Tag: Rosemarie DeWitt

  • The Estate review: old-school style comedy

    The Estate review: old-school style comedy

    The Estate made me laugh. It’s broad comedy about hair-brained schemes, old-fashioned in its style. The story is about a group of cousins competing for the estate of their rich aunt and stars some great actors who deliver the comedy with enthusiasm.

  • Lessons in Chemistry: Brie Larson shines in this one

    Lessons in Chemistry: Brie Larson shines in this one

    Lessons in Chemistry uses interesting, unique characters and powerful themes to tell a story of love and science. It isn’t the usual kind of storytelling – one episode is told from a dog’s point of view – but it works to create a series worth watching. There are spoilers ahead.

  • Men, Women and Children: internet alarms ring

    Men, Women and Children: internet alarms ring

    Men, Women and Children showed up as new on Prime Video and I liked the cast so I gave it a watch. I didn’t realize it was from 2014 and not particularly great until it was going, but I stuck with it.

  • Little Fires Everywhere, episodes 1 – 3

    Little Fires Everywhere, episodes 1 – 3

    Little Fires Everywhere, a Hulu Original, released episodes 1-3 this week. The remaining 5 episodes of the mini-series will become available on 5 coming Wednesdays.

  • Review: La La Land

    Review: La La Land

    La La Land opens with a reference to Cinemascope and closes with a reference to Panavision. Everything in between is a love story to the musicals of the past filmed in Cinemascope and Panavision.

  • Watch This: Two Trailers for La La Land

    Watch This: Two Trailers for La La Land

    La La Land premiers at the end of the month at the Venice Film Festival, so buzz about it will surely start then, but the film won’t be in theaters until December 16: your holiday musical. Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone head up this film about an aspiring jazz musician and an aspiring actress.

  • Review: Your Sister’s Sister

    Review: Your Sister’s Sister

    Your Sister’s Sister stars Emily Blunt as Iris, Rosemarie DeWitt as Hannah, and Mark Duplass as Jack. It was written and directed by Lynn Shelton. She’s the blonde with the three actors in the photo above. I’ve had it in my watch list on Netflix for a long time and never watched it. But after…