Tag: drama

• Imperium

  I may have just read the Harry Potter books last year, but I grew up watching the movies. For me, Daniel Radcliffe has always been the Boy Who Lived. And maybe I’ve been holding on to my youth, or maybe I haven’t seen enough of his recent work, but since the last HP movie was released…

  Being Tori

  11.02.16

  Movies, One-Liners

  based on true events, Daniel Radcliffe, drama, Imperium, movie, TAKE IT!, Toni Colette, undercover cop

• The Danish Girl

  Eddie Redmayne is wonderful in this film. Incredibly well cast, he does a fantastic job portraying Lili Elbe, one of the first people to undergo gender reassignment surgery in the 1920s. I believed him as Einar (the male body in which Lili was born), and, even more so, I believed him as Lili. And I believed him…

  Being Tori

  08.30.16

  Movies, One-Liners

  Alicia Vikander, based on the book, docudrama, drama, Eddie Redmayne, Matthias Schoenaerts, TAKE IT!, The Danish Girl, transgender, true stories

• The 33

  I hate to say it, because this truly was/is an incredible story—and heart wrenching to boot—but honestly, the first half hour and the last fifteen minutes are all you really need to watch. And though I wish it were not the case, here are a few things that you could do to pass about an hour in…

  Being Tori

  08.29.16

  Movies, One-Liners

  Antonio Banderas, Chilean miners, docudrama, drama, Gabriel Byrne, James Brolin, Juliette Binoche, Lou Diamond Phillips, Rodrigo Santoro, take it or leave it, The 33, true story

• Chicago P.D.

  I cannot stop watching this show.

  Being Tori

  04.15.16

  One-Liners, Television

  character driven, Chicago PD, drama, Erin Lindsay, Hank Voight, Jay Halstead, Linstead, police, TAKE IT!, Television

• The Hateful Eight

  What I love about Tarantino is that, despite his love for gratuitous blood and gore and overtly racist—and this time misogynistic—dialogue, he’s a subversive genius. It’s like he’s going around violently flipping tables (ALL THE REVENGE) in order to reveal the larger issue hidden underneath (slavery in Django Unchained is the most obvious example), but his…

  Being Tori

  03.06.16

  Movies, One-Liners

  drama, dramedy, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Kurt Russell, Quentin Tarantino, Samuel L. Jackson, TAKE IT!, The Hateful Eight, Tim Roth, violent