acanacox Reviews

Dune: Part Two (2024)

A walking Oscar

[9/10 · 12 March 2024]

I don't care if it's the beginning of the year, I've claimed this already an Oscar winner! Cinematography, sound, screenplay, actors, director, producers! Fantastic! I've never seen a dune movie nor the first one and decided why not. I'm not into sci-fi but this is great! Truly great! Music is wonderful, effects, design, wardrobe! Makeup! Yep!

It is a bit long but it's good. For a series that are cut into 3, expect them to be lord of the rings length of screening. But worth it! I saw that HanS Zimmerman did music so oh yea you can beat some fantastic music! It's so up to par with DIFFERENT from anything he's done (credits).

Allll the castings were absolutely fantastic and it helps with great dialogue!

I loved Florence in this!

Very nice job! Can't wait for the third!

Only Murders in the Building (2021– )

What's there to hate?

[10/10 · 25 February 2024]

I relate and love Oliver! He's so funny!

I really enjoy this black humor. This is a great series with great actors! Not one is out of place for casting! It separates the rest of the other mystery shows and movies when you add humor into it. Selma has brought her inner dark Alex Larusso out a bit. I love Martin short and Steve Martin! These two have great chemistry with humor. I hope this show never ends! This is better than "You".

The opposite character mannerisms reflect the fun in the show. Having same characteristics in every character is boring. This show doesn't disappoint in that region.

A Dog's Life (1918)

Funniest one yet

[8/10 · 19 February 2024]

I've always loved Chaplin movies but this one wasn't a part of my dvd box set and I finally found it online to view and I couldn't stop laughing! Old humor ain't dead and won't ever die, it's simple, harmless, non-violent, non sexual, it got to the point! This is what comedy came from! I'm sure as heck as a child up to now I still look up to these movies for a REAL laugh! Today's movies it's always recycled jokes and it's always pro active, this movie along with his others, he could make you laugh and no sound was needed! This was an adorable story! Makes you wish they made movies like this and on the big screen.

Saltburn (2023)

Yea...2 thumbs up!!!

[7/10 · 26 January 2024]

I was extremely skeptical of this movie because of everyone's expression and reaction videos to this movie. I was extremely scared this just would be another "Poor Things" sexual movie but NOOOOO. This was a really good built of a movie! Script was good! Cinematography was wonderful. This takes the phrase "Eat the Rich" to a different level. A boy "falls in love" yet "plays" into his preys hands and when he doesn't get that wish he has other things up his sleeves and goes for the main kill~the mother. This seems like someone who isn't new at getting his way and in dangerous tactically ways! I'm not into dark humor but this was funny! The mourning of Felix was just..."what font did you use on the headstone?" "Close the curtains", hahaha. The very end, as much as I despise sexual scenes and nudity I will give this movie a pass. His nudity symbolizes (I think) symbolizes he is free and owns the whole place and clearly got rid of everyone that ever set foot there. No worries, no more killings, he got to the top without sucking off teachers like the cousin, he got to to the top by....yea..... Leaves the question of "what is he to do now?" But dear god please.....creators do not make a sequel! Let the audience have wonderment what happens next! Don't spoil it! Let us fantasize! Not all questions must be answered! All in all, well done!

Poor Things (2023)

What in Tarnation?

[1/10 · 31 December 2023]

Did Emma Stone take career choice lessons from her best friend: Jennifer Lawrence and claim that movies that circulate around-sex- was the new "it" for movies?!!!! And I thought "No hard feelings" was awful. But this- my oh my! Both have its merits-good actors but god awful writing! No heart what's so ever in this awful piece! I don't know what's more awkward and embarrassing~ being in that theater alone while watching it or being in a full theater and watching....but I was the one all alone so it might be more embarrassing. It's basically porn~ over and over and over. Within I'd say the first 7 min~you see male genitals, and I frowned~ she's acting 4. But the hints of snickers from myself turned into "ok this is embarrassing" that turned into "oh god MORE sex?" Which turned into "MORE nudity?!!!" This movie is~ EH HEMMMM if- Tim Burton clashed with Lemony Snicket clashed with Victorian age clashing with futuristic realism clashing with Wednesday clashing with Barbie clashing with blind fashion designers, clashing with science clashing with porn and Frankenstein..... All in all~ In the words of the great goddess herself I would like to quote~Katharine Hepburn~ "It's filth. I am disgusted with the movies. DISGUSTED! They are kidding themselves into saying it's an intellectual pastime. BUNK!" Might be asking "then why did you go see it-heck why did you stay until the very end?" Because of the crazy hyped of reviews that were clearly written by teenagers it appears and I wasn't going to leave when I paid $14.....no wonder no one wants to see movies anymore in the theater~ what they're showing is garbage and no one wants to be THAT embarrassed into thinking they need to stay put because it's $14 spent.

This was and had to have been made by either extremely high people~ or nymphomaniacs that don't want to actually tell a good story. You can tell a very great story without the use of alllllllll the sex! Seriously! Just look at Hollywood during the Hays Code Era!!!!

It also felt they couldn't keep up with one plot, it threw in sooo many plots, "finding out about life" "pleasure" "love" "emotions" "Victorian tragedy". I felt like they tried to clump in 20 years of education down not only Bella's throat but mine as well. Learning as to why men torture women for pleasure, why bella's past life did what she did, what's really out there and why can't she go and see? I felt this was more of a tv series that clamped up scenes from each episode and just scraped it into a movie.

Born to Dance (1936)

Meh~

[6/10 · 24 November 2023]

I mean, it's a meh movie. Not a Jimmy Stewart fan so. But Eleanor Powells dancing is what got me to see it in the first place! I'm crazy about the finale dance routine with the outfits, glitter & flared hats! That's what I love about these dance movies. Unfortunately I feel the dance never syncs up to the music part to a point you don't know if they're trying to fit in into the piece.

I wish they made more movies like this when it came to fashion in dance routines. High kicks, prideful tap dancing. But they don't.

It's a nice story line that seems cliche at the end. But at the time, this form of storyline was considered original.

Intermezzo (1939)

Absolutely lovely

[10/10 · 6 November 2023]

Beautiful piece by Ingrid! She's so spirited in this movie. I love her peppy self. Her acting never ceases to amaze me!

This was a nice story with a different twist I didn't expect. I do wish that he ended up with Ingrid at the end but didn't but he went back to his child and family.

It was a nice story line that was made back then when the main girl didn't get the guy.

There wasn't anything wrong with this piece of fine art. The makeup was wonderful and the fashion was great.

Everyone that was hired for their parts did an outstanding part!

I wish this movie could keep going. The music was lovey.

Priscilla (2023)

Lovely art but

[6/10 · 6 November 2023]

The ambiance of the cinematography was grand but just~ the story was quite dull. The actors were wonderful but there wasn't much action. I felt like I was watching a possible music video. THIS elvis seemed more natural and not so forced with Hollywood acting. I loved Dodger actress. I think the only incident is that it was one vibe and one vibe only: lonely.

A lonely girl in her teens gets in the mix of Elvis and is in the golden cage that is Graceland. The story didn't sugar coat Elvis's side and even~ his dad.

I felt this story was close to home for myself as being stuck in a cage while being neglected from needs and desires. Like a fish in a fish bowl, all for show but no freedom. So I can give points to relatability.

It was a soft core of cutting the edges of what the relationship was like. It gave mostly all the moments of neglect and nothing in between~ her being bored and just waiting on the couch, doing her homework while loud banter arises as she studies, being verbally assaulted and random bursts of rage from the king when she doesn't see eye to eye with him. It feels like she didn't marry out of love. Makes me wonder~ why did sue even marry him?

Saratoga Trunk (1945)

She just-

[9/10 · 12 September 2023]

Ingrid Bergman cant do anything wrong in any of her movies! She's absolutely adorable here and her comedy bits is so sweet and cute! I liked her in this! With her maid next to her. It's like she's the trouble maker and the maid is the "parent", she's so full of happiness and I can't say enough about her! I feel the reason why this movie is underrated by reviews even with my missing star is due to the fact that yes it was Long! 2 hours worth! But I couldn't stop watching Ingrid! The way she just sets off with her character~playing playful and then angry and then back to cat and mouse. It does get a bit confusing as to where this movie is SUPPOSED to lead and what the idea of the plot is supposed to be about. But I didn't care as long as Ingrid was on the screen that's all I cared about! I heard this wasn't supposed to be a humorous movie but the snide jokes she puts off and even her maids comments, you can't help but to giggle! This was a lovely picture!!!!

Cactus Flower (1969)

Ingrid Ingrid INGRID

[8/10 · 16 August 2023]

Ingrid...this woman....can't do wrong with any film she's done! There has never been a film that I've hated or disliked her in. She's amazing and adorable here. I love her youth films but goodness her middle age era of acting is so charming and cute. She's so funny and adorable you can't stop admiring her! This was a very cute movie that is very cliche (not back then when these stories were original and limited) and yes very predictable but come on, you gotta love watching Ingrid be her, no matter if you already know what's going to happen at the end. Everyone did a great job here and with minimal actors involved. You didn't need many to make it great. I love films when there's a happy Ingrid character who isn't sad, but I'll still watch it. Everyone did great!

Harriet Craig (1950)

Pretty good

[7/10 · 25 July 2023]

This is the first Joan Crawford movie I've seen. She's pretty good and I can see why people love her as an actress. I like how she acts very sophisticated here. She's very demanding of others and acts as top boss. It is hard when to know she's actually telling the truth to whoever she's talking too since she puts on lie after lie after lie.

I like what they did with the wardrobe department for her character.

It's a good story line for a time frame back then.

Paranoid woman who loses everything at the end~except the house.

I thought everything would turn out all right for her since this is hays code era and main character usually HAS to get it their way and no sad endings.

Pretty decent.

Is It Cake? (2022– )

Horrible acting

[1/10 · 23 July 2023]

Even though this is supposed to be a reality show...it seems incredibly fake! Jeeze. The reaction faces they make is horrendous! They over exaggerate when the annoying host says something. The competitors take aim into thinking everything is way over the top "difficult" "surprised" "funny". The over neediness of jaw dropping moments they have for basic moments. This is just...not it. Who told them to over do it with emotion? "Ok I want you to seem very very surprised! Like your a 5 year old! Give me your best impression a 5 year old finding out they're gonna win $15k".....and then they give the performance of a lifetime that is just so.......yea. Unless you wanna actually laugh at the awful acting~yea not the show!

Stromboli (1950)

Yep

[8/10 · 2 July 2023]

Watched this due to seeing Ingrid Bergman was in it and I'm a huge fan of hers. She seems to age like wine and is so beautiful in this movie. Her clothes look lovely on her. Strong woman who knows what she wants. This is more of a character development movie than actual plot movie. It's at the very end where the action happens. The whole town dislikes her because she's different and she tries to be patient with her husband and the town to get money to get to the other side of the volcano to a town where can go to the mainland (Australia or America) up until she's had enough~ well when her husband legit nails the doors shut and entraps her. She decided to run away like a vontrap kid and walks ontop of the volcano to get her and the baby~freedom and happiness.

A bit confusing at the beginning. She meets a boy on the other side of the camp. Known him for what? A few days? Weeks even? She's all smiley as if she is really is in love only for her to be miserable the instant she's married. Married for a visa I suppose?

Pretty decent movie. 2 thumbs up.

Under Capricorn (1949)

Only watched it because of Ingrid Bergman

[6/10 · 2 July 2023]

I'm a huge fan of Ingrid Bergman so I decided to watch. I love the way she acts and never misses a beat. Unlike everyone else. I got confused as to the story line and had to cheat and look at the synopsis. I saw this was a Hitchcock movie but there's nothing in this movie that screams his name. Doesn't feel like a Hitchcock movie. I wanna say I got maybe 70% into the movie until I got bored to turn it off. I really badly wanted to keep watching for Ingrid's sake but the movie was blah. I'll finish it one day. Ingrid does a great job of her mannerisms and like I said before, it's the reason why I saw it to begin with. Without her, I wouldn't go near this movie. I'm not someone who's a fan of time areas set before 1900's.

No Hard Feelings (2023)

Everything that was funny was in the trailer

[4/10 · 28 June 2023]

You could watch the trailer and get all the funny scenes and then predict what would happen. It's pretty predictable. I wanted to like this movie because the trailer was funny but I feel the trailer gave away too much. It gave away also all the funny scenes. Watching the movie, I saw the only funny parts were the ones in the trailer. There were about 5 others in the theater and I didn't hear any laughter during the funny scenes. A smirk here and there but no laughter. Like I said, predictable.

This movie also came out as...."rapey". A women who's soul purpose is to hook up with this barely legal kid and pressed onto him that they should sleep together even though he's not comfortable at all with it due to not knowing her and her talking ill of the kid because he actually wants to get to know her before getting in the sack. Calling him a baby everywhere from the habits he was grown up with and presenting onto her which.....isn't even baby habits. Having protective parents isn't evil. Tracking your kid isn't babying. It's parenting, wanting to know your kid is safe. Now contacting a women 2x his age to sleep with him...now that's just weird! She doesn't assert herself as being a woman she portrays herself to be infront of the parents. She allows the kid to drink alcohol, kidnaps him basically, pressures him to do it! Runs away from the law. This is a confusing image the creators have given to the audience.

She comes off as way too strong, on a kid. I kept thinking "what if this was reversed"?! A guy who pressures a barely legal woman to do it. It's hypocritical of the main character to talk about treating the kid with respect yet goes full on blast to get his pants off. It sends of a bad message to the viewers. All for her to save her house at the end, but doesn't do so.

First Comes Courage (1943)

Really good

[9/10 · 2 June 2023]

I enjoyed watching this. Very feminist of the main character to chose her duty to save more people than to call it quits and go with the man at the end. Unlike a lot of other great old films where the women gives up her line of heavy duty for a man and become a house wife ("woman of the year", "Female" etc)! This one I enjoyed! Went straight to the point in the story. Love the main female character. It wasn't slow. I love the way she sends her message for help with the eye doctor! I love that form of communication when it's not boring. I'm sad this movie doesn't have more views or love to it. A hidden movie gem! I say thumbs up! And I'm not a world war 1-2/nazi film fan but yes, I say~watch it.

That Touch of Mink (1962)

Graaaaaaant

[7/10 · 10 April 2023]

Pretty sure grant do no wrong! Even play a wild middle aged player who goes for legs and not brains.

Grant~ plays a sophisticated man who goes after women for basically night time dates. Tends to a unemployed damsel who so happens to treat this women a bit differently, taking her on seems romantic and very~misleading~ locations, romantic location! I don't know anyone who decides to pay for them mistrisses plane ticket and flies them to country after country night after night who isn't their lover or wife....besides Christian grey and Anastasia.... This seems like a softer version of...that...movie~ man wants just romps whole woman wants to cuff em down and settle down. Neither man liking the idea and getting turned on at the end that "hey I actually love this woman, you're mine!" Cliche.

Grant is charming, silly, dorky, rude, and very misleading. But he can get away with it due to his image as high paid power position.

This was a great film in my opinion only because it has~ Carey GRANT!

Doris day is silly here. And her roommate is absolutely wonderful. I loved her! And...Beasley....this was an embarrassing funny movie in a great way.

Grant can't do wrong in movies!

Leave Her to Heaven (1945)

I mean...it's a story

[6/10 · 10 April 2023]

I was taught of "motive"...what....exactly is her motive again? To love and be loved and no one else in the picture? I wanna say this is cliche but I have to remember this was made before Hollywood took soaring heights with stealing other creators ideas, so I wanna say this has to be an original one of a kind story line?....back then? Today it seems cliche. But like I said.

A women who would go lengths to have the man love her and her only. A very beautiful woman who gets jealous of anyone else's attention on anyone else, even if it's just to sing songs around a campfire. Knows how to lure men during horse rides. And for it to all come down to her suicide.

She wasn't lying when she said she'd die without him.

Gene tierney is fiery here. Gorgeous, I mean who wouldn't turn her down?

She has the looks and the ability to do everything, cook, clean, take care of husband, yet her concept that her husband wants other people around more seems to eat her alive, doesn't like that she can't have others with them, even during their honeymoon which heck even I can understand but doesn't like when they have no form of privacy or alone time. I can see her drive but to go such distance with getting rid of people around her wow. Ego. She can't kill everyone on the planet her husband associates with so...what was her end goal? Besides suicide?

All in all, like I said, I guess, back then, this would be an original idea for a movie plot, but todays it would be looked at as "cliche woman who dies because she sabotages her mind and destroys her self" Bloody gorgeous woman with great wardrobe is all I got from this movie. Pretty eh ok movie. A movie you see once and don't really desire to see...again...

His Girl Friday (1940)

I loved it and made me laugh

[10/10 · 29 March 2023]

I remember seeing this for the first time. It's FAST! If you can't keep up with auctioneer chants, you might wanna stay away from this movie.

This movie was a great one when I first saw it, laughing my head off with Grants character. Such a lovable character and actor!

It goes against everything else I've seen due to the fast script.

I love the actions grants character plays to keep Hildy from marrying.

If you are a Grant lover and haven't seen this, it's up there with one of his best performances. Funny. The actors did great in the film.

I love the end with the DUFFY call and the small sentimental reverse psychology trick he uses on Hildy to keep her from leaving town. This was cute.

Sylvia Scarlett (1935)

Head is spinning....what?

[6/10 · 29 March 2023]

This movie tends to go fast. Some parts I don't get, and some as to "why did they even put that scene in?". This movie doesn't seem to really have a plot/climax. I don't understand what the root of the movie is supposed to aim for. To gain money since the two are broke? Scam people? It feels like they had maybe a story goin on up until the very end where they're like "we're running out of money and film...splatter last min ideas so we can wrap this up". Sylvia falls in love with 2 dudes and runs away with crush with and grant falls for michaels girlfriend. Dad is manic and dies off cliff, Michaels girl goes into the ocean, grant saves her, they run away with each other, Sylvia and Michael run to them and then kiss and that's it? I can see why it was a flop. It's confusing and seems fast idea'd. I loveeee Grant movies and I understand this was one of his firsts but this wasn't a strong one for my boo. Even though this opened the door to other opportunities. Katherine Hepburn looks hella fine as a guy! Short hair! She once again plays a part that goes against social norms: cross dressing and even a kiss from step mother. I love the actors but the movie didn't do them justice. But I'm happy it didn't sink their careers unlike how a lot of other movies would with a movie that was to as bad! They came back around and made Philadelphia story and that seems to blow this movie away with bad story line, not bad acting, just bad story line.

You Were Never Lovelier (1942)

Adorable story

[8/10 · 26 March 2023]

I can see why people love Fred Astaire. His demeanor, his charm, his dancing and singing brings you light on a soft image on men.

This was a nice story that went smoothly and actually kept up with the plot and not go around the plot up until the very very end like a lot of other old Hollywood movies. Plot was there and they went straight to the point. The build up of the story actually went smoothly and made sense. It didn't make me bore nor yawn.

Fred's dancing is pretty damn amazing. I like tap dancing more than any other form of dancing and this was beautifully done.

I would say this is the first movie of his I actually sat down to watch and not clips of. From start to finish.

Rita Hayworth~ amazing amazing woman and wonderful part for her!

I really love these two. She did great in Gilda and amazing here.

The way she gives the cold fridge image and then a softy with hearts and rainbows the next. She's a lovely image to watch.

This was a funny bit also which I didn't expect. I loved it.

Bad Sister (1931)

I mean......

[3/10 · 25 March 2023]

The synopsis is literally the end of the movie.

2 women who are sisters who go around trying to find a perfect man, while one sister is more popular and lovable than the other, and then that same sister marries a man she doesn't even know for 5 seconds and gets left on her honeymoon night. Bette Davis characters diary is revealed to her crush and they end up together while the popular sister comes back home from eloping from the money hungry bogart (who~even though the synopsis is about him and the sister, really has maybe less than 5 min of being in the whole movie!).

The movie tended to build around the sunmery of the movie which I get to gain the momentum but when they finally reach the whole plot, it falls.

It seems like a movie that they just scraped together.

It's a nice start for Bette but it's not gold winning Oscar night for her.

Rebecca (1940)

Where's the hype?

[3/10 · 25 March 2023]

I kept seeing everywhere that this was top list for romance movies that belongs to Hitchcock but I don't see it. If anything this is closer to "Suspicion". A man who is thought of killing his wife, a very scared timid woman by his side. A rocky romance. But at the end it all turns out for everyone~ well exactly Danny.

I really didn't get the gist of the this movie. A women who just keeps learning about the women "Rebecca" and that's basically it. She's tries to be a better woman for max but things seem to crumble anytime she tries her best. Danny though I feel is closer to the only thing that made this movie watchable. She's creepy, gothic, dark, stalker-y. Her cold grin, stare down, yea that's about it. Seems more obsessed with Rebecca and if this movie was made in todays world where rules and regulations and that pretty hays code wasn't obtained~ I would say Danny was infatuated with Rebecca to a point of loving her and wanting Rebecca for herself but things turned out differently for Rebecca.

I did love George sanders, I love the way he talks and owns everything in the movie, very suave and dark.

I feel the hermit/crazy dude next to the boat house I feel was unimportant really. The dog, sorry, you're cute but the point? To have the excuse to go down to the boathouse?

I love Hitchcock movies a lot but this one didn't move me like his other wonderful movies such as "Notorious" "spellbound" "north by northwest" or even "to catch a thief".

Unless I'm just not reading it at cinema devoted lovers view, but it shouldn't need to have such strain on your brain to appreciate and to find the hidden art in a movie which I feel I was trying to do here, I feel you have to dig really deep to find a reason to love this movie and I couldn't find it. #NotoriousAllTheWay.

Mission: Impossible II (2000)

Turn it....OFF

[1/10 · 26 February 2023]

Never have I been a action movie lover nor a Tom cruise fan so.....you know where this is heading~ Only reason why I watched this movie was because I am the biggest fan of the movie "Notorious" and I read this movie is based on that movie~ and I read online that this movie is basically scene by scene, line by line rendition of the famous 1946 movie...and I was like "come on~ they couldn't possibly STEAL the whole movie and make it a piece of hot garbage" ...I was wrong! It's hot garbage set on fire due to a huge train wreck type of garbage movie!

I.....oh god! They stole ideas!

The falling in love, the crazy beginning driving segment, the falling in love afterwards, the immediate "I don't think she'll do it/I won't let her do it!", the frikn "Notorious"....hahaha....scene on the balcony and argument of "that's the job, I'm letting you decide" cliché saga! They just.... HAD to bring up a horse race.....yea...come on...couldn't something more original like a golf tournament?...or drag racing at least?....haaaaaad to chose horse racing?......the moment where she steals the envelope and almost gets caught, like Alicia, the key in her hand and she swindles her way out of sabastians "pat down" looking in her hand to kiss it so she hugs him then drops the key, this girl however has it tucked under her arm and turns around and drops it in her hand and puts it in her back pocket....oh and THEN drops it.....I had to shut off the movie right after that!

What a load of crock! I didn't believe Tom cruise whos apparent first celebrity crush WAS indeed Ingrid Bergman in the movie "Notorious"...how one would make a spin off to it and call it "good" is beyond me. I'm a huuuge fan of that movie like I said along with Ingrid and the handsome Cary Grant all by themselves but if I was in the position to star in a movie like that I wouldn't, not event with a 20 yard pole~ due to respecting the original and not wanting to touch such a beautiful and respectful movie!

The action~ oh dear lord you know you woke up in 2000 with the slow motion every other second, the stuuuupid grin Tom gives off any chance he gets. The dumb dumb banter he gives out that just screams "bad acting". No way would this form of acting pass today. It's hilarious! The only part that I 3/10 enjoyed was Anthony Hopkins...but even he should of stayed out of it. Any real old Hollywood movie fan would see this is the dumbest movie on the planet! And I've seen a lot of hot garbage on the big screen but this takes the bloody cake!

Seven Sinners (1940)

My favorite

[10/10 · 25 February 2023]

This I feel is her prime video I go to. I love her in "angel" "Shanghai Express" "Morocco" and "Blonde Venus". This one is next in line with "Blonde Venus" with entertainment theme.

I love her character here. She's truly adorable and is a roudy lil cat causing trouble while making new friends. I love the Sasha character, add a bit of humor to it! Her singing of "Mans in the navy" is my favorite of hers! I love the male attire she wears in her movies and this one is....mmmm!.....yesssss! I love her attitude towards everything here. There's nothing bad I can say about this movie except of how fast she jumped from lieutenant to the doctor at the very end. Not enough time to grieve but at same time sue didn't really have a closer relationship with him so I can see how she would move on. I love the bar owner Tony! He's a goofball that everyone knows from Charlie Chaplin Hitler mock movie "the great dictator" as Hinkles right hand man. He didn't disappoint with his silly charm here either. Sasha~ added perfect humor! Very lovely movie.