SPENCER MOVIE REVIEW

Director Pablo Larrain takes on another wealthy and haunted fashion icon of royalty (I think Jackie Kennedy counts as royalty) with his moment in time look at Princess Diana in this new film “Spencer”. Kristen Stewart dons all the dresses in this metaphor-laden “fable from a true tragedy” as the opening titles define it. It’s Christmas time in 1991 as the British royal family gathers at the Queen’s Sandringham Estate in Norfolk. Di and Charles’ marriage is strained, to say the least, due to his well known affair with Camilla Parker-Bowles. Diana deals with all the expectations upon her, and the immense strains that come with them as she tries to keep ahold of who she is amongst all the pomp and circumstance. And man, Frank, Harmoni, and Wright all REALLY don’t agree with Chris’s extremely negative take on it. I mean, it’s a dogfight. I guess ‘corgi fight’ is more specifically appropriate.

OFFICIAL WEBSITE/TRAILER

DIRECTED BY: Pablo Larrain

STARRING: Kristen Stewart, Timothy Spall, Jack Farthing, Sean Harris, Sally Hawkins, Jack Nielen, Freddie Spry, Stella Gonet, Richard Sammel, Olga Hellsing, Thomas Douglas, Mathias Wolkowski, Oriana Gordon, Amy Manson, Ryan Wichert, John Keogh, Niklas Kohrt, Elizabeth Berrington

YOUR REVIEWERS

 

Christopher Lawrence Cox (Founder, Da Boss)

Born in the wilds of northern Virginia, Chris managed to put all of his survival skills to use and barely escaped with his life to Austin Texas in 1992 where ever since he’s dabbled in everything from plumber’s assistant to sandwich maker, from band to bar management. An opportunity to see theatrical release films for free by becoming a critic on a local public access show called “The Reel Deal” turned into a full-time job when Chris and his friends decided to take it to the internet. They built the site Spill.com, adding multiple podcasts and animated features, to no small amount of success. During this time, a fortuitous friendship sprung up between Chris and young Brian Salisbury, who was also a local film critic, and they merged their forces of will, and their laundry list of ideas for shows, to eventually build this community of critics. While Brian eventually followed his heart to a new family, Chris continues on with a cast of colorful folks from all over the country (and a few others). You can also check out Chris in his videocast, along with Martin Thomas and Danni Danger, that One Of Us does with our friends at Bell of Lost Souls: Crossover Event. He also regularly guests on the video game website Rage Select. Follow Chris on Twitter and Facebook and check out his Amazon Wish List.

 

 

Harmoni Anderson (Screener Squad, Highly Suspect Reviews, Unstabletop Gaming)

Harmoni is a mermaid-haired, millennial, rum drinking, Section 31, Slytherin (who’s divorced J.K. Rowling) preschool/nursery teacher and multi genre geek who also loves all things film, tv, fashion, makeup, and an embarrassingly huge BTS stan. Like really embarrassing. As in, mention them and then sit back and watch the insanity. Harmoni likes being able to game and talk movies/TV with people that aren’t 3 feet tall or all that demanding of her. Plus she can curse at us and not get fired….so bonus!

 

 

Frank Calvillo (Highly Suspect Reviews, Screener Squad)