"D" Reviews

Rebecca Deniston
Aug 07, 2023
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If we squint hard enough, we may enjoy ourselves a little. Or maybe we should go straight for the chocolate.

What To Expect When You're Expecting (2012)

Rebecca Deniston
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May 25, 2022
What To Expect When You're Expecting (2012)

It’s staggering how many movies have been based on self-help books, and 2012’s What To Expect When You’re Expecting is definitely one of the most unexpected. As in, there’s no good reason for this film to exist. I read the book when I was pregnant with my son. My sister-in-law read the book when she was pregnant with my oldest niece. According…

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The House On Haunted Hill (1999)

Rebecca Deniston
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October 22, 2022
The House On Haunted Hill (1999)

As I said in my Blair Witch Project review, I’m not usually a big fan of horror movies, namely slashers, so people who know me may raise their eyebrows when they see this. However, I am a bit of a Vincent Price fan and have seen the 1959 classic, The House On Haunted Hill

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Transcendence (2014)

Rebecca Deniston
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November 12, 2022
Transcendence (2014)

Artificial intelligence is kind of a hot button issue, of course, because there’s always the fear that the machines will take over and everything will go all dystopian like The Matrix or something. Transcendence tries to keep the human element behind the AI so it’s way less sinister, right? Right?

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You People (2023)

Rebecca Deniston
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February 8, 2023
You People (2023)

You People is currently the top movie on Netflix, and a cursory glance isn’t exactly promising. It looks way too much like what we see on a daily basis, and that is division based on stereotypes and racism, as if the Civil Rights Movement never happened and only the race-baiting by certain nameless individuals and the subsequent fallout e…

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Yes, "Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny" Is Mostly Shiznit

Rebecca Deniston
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July 5, 2023
Yes, "Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny" Is Mostly Shiznit

Mmmmkay. So. Indy 5. I felt a bit of trepidation going into this one because first of all, as those of you who have been reading Taking Up More Room know, I don’t usually review movies made under the Disney umbrella, including what comes out of Twentieth Century Fox and Lucasfilm from 2019 on. Indiana Jones is kind of a wobbler, though, becau…

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Joy Ride (2023)

Rebecca Deniston
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July 15, 2023
Joy Ride (2023)

Since I’ve been going to so many movies lately, that obviously means I get five dollars off now and then (thank you, Fandango VIP). If I go on Tuesdays, tickets only cost about five dollars, so that basically means I pay two dollars and sixty-four cents. It’s like time traveling back to 1980. My last free flick was

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Candy Cane Lane (2023)

Rebecca Deniston
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December 2, 2023
Candy Cane Lane (2023)

All Chris wants for Christmas is to win his street’s massive annual Christmas light contest, and he needs something super flashy. Everyone has a theme going, but for some reason Chris mostly wants to beat his neighbor, Bruce and his army of inflatables, maybe because he’s irritated at Bruce’s liking for boxed wine.

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Leave the World Behind (2023)

Rebecca Deniston
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December 9, 2023
Leave the World Behind (2023)

There’s been a lot of buzz about Leave the World Behind, and I don’t know about anyone else, but I’ve been looking forward to seeing it for about six months now. Did it live up to the hype? Well… The movie was produced by Barack and Michelle Obama, and follows the story of married Brooklynites Amanda and Clay Sanford, who decide to take …

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Night Swim (2024)

Rebecca Deniston
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Jan 10
Night Swim (2024)

I try not to read reviews before seeing films I write about because there’s always the risk of parroting what’s already been said, but sometimes I can’t resist taking a teeny peek, especially if it’s a horror movie. And…Night Swim hasn’t gotten the greatest reviews so far. Jeremy Jahns called it

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Madame Web (2024)

Rebecca Deniston
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Feb 17
Madame Web (2024)

When I saw Madame Web, I kept wondering if I was was falling asleep and missing something. The plot is incredibly haphazard and has no transitions. It also has no major throughline, the villain is bland, and the dialogue is uninteresting. It’s as if the writers took every superhero trope known to man, tossed them in a blender, and hit “Puree…

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The Strangers: Chapter One (2024)

Rebecca Deniston
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May 18
The Strangers: Chapter One (2024)

“All this has happened before, and it will all happen again.” Only this time we’re not talking about Disney’s Peter Pan but about The Strangers: Chapter One. A lot of people, myself included, thought this was a prequel to the 2008 Liv Tyler film of the same name, but no, it’s a remake, and not a terribly creative one at that.

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