Tag: Scarlett Johansson
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My Mother’s Wedding, a weekend with the family
My Mother’s Wedding brings three women home for their twice-widowed mother’s third wedding. It’s a weekend filled with family love and family squabbles. Kristen Scott Thomas directed and co-wrote the screenplay with John Micklethwait. The film is a memoir-ish tribute to her own two father figures.
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Eleanor the Great with June Squibb in the lead
Eleanor the Great, from first time director Scarlett Johansson, stars June Squibb as a kind of elder anti-hero whose life and mature wisdom should have prevented her from making a bad decision, but didn’t. Minor spoilers ahead.
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Fly Me to the Moon review, fun comedy about the space race
Fly Me to the Moon built itself on top of real history with some comedy and romance added for spice. It’s about NASA’s Apollo 11 mission to the moon in 1969. It’s a fun watch and brought back some vivid memories of that time for me, but it is not entirely factual. There are some…
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Review: Marriage Story
Marriage Story features brilliant performances from Adam Driver and Scarlett Johansson. The film explores the American way of divorce and how it damages a couple who want to be good parents and friends when it’s over. This is a sad story, know that going in. It’s painful to witness. However, it’s ultimately full of hope.…
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Review: Don Jon
Don Jon is an oddly sensitive film that ultimately has a good message. The message, however, is delivered in a complete man ‘splaining way. This makes it a man’s film much more than a woman’s film. We go through a lot with Jon, the don of sex, for him to learn something that women already…
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Watch This: Trailer for Lucy
The film Lucy stars Scarlett Johansson and Morgan Freeman. It opens on July 25. At the film’s official site, the film is described like this: From La Femme Nikita and The Professional to The Fifth Element, writer/director Luc Besson has created some of the toughest, most memorable female action heroes in cinematic history. Now, Besson…