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Imagine being stuck in a hellish household as a maid where your boss is mercurial, prone to changing her mind about you entirely on a whim and seemingly having no recollection of her previous requests or comments towards you. This is the problem faced by Millie Calloway (Sydney Sweeney), a young new housemaid hired by the wealthy Nina Winchester (Amanda Seyfried). The overall plot is somewhat predictable, with twists you can see coming clearly before they happen, but the film is still entertaining despite this, as the two central performances have some surprising depth to them: Amanda Seyfried steals the show here as her character, giving an initially wonderfully-unhinged performance that gradually reveals a deeper undercurrent of sadness. On the other hand, Sydney Sweeney plays Millie as the very put upon maid of the family for the first half of the film, but shows a more resourceful side to her in the back half as more revelations about the Winchesters come to light. Overall, an ente...

"The Coffee Table" is a Spanish film about a couple, Jesús and María, with a newborn son named Cayetanín. Jesús and María disagree over whether to buy the table, with Jesús being adamant that he has to buy the table despite María's protests. When he brings the table back to their apartment, he is confronted by their young neighbor who has a crush on him, attempting to blackmail him into leaving María for her. The table turns out be missing a screw, and as María leaves to buy groceries in preparation of a dinner with Jesús's brother, Jesús plays with Cayetanín only for a horrible event to occur. The rest of the movie deals with the fallout of the event, as María returns and Jesús's brother arrives with his girlfriend. The tension is gradually escalated as the guests and María show more and more disapproval for Jesús all while he has to wrestle with the horrific event that has just occurred. The film is a tight 90-minutes and dialogue-heavy. It started out as a dome...

"In The Summers" is a drama film starring Rene Perez, Sasha Calle, and Lio Mehiel, as a man named Vicente and his two daughters Eva and Violeta. The film is slow-paced, surely, but it is never boring. Instead, it paints a very realistic portrait of a dysfunctional relationship between a father and his daughters through a series of vignettes, chronicling their time together during presumably the summer holidays of the daughters. While there is a progression of story here, the plot itself takes a backseat to the characters, exploring the changing family dynamic through the years. There are scenes where not much is said, but through the placement of the characters and objects on screen, we are able to get a sense of the gradually widening gulf between Vicente and his daughters. There's a lot to say about this movie, as it's such a mood-focused piece that I think it's best experienced directly. All I'll say is that I highly recommend this film if you're lookin...

"DISCLAIMER" is a psychological thriller miniseries created by Alfonso  Cuarón  starring Cate Blanchett, Kevin Kline, Kodi Smit-McPhee and Sacha Baron Cohen. It centers on documentarian Catherine Ravenscroft (Blanchett), who receives a novel that seems to be about a secret she desperately wishes to hide from her family. We also meet Stephen Brigstocke, a teacher who seems connected to Catherine's past and wants to destroy her life. Parallel to these events are glimpses into the past as more is shown about Jonathan Brigstocke, Stephen's son, and his fateful holiday in Italy. The fallout of Stephen's actions drive the story as we find out more about what happened so long ago. The story is engrossing in the best way, constantly propulsive and inviting viewers to keep watching as the mystery is gradually unraveled and its impact on Catherine's life snowballs into devastating consequences for her and her family. In addition to the intriguing plot, the inner thought...

"Baby Reindeer" 是Richard Gadd創作的一套黑色喜劇驚悚迷你劇，每集都由Gadd自己編劇。這部劇集根據Gadd 被人跟蹤的真實經歷改編，Gadd飾演Donny Dunn，Donny是根據Gadd本人改編的人物。這劇集充滿著黑色幽默，就像Donny試圖成為喜劇演員卻遭到觀眾的嘲笑一樣，有種幸災樂禍的感覺。 雖然Donny被跟蹤的一些情況也顯現得有趣，但這些情況的本質卻被明確地表現得是令Donny恐懼和不安的。 演員的演出都是一流的，Gadd代入在自己的虛構版本中，透過Donny展示了自己當年被人跟蹤的恐懼和脆弱，Jessica Gunning飾演跟踪唐尼的迷戀者Martha，而Nava Mau飾演Donny的變性人女友Teri，漸漸地被Martha跟蹤Donny的事件而影響自己和Donny的關係。這劇集探討了被跟蹤會造成的創傷，Donny（以及Richard Gadd 本人）身上發生的事情明確地提醒我們，男性也可能受到性侵犯和侮辱，應該更廣泛地看重這一類帶來創傷的事件。總括而言，"Baby Reindeer" 是一部黑色幽默的迷你劇，有精湛的演出、出色的劇情，以及對性侵犯和跟踪造成的心理創傷有深入的探索，是一套我非常推薦的劇集。 Baby Reindeer is a black comedy thriller drama miniseries created by Richard Gadd, with each episode written by Gadd. Gadd stars as Donny Dunn, a fictionalised version of himself, in a series based on Gadd's troubled real-life experience of being stalked. The series is darkly hilarious, like Donny's attempts to be a comedian being met with derision from his audience, which makes it all the more funny for us viewers. While some of the ...

《Immaculate》是一套恐怖電影，講述了一位年輕的美國修女在義大利的一座修道院裡發現自己神秘懷孕的故事。 Sydney Sweeney 飾演主角Cecilia，試圖找出懷孕背後的原因。 影片在開頭幾分鐘就展示修道院裡發生了一些恐怖的事情，然後花了一些時間透過Cecilia讓我們透過了解修道院裡的人。 然後Cecilia懷孕了，電影的其餘部分著重於解開它是如何發生的以及這個謎團對修道院和Cecilia本人產生的種種反應。 電影的節奏其實拖得有點長，不過最後的20 分鐘彌補了之前的部分，為核心謎團提供了答案，大大加快了節奏，我們亦見到Cecilia漸漸敢於反抗，並從而展示了Sydney Sweeney的演技。電影的尾段帶來了實際的恐怖的氣氛，並透過結局豐富了電影的前半部分。 因此，雖然電影的節奏實在有點瑕疵，但一個有趣的謎團、Sydney Sweeney出色的演出以及緊張的尾段令《Immaculate》成為一套我推薦的電影。 "Immaculate" is a horror film about a young American nun in a convent in Italy who discovers that she is mysteriously pregnant. It stars Sydney Sweeney as the protagonist Cecilia as she tries to figure out the circumstances behind the pregnancy. The film sets up some nefarious goings-on at the convent in the first few minutes, and then spends some time letting us get to know the people at the convent through Cecilia. Then Cecilia gets pregnant and the rest of the film is devoted to the mystery of how it happened and the ripple effects it has on the convent and Cec...