Dakota Johnson

Dakota Johnson in Persuasion

Persuasion, modern sense and sensibility applied to Austen

Persuasion, based on the 1818 novel by Jane Austen, is a treatment of this tale made modern with techniques such as Bridgerton style characters of color, Fleabag style breaking of the fourth wall, and dialog straight out of pop culture.

Dakota Johnson and Cooper Raiff in Cha Cha Real Smooth

Cha Cha Real Smooth, a journey to adulthood

Cha Cha Real Smooth was written and directed by Cooper Raiff, who also played the lead role as Andrew. Andrew was always falling in love. He thought he had about 1200 soul mates. At the moment when we meet him in this film he’s falling in love with Domino (Dakota Johnson), the gorgeous mother of an autistic teen named Lola …

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Olivia Colman in The Lost Daughter

Review: The Lost Daughter, Maggie Gyllenhaal directs

The Lost Daughter takes an intimate and unflinching look at the contradictions and imperfections of motherhood. Maggie Gyllenhaal wrote and directed this touching and disturbing film based on a novel by Elena Ferrante. It’s Gyllenhaal’s first time directing. You can see it on Netflix.

Diane Keaton, Candice Bergen, Jane Fonda, and Mary Steenburgen in Book Club

Watch This: Trailer for Book Club

Diane Keaton, Candice Bergen, Jane Fonda, and Mary Steenburgen! Hell, I don’t even care what the movie is. Okay. The movie is called Book Club. It’s about a fairly stodgy book club that decides to read Fifty Shades of Grey.

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