Tag: Rosamund Pike

  • Saltburn: another horrible man wins everything

    Saltburn: another horrible man wins everything

    Saltburn is a morality tale, or perhaps a parable. It doesn’t end with a lesson, but a warning. It’s the story of Oliver Quick (Barry Keoghan), a scholarship student at Oxford who presents himself as poor and orphaned. He pretends to be kind and helpful to befriend Felix Catton (Jacob Elordi), and Felix buys into…

  • The Wheel of Time, season 2 review

    The Wheel of Time, season 2 review

    The Wheel of Time, season 2, continues the epic fantasy adventure about the battle between good and evil in an ancient world full of magic and mythical creatures. The series is based on a series of novels by Robert Jordan. A third season is already in production.

  • Review: The Wheel of Time, episodes 1-3

    Review: The Wheel of Time, episodes 1-3

    The Wheel of Time is a fantasy series on Prime Video. Three episodes were released last Friday, with more to come on future Fridays. The first season is based on the first novel in a series by Robert Jordan, also called The Wheel of Time.

  • I Care a Lot covers everyone with the rotten stench of greed

    I Care a Lot covers everyone with the rotten stench of greed

    I Care a Lot is a morality tale on the evils of capitalism. There are no ‘good guys’ in this film on Netflix. Everyone is equally disgusting and evil. The word care in the title refers to guardianship of care, which is a legal way to steal every penny from folks in care homes.

  • Review: Radioactive

    Review: Radioactive

    Radioactive is the true story of Marie Curie, the discoverer of radium and polonium, winner of two Nobel Prizes, and a pioneering researcher into radioactivity.

  • Brain Dump: Good Trouble, The Handmaid’s Tale, and A Private War

    Brain Dump: Good Trouble, The Handmaid’s Tale, and A Private War

    This and that about a few things today. I’ll mention Good Trouble, The Handmaid’s Tale, and the biopic about Marie Colvin, A Private War.

  • Review: A United Kingdom

    Review: A United Kingdom

    A United Kingdom was beautifully, lovingly directed by Amma Asante. It’s based on a true story about an African prince and the Englishwoman he married. David Oyelowo and Rosamund Pike star.

  • Watch This: Trailer for A United Kingdom

    Watch This: Trailer for A United Kingdom

    A United Kingdom is the latest from director Amma Asante, who directed Belle. It stars David Oyelowo and Rosamund Pike as Prince Seretse Khama of Botswana and Ruth Williams, his white English wife.

  • 7 Upcoming Films with Female Protagonists

    7 Upcoming Films with Female Protagonists

    Over the next few months there will be several films with women leading the cast coming to your theater. I celebrate every one! Here are a few – I probably missed some. Let me know in the comments if there’s something I missed that shouldn’t be missed. Laggies Keira Knightley and Chloë Grace Moretz head…