Jarrett the Cinephile

To be frank, I think I'm not so used to seeing (drastically) raved reviews of, not just Dune: Part Two , but any movie, and then to have to objectively lower my own expectations before seeing it on the big screen myself so as to avoid any sort of disappointment, and also to be able to review it as neutrally as I can. Still of Zendaya (right), "Chani", and Timothée Chalamet ("Paul Atreides") in Dune: Part Two Credit: Warner Bros. My first viewing of Dune: Part Two was on its day of release in Singapore, in IMAX. Because of the above-mentioned, I finished the film impressed nonetheless, but also couldn't quite quantify the film's quality, resulting in a rating-less review on Letterboxd . A month passed, and I took my mum to my second viewing (which was her first), and I finally managed to collect my thoughts about the movie. I'm just gonna say that I find parts one and two vastly different, and to rank one of them above the other is probably impossibl

I met an acquaintance after the screening, she said she was never terrified of Anne Hathaway before, suggesting this movie was the first time. I echo her opinion. Still of Anne Hathaway in Mothers' Instinct (Credits: Anton, Freckle Films, Mosaic, Versus Production) This remake is based on the French film Duelles (2018) , which was based on a French novel by Barbara Abel. Some commenters on this film's trailer on YouTube alluded how this is a frame-for-frame remake. I have already moved past the phase of watching the trailer for a movie I'm hyped to see, and now having read that, I can safely say I have joined the club called "Why is Mothers' Instinct being remade?" That said, both Anne Hathaway and Jessica Chastain carried the entire film on their shoulders, pretty much like how a mother would carry her child on her shoulders. These two Academy Award-winning actresses constantly challenged and surpassed each other throughout the film. It is yet another of thos