Tag: Abi Morgan
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Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy, a review
Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy brings 20 years of Renée Zellweger’s reign as Bridget Jones, diary keeper, to a close. This one is slightly different in tone from the earlier films. Bridget is grieving, has kids, and finds carrying on with living after a loss hard to figure out.
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Eric, not as good as I expected
Eric was excellent in some ways. Benedict Cumberbatch gave an outstanding performance as a mentally ill alcoholic father. In other ways, the mini series was a disappointment. Unbelievable plot points and too many subplots detracted from the central story.
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Brain Dump: The Americans, Coco, The Split
A few brief comments on television and movies coming at you in this edition of a brain dump. I’ll talk about The Americans, Coco, and The Split.
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River: A British Mystery Series with Nicola Walker
River originated on BBC One. Immediately after the last episode aired in Britain, it was imported to America on Netflix as a Netflix Original. It stars Stellan Skarsgård as John River, a cop trying to solve the murder of his former partner Stevie Stevenson. Nicola Walker plays the dead partner and appears to River frequently…
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Nicola Walker in Two British Dramas Airing Now
There’s a great article in The Daily Mail titled “Why the stars of our best TV dramas are suddenly all middle-aged women: At long last, this is grown-up television” that talks about many of my favorite actresses and shows – including Nicola Walker. Nicola Walker is my particular topic today. Walker is currently starring in…
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Watch This: New Preview for Suffragette
Suffragette will premier in the U.S. in late October. It’s premiering in early October in the U.K. at the London Film Festival. There’s a new preview available. The film deals with the battle for women’s right to vote in late 19th and early 20th Century in England. Suffragette stars Carey Mulligan and Meryl Streep. Mulligan…
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Watch This: Trailer for Suffragette
Suffragette boasts a dream cast including Meryl Streep, Carey Mulligan, Helena Bonham Carter, Ben Whishaw, Brendan Gleeson and Romola Garai in a story about the early British suffrage movement. Meryl Streep plays the leader of the Suffragettes Emmeline Pankhurst.