Tag: Lily James
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What’s Love Got to Do with It? review. Who you gonna marry?
What’s Love Got to Do with It? is a comedy about a documentary filmmaker and an arranged marriage. Zoe (Lily James) and Kazim (Shazad Latif) grew up as next door neighbors. They’re in their 30s now and both sets of parents are impatient to get them married off. Kazim announces that he’ll follow the Pakistani…
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The Pursuit of Love, fantastical and melodramatic
The Pursuit of Love is a fantastical and melodramatic look at the lives of two cousins coming of age between the two world wars. It’s a period piece about the social limitations of womanhood and the frustrations of the proto-feminists at the center of the story.
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Review: Rebecca
Rebecca, based on the 1938 novel by Daphne Du Maurier, is a British retelling of the classic Gothic mystery. Back in my day, everyone read Rebecca in high school. Perhaps the current generation isn’t so familiar with the story. I’ll keep this spoiler free in case the tale is all news to you. The film…
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Review: Little Woods
Little Woods puts you inside the lives of two sisters during a harrowing week in their always difficult existence.
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Review: Yesterday
Yesterday is full of music and love and all the good feelings you’ll ever need. What could be better?