Tag: Florence Pugh
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Thunderbolts* what a lark!
Thunderbolts* brings together a team of oddball and outcast Marvel superheroes and names them after a kid’s losing soccer team. I was only there for Florence Pugh, but the film turned out to be a lot of fun.
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No Taste Like Home with Antoni Porowski review
No Taste Like Home with Antoni Porowski is a National Geographic documentary. It’s about food and ancestry. The six episodes go all around the world looking for foods and ancestral roots.
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We Live in Time review: a great cast makes this romance zing
We Live in Time isn’t exactly a romcom. It’s a sweeping romance of a love story about a couple who make the most out of their lives together.
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Oppenheimer: a personal reaction
Oppenheimer brought up of a lot of personal history for me. I was alive during World War II. I was alive when the United States dropped two atomic bombs on Japan. I remember the end of the war as a time of jubilation in my family home. There was a lot in the film that…
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A Good Person: Florence Pugh wows!
A Good Person from writer and director Zach Braff begins on a happy note. Allison (Florence Pugh) and Nathan (Chinaza Uche) celebrate their engagement at a party crowded with friends and family. Allison sings and plays one of her original songs on the piano. Life is good.
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The Wonder, Florence Pugh stars in this period piece
The Wonder is a period piece set in 1862 Ireland. The plot about faith vs. science is as relevant today as it was under the religious and patriarchal confines of that former time.
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Review: Hawkeye, episodes 1-2
Hawkeye with Jeremy Renner and Hailee Steinfeld joined the Marvel Universe with the release of the first two episodes of a six episode mini-series on Disney+. The first two episodes were the opening of the origin story as we learn how Kate Bishop becomes Hawkeye.
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Review: Little Women (2019)
Little Women was so rich, I wish I could watch it a couple more times before I write this review. There was everything Louisa May Alcott gave us in the book, with additions and modernized storytelling from writer and director Greta Gerwig. The film includes parts of Louisa May Alcott’s later work beyond the story…
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Review: The Little Drummer Girl
The Little Drummer Girl came to television as a limited series on AMC. It’s a spy story based on a John le Carré novel. John le Carré adapted it for television. If you’re familiar with John le Carré you know his stories are complex tales that trap your imagination in a world of spies and…
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Watch This: Trailer for The Little Drummer Girl
The Little Drummer Girl is a three night mini-series coming to AMC starting November 19. It’s based on the John le Carré novel.