with her friend Lady Sarah and Abigail,… Read more

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  • Movies of the Weeks #4 #5 #6 (2019)

    Bicycle! Bohemian Rhapsody (2018): Expecting a wildly popular movie to be bad is never a good thing. With middling reviews, I kept wondering what’s wrong with BR, which painted some clear expectations for me. And so, I found out what was wrong: it’s bad movie-making, structurally unsound and mostly uninvolving. Bar for the last ten… Read more

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