Tag: Olivia Colman
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Mothering Sunday review: a writer is born
Mothering Sunday begins with “Once upon a time” and the tale that follows tells the story of the growth and development of a writer. Odessa Young plays the writer, Jane Fairchild – a name given to her in a foundling home.
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Wicked Little Letters review, raunchy and funny women for the win
I loved Wicked Little Letters. I loved the raunchy Shakespearean curses, I loved the cast, I loved the humor, I loved the wacky feminine urge to resist the patriarchy. It is a complete delight.
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Review: Joyride, Olivia Colman wants to make a delivery
Joyride had mediocre reviews, so I was in no hurry to watch it. But, crikey, it has Olivia Colman. How bad could it be? The answer is not terrible, but not great. Mediocre works here.
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Empire of Light, Olivia Colman wows again
Empire of Light tells a multilayered story about an English cinema in 1980 and the people who worked there. It’s a tangle of themes about mental illness, racism, and cinema. There are spoilers ahead.
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Review: Landscapers, a crime story is in there somewhere
Landscapers takes a surreal look at a true crime and love story. It stretches a simple crime drama out into four episodes by adding fantasy, flashbacks, police work, and oddball re-enactments of the storytelling to the mix.
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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.
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The Mitchells vs the Machines save the world from robots
The Mitchells vs the Machines is an animated madhouse of mayhem about a family that must save the world from robots who intend to send every human into outer space. This funny story of technology taking over the world is streaming on Netflix.
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Review: The Crown, season 3
The Crown, season 3, has an all new cast but the same royal family we enjoyed getting to know in previous seasons. The switch to older actors in the royal roles is hardly an awareness blip as the new cast takes over with brilliant work all round.
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Review: Fleabag, season 2
In the final moments of season 2, Fleabag turns to the lens and waves goodbye to us, the people inside the camera. We have been her companions, the people who have been allowed to understand her grieving heart just a little better.