Tag: Nicole Kidman
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Lioness, season 2 review: going big didn’t work
Lioness, season 2, drowned itself in big ambitions and violent overreach. What started out as a story about inserting assets (lionesses) into a situation for an individual assassination turned into a war story that lost itself along the way.
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Lioness season 1 review: a thriller about special ops fighters
Lioness was created by Taylor Sheridan and has all men directors, but I was in it for the women. The women’s roles may have been written for men and gender flipped at the last minute because the women had names like Joe, Cruz, and Bobby. It’s a thriller from start to finish with a plot…
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The Perfect Couple review: love, money, and murder
The Perfect Couple is a murder mystery set in the posh world of wealth and privilege in Nantucket. It is based on a popular novel by Elin Hilderbrand. I know some of the fans of the book were worried about changes to the story, but I haven’t read the book. I enjoyed the twists and…
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Practical Magic, a look back at the original
Practical Magic is all over the streamers now. Why? Because almost 30 years after the original movie released, Practical Magic 2 has been announced. Nicole Kidman and Sandra Bullock are on board. It’s time to revisit the original. Here’s a review of the action (with spoilers).
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A Family Affair, getting real about love
A Family Affair is a family relationship / romantic comedy starring Nicole Kidman, Zac Efron, and Joey King. Most rom-coms don’t get complicated until the end of the 2nd act, but this one is complicated from the start.
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Faraway Downs makes something new out of Australia
Faraway Downs is a project director Baz Luhrmann undertook during the time when everyone was stuck at home due to COVID. Luhrmann was the director of 2008’s film Australia. He had miles of film in his garage from the making of that film. Much of it hadn’t been in the film. He re-cut and re-edited…
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Genius, the man who edited Thomas Wolfe
Genius, the 2016 version starring Colin Firth and Jude Law, is about Scribner editor Max Perkins (Firth) and his efforts to corral the language of Thomas Wolfe (Law) into marketable books.
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Review: Roar, a celebration of women
Roar is an 8 part anthology series. Each story is about a woman and a pointed women’s issue. The list of women in front of and behind the camera is compelling and should convince you to take a look at the series.