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6 days ago | 
open.substack.com | Rebecca Deniston
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1 week ago | 
rebeccadeniston.substack.com | Rebecca Deniston
It feels like forever since I’ve seen a new western. There have been plenty of opportunities, but I can’t remember the last time I saw one in the theater, at least not since watching Red River in a film class at university. Last year’s The Unholy Trinity seemed like a golden opportunity. The trailer was intriguing, and the movie was completely free. It’s also not completely new. Taking Up More Room is a reader-supported publication.
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1 week ago | 
rebeccadeniston.substack.com | Rebecca Deniston
Who doesn’t remember when anything involving Wes Anderson promised to be stylish, stylized, and full of wry fun? The Phoenician Scheme promises to continue that trend. Well, it makes a lot of promises. Whether or not it keeps them is another matter. Zsa Zsa Korda is a hard fella to kill. He’s survived plane crashes, gunshot wounds, quicksand, hand grenades, and cyanide poisoning.
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2 weeks ago | 
rebeccadeniston.substack.com | Rebecca Deniston
Deception starts with the trailer of Dangerous Waters. It looks like a Jaws ripoff. The actual movie, though, is the furthest thing from Jaws. Actually, it’s more like a really twisted and bloody Arsenic and Old Lace, only with sharks and handcuffs instead of charming maiden aunts and elderberry wine. It opens in Australia with a young couple on a shark-watching excursion with Tucker’s Adventures. The rest of their group doesn’t know they decided to take this trip. The ship looks shady.
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2 weeks ago | 
rebeccadeniston.substack.com | Rebecca Deniston
How do we really affect people in the long term? Do friends that we haven’t seen in years still remember us and carry us with them? Or do they completely forget about us and vice versa? When we leave the scene, what happens to them? Do they go on with their lives or do they just expire with us? The Life of Chuck, a rare non-horror Stephen King story,attempts to answer those questions in a mostly charming but ultimately slightly muddy fashion.
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3 weeks ago | 
rebeccadeniston.substack.com | Rebecca Deniston
It’s no secret that Gilmore Girls, like any other show or movie, has at least some deleted scenes, but since a lot of people are probably watching the show on Hulu and Netflix instead of on DVD, the deleted scenes are a bit more out of sight, out of mind. Ergo, I thought it would be fun to look back at some of the snips from the various seasons. How many of these have you seen? Taking Up More Room is a reader-supported publication.
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3 weeks ago | 
rebeccadeniston.substack.com | Rebecca Deniston
Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning may have heralded summer, but Karate Kid: Legends is when summer pulls up a chair and gets comfortable. A little too comfortable. This movie is fun, it moves fast, it hits all the right notes, and yet it feels as if we’ve seen it before. That’s not entirely a bad thing, though. Heads up, because there will be a few spoilers. Taking Up More Room is a reader-supported publication.
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1 month ago | 
rebeccadeniston.substack.com | Rebecca Deniston
It has come. The final piece in the Dead Reckoning puzzle and maybe a send-off to the Mission: Impossible franchise. It’s been quite the three decades. Going into this one with a free mind was tough—I avoided reviews as much as I could, even from my favorite critics. Giving my thoughts on Final Reckoning with as few spoilers as possible will be even tougher, because there are so many aha moments and so many what-the-heck moments, and I definitely don’t want to ruin anything for anyone else.
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1 month ago | 
rebeccadeniston.substack.com | Rebecca Deniston
Vince Vaughn’s new movie, Nonnas, is so delightfully relatable. It’ll make anyone who watches it hungry. And if anyone isn’t Italian (raises hand), it’ll also introduce us to capuzzelle, or lamb’s head. Yeah. Literal lamb’s head. When Joe’s mom dies, his best friend Bruno’s wife, Stella, encourages him to make a change. Go on vacation. Get a girlfriend. Something. All Joe has been doing is working at the MTA and making his mom and grandma’s recipes.
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1 month ago | 
rebeccadeniston.substack.com | Rebecca Deniston
When something seems perfect, there’s always a catch, of course, and Cellar Door is an cautionary though uneven and improbable tale. All credibility must be checked at the door, and even then it may try to crash the party. Sera and John are up for a change in abode after Sera suffers a miscarriage, but unfortunately every house they look at is either out of their price range or just above irredeemable.
