Sarah Paulson is our favesies, and I accidentally replicate a recipe we already test drove - with an incredibly eerie coincidence.
So, I mostly picked this movie to see Sarah Paulson be creepy. And in that, it did not disappoint. If you've seen The Act, the Hulu series about the murder of DeeDee Blanchard by her daughter, who was the victim of DeeDee's Munchausen Byproxy syndrome, the storyline of Run is relatively similar. But Paulson loses the "Aw, shucks" veneer of social niceties that DeeDee has in The Act. While keeping her daughter drugged, wheelchair-bound and tethered to her, Paulson is creepily stoic and can justify any action, including [spoiler alert!] killing their mailman. Paulson's haggard physical appearance and disturbing blank stare in the obligatory Several Years Later coda to the film is genuinely harrowing. Kiera Allen, who plays Paulson's daughter in the film, holds her own sharing the screen with Paulson, and her final coup de grace that turns the tables on her mother is brilliant and cringeworthy at the same time. All in all, this isn't the most inventive film - you can guess its trajectory after about 15 minutes - but watching it get there is enough to make you want to curl up in a ball on the couch. (⭐️⭐️⭐️ 1/2)
I'm not sure what was Italian about this popcorn besides gobs of Parmesan cheese and a bit of crushed red pepper. Despite the lack of add-ins that read distinctly Italian, it's hard to go wrong dumping a bunch of salty Parmesan on much of anything savory. By the end, our popcorn bowl was so clean you'd have sworn we hadn't eaten anything out of it at all. Still, I have to ding this recipe a little for false - or at least misleading advertising. (⭐️⭐⭐️⭐️)
Joe: I'm all-in for a potboiler. From its first frame, this film reminded me of Hulu's The Act, a series that Dave & I both liked immensely, if mostly for the visceral acting of Patricia Arquette. Here, Arquette is replaced by the equally formidable Sarah Paulson (#stan) whose motives are less obvious, and who ramps up the psychosis tenfold. Equally, if not more, compelling is Kiera Allen, the disabled actress who plays her wheelchair-bound daughter. The dynamic between the two is palpably tense, and Allen throws herself into the determination demanded of her in this role. Sure, there are some dingbat contrivances throughout, but both actresses are so fully committed to the story that it's hard to resist the heart-pounding excitement. It ain't art, but it's a fun diversion from the sheer k-hole of terror this country is currently experiencing. (⭐⭐️⭐️⭐1/2)
*sigh* I was positive we hadn't made this popcorn before. Positive. But apparently, I had made it in Week 78. Here's the eye-popping coincidence: the movie we watched whilst enjoying the previous iteration was Mommy Dead and Dearest - the fucking documentary on which The Act was based. I gave it four stars then. I give it four stars now. I'm sorry to let you down, dear readers. I will do better double-checking popcorn replications in the future. (⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️)
Popcorn recipe from: Popcorn Board
Run on IMDB.
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