Tag: Danielle Macdonald
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The Last Anniversary, Australian series from a novel by Liane Moriarty
The Last Anniversary is a new favorite for me. I always enjoy books and series from Liane Moriarty, and this one was outstanding. It’s a story about family, the resilience of women, and finding love.
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The Tourist, season 2, family feud in Ireland
The Tourist, season 2, begins with Elliot (Jamie Dornan) and Helen (Danielle Macdonald) roaming the world madly in love. They’re free, they’re happy. Well, except that Helen is incapable of letting go of an unanswered question. She keeps hinting that they should go to Ireland and see what they can learn about Elliot.
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Falling for Figaro: big on the opera, light on the romance
Falling for Figaro is a light romantic comedy featuring some heavy duty opera singing. If opera makes your ears bleed, this one isn’t for you. Otherwise its a fun story about big dreams and hard work.
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The Tourist, season 1 review, adventures in the outback
The Tourist is a different take on the amnesia story. An unnamed man (Jamie Dornan) is driving down the road in the Australian outback when a giant truck chases him down and forces him off the road. When he wakes up in the hospital he doesn’t know anything about himself. He doesn’t remember that someone…
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French Exit, surreal and bizarre
French Exit is a surreal and odd film about strange and bizarre people. It stars Michelle Pfeiffer, which is reason enough to watch it. However, it’s not like anything you’ve ever seen before and may not strike you as wonderful. It’s streaming on Prime and in several other places.
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Review: Unbelievable
Unbelievable begins with the rape of Marie (Kaitlyn Dever). Her case is mishandled by the police. Elsewhere, two cops played by Merritt Wever and Toni Collette chase a serial rapist until the trail leads them to Marie. This outstanding series is based on a real case.
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Review: Bird Box
Bird Box, from director Susanne Bier, is a tense and exciting horror thriller about survival and motherhood. Beware the spoilers ahead.
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Review: Dumplin’
Female powered Dumplin’ is about body image and loving who you are. Produced by and starring Jennifer Aniston as a woman who lives for beauty pageants. She has a plus size daughter Willowdean (Danielle Macdonald) who shakes up her world.