Anna Harrison
Emory Film Studies student. Can store a lot of useless Marvel trivia in my head.
PROJECTS
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REVIEW: Fallen Angels
90/100
Fallen Angels originally existed as a third story to director Wong Kar-wai’s movie Chungking Express before he made the story its own movie; as such, it is practically impossible to separate the two upon watching. Chungking Express, divided neatly into halves, follows two cops in their charming quest for love and human connection in Hong Kong. Fallen Angels follows seedier characters in their desperate quest for love and human connection in Hong Kong. Its multiple stories weave and int...
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REVIEW: Wonder Woman 1984
60/100
The first Wonder Woman was a breath of fresh air not only for the struggling DC Extended Universe, but for superhero movies as a whole. It was charming and oftentimes stirring (the No Man’s Land scene!), and despite its somewhat bizarre and bloated third act, the movie managed to succeed on almost every level.
Wonder Woman 1984, on the other hand… not so much.
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REVIEW: Sound of Metal
85/100
About halfway through Sound of Metal, Ruben (Riz Ahmed) is given a sign name in American Sign Language: a hand curled to form a “C” held up beside the right eye. The reason this becomes Ruben’s sign name is obvious the second you see Riz Ahmed’s enormous brown eyes in action, so big and expressive they seem to swallow the screen. He looks, as one character remarks upon, a bit like an owl, a trait that makes it difficult to look away when Ruben appears on screen.
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‘Men in Black: International’ Proves Its Stars’ Abilities, but Not Much Else
As I watched “Men in Black: International,” I couldn’t stop myself from scribbling “holy biceps” onto my notepad. However, this observation was not about Chris Hemsworth, but rather his co-star, Tessa Thompson (though I later added a note about Hemsworth’s abs, lest he be left out). Yet sometimes, biceps and abs aren’t enough.