An Astonishing Performance by Amanda Seyfried makes “The Dropout” Essential Television.
Amanda Seyfried is simply amazing. She gets Holmes’s uncomfortable stare and that otherworldly voice. But we also get Holmes as a real person
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2022 Emmys: Limited Series Winners.
The winners in the Limited Series category, were EXACTLY as forecast with “The White Lotus” taking Best Limited Series.
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“Mrs. America”, Cate Blanchett, and Chantal Akerman.
Blanchett then slowly hangs up the phone and returns, defeated, to the kitchen. In un hommage à Akerman, the camera frames her in medium shot
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The labyrinthine plot drags “Banner of Heaven” down.
The problems are with the Lafferty family. Their scenes are in flashbacks and all of those sons, wives and children can get pretty confusing.
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“Friends” tries to recapture the glory of “People” but fails.
I have to admit that, while I walked step by step with every scene in “People”, I was using the fast-forward button as “Friends” progressed.
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Emma Thompson graces “Leo Grande” with her presence.
Thompson steals the movie, running through a gamut of emotions from anger, fear and sadness, to moments of sheer bliss.
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Queer and Indigenous Cinema Intersect in “Wildhood”.
Lewitski and Odjick are more than the sum of their muscles. They are teenage masculinity breaking out all over. And they are in love!
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Jasmila Zbanic’s Evocative Quo Vadis, Aida?
Jasmila Zbanic’s evocative Qui Vadis, Aida? For two hours, you watch as she frantically tries to get her husband and sons to safety..
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Christian Petzold’s Hypnotic “Undine”.
In Christian Petzold’s “Undine”, the atmosphere is so seductive and the two leads are so effective that you fall easily for it’s charms.
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