movie review // manchester by the sea (2016)

image from the Daily Trojan

i don't typically write full, complete reviews for movies or books alike. sure, i like sharing my thoughts and opinions on movies and books, but i like to just throw those out in a haphazard and casual fashion. in fact, i'm not even certain that this review will come out with a clear beginning, middle, and end. but this movie, with its powerful message and stunning acting, deserves its own review rather than a review grouped in one short post with other films.

genre: drama

starring: casey affleck, michelle williams, kyle chandler, lucas hedges

movie review // a complete ranking of the ocean's films

image from Las Vegas Newswire

the ocean's trilogy is one of the best heist film series in the history of hollywood (don't @ me.) but, like any other movie or book series, certain films within the series overpower others with their brilliance.

here is my ranking of the films within the ocean's trilogy (and the spin-off, ocean's eight.)

virgil and turk from ocean's being a comedic duo and bickering for over 6 minutes straight

image capture from Ocean's Thirteen; edited by Bayco Malfoy

my latest youtube video!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OCy7U1EuzM4

if you can't tell by now that i'm majorly in love with the ocean's films... where have you been??

movie commentary // the devil wears prada (2006)

date watched: may 14, 2020

image from Script Pipeline

movie summary:

the devil wears prada, starring anne hathaway, meryl streep, and emily blunt, is a 2006 comedy/drama centered around andy, a woman who dreams of becoming a successful journalist but has struggled to make progress towards that goal following her college graduation. after applying for job after job, she finally gets hired for one position: the second assistant of a major fashion magazine editor who has little patience and great expectations for her employees. andy experiences many struggles while working under miranda priestly, meryl streep's character, but tries to hold on as long as she can because she knows that working under such a high-profile personality will open up doors that allow her to finally achieve her lifelong goal. all the while, andy experiences disapproval from her friends regarding her work position and dislike andy's growing sense of fashion, and she must decide how to please everyone in her life while remaining true to herself.

there were two possible directions for this movie to go, and it went in the opposite direction from the one i had hoped.