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Anna Nicole Smith: You Don't Know Me (2023)
Beautiful and Bubbly
The tall, busty Texas GUESS girl was the "IT GIRL". The sweet girl next door all of us in the south wanted to be. The higher the hair, the closer to god. Outspoken. Going for what she wanted. Frank about sex. Beautiful. Escaping a small town and family problems. In the 90s she was everywhere, so I guess if you didn't experience those years yourself and didn't see the effect she had back then, you're probably one of the negative reviewers. She's no different than any of the modern Instagrammers, TikTok and YouTube wannabes. She was digging for gold long before any of the Kardashians. If she were around today like she was back then, she'd be a sensation! She tried to play the system and lost. The saddest part of it all is her kids got lost, too.
Acrimony (2018)
Glad I Ignored the Reviews
So glad I watched it instead of going by the reviews! Strong acting, good Tyler Perry storyline. A bit slow during the backstory, but it's very necessary to watch it all and pay attention. It actually kept my attention and I never felt like just getting on my phone at all - and that doesn't happen too often when I've selected a Saturday afternoon movie to watch! Taraji P. Henson brings a brilliant performance, swaying through every emotion, making you feel her frustration and anger and sadness. Do yourself a favour and don't pass it up, stay with it all the way and get rewarded with this wickedly unexpected jewel.
Memory (2022)
No memory of what I watched
Good cast, basic story, jumped around a lot. I found it a bit like Neeson retreading his character from 'Taken'. The film couldn't hold my attention, found it boring, slogged through it and wished I hadn't. Waste of decent casting.
13 Minutes (2021)
13 Minutes was about all I could take
Having grown up in Oklahoma and lived through many, many tornadoes from 1978 to 2000, I can say the 13 Minutes in the title refers to the average time you have to seek shelter. I've been driving with my car pounded by softball-sized hail and had to stop underneath an underpass. I've been the foolish teen who sat on the front porch watching the tornado approach. I've been down in the storm cellar many, many times. I've sheltered in an interior closet with my young child, a hand cranked radio, flashlight, pillows and blankets. I've gone out in the eerie calm of the aftermath to help those in need and witnessed the horrific destruction left behind and the deaths of friends and neighbors; witnessed the miraculous finding of a baby or child and been part of a community trying for years to recover. For me, the tornado and its aftermath were relatable and the only part of the movie I watched without playing on another device.
The rest of the film wants so hard to make you like and feel for the characters, but I just couldn't. Throw in some racism, redneck stubbornness. Religion, abortion issues, and LGBTQ for good measure, just to really make you want to continue to watch. I was never invested in any of it and really found a lot of it to be quite trite. Twister it is not.
If you've got more than 13 minutes to spend watching something, best go watch that instead.
Hope Street (2020)
Not enough to keep my attention
Reminiscent of Hamish MacBeth, but predictably predictable and sappy. Too much like a soap opera than a crime drama and the characters never drew me in enough to care about them to continually watch.
Outlander: The Deep Heart's Core (2019)
Prolonged and Drawn Out
Here we are on the 10th episode and I am still not invested in this 4th season. Most of the episode is a long and drawn out debacle of Bree treating Jamie like dirt for a gross misunderstanding caused by her maid - who manages to miss any of Bree's wrath whatsoever.
Westworld: The Passenger (2018)
Bring on the NWO in Season 3
Just finished watching season 2 finale.
Some questions remain about the man in black but the rest is a pure adrenaline rush. Just go with it and imagine the possibilities for season 3!