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THE NIGHT HOUSE

August 22, 2021 By Leave a Comment

THE NIGHT HOUSE

In THE NIGHT HOUSE, star/producer Rebecca Hall dares to give us a female protagonist who does not ask us to like her. In fact, she all but dares us not to. Yet, in a brilliant performance that combines pain and vitriol, she makes us empathize with a new widow who may or may not be… Read More »

Tagged With: grief, lake house, secret life, shadow figure, suicide, suspicion, widow

FRENCH EXIT

April 12, 2021 By Leave a Comment

FRENCH EXIT

FRENCH EXIT is a deft comedy that is low key but also pointed and deeply affecting, despite concerning itself with the trials and tribulations of a woman who has raised superficiality and self-absorption to a high art.

Tagged With: bankruptcy, mother-son, Paris, widow

THE BOOKSHOP

September 1, 2018 By 2 Comments

THE BOOKSHOP

Florence Green, the widowed heroine of THE BOOKSHOP, is a woman of patience, determination, and kindness.  Qualities that would stand anyone in good stead, they are enough to get her dream of opening the eponymous entity in this evocative adaptation of the Penelope Fitzgerald’s novel. Whether they will be enough to keep it going in… Read More »

Tagged With: 1959, book to screen, bookstore, recluse, Suffolk, widow

OUIJA: ORIGIN OF EVIL

October 23, 2016 By Leave a Comment

OUIJA: ORIGIN OF EVIL

I was not a fan of the original OUIJA, which I found to be predictable in plot and pedestrian in execution.  Its prequel, however, OUIJA: ORIGIN OF EVIL, is (almost) the exact opposite.  Set in 1967, it reveals what happened in that spooky craftsman cottage when Aunt Lina (Annalise Basso) was just a high-school sophomore… Read More »

Tagged With: 1967, haunting, horror, mother-daughter, ouija board, prequel, seance, spirits, widow

Welcoming THE MEDDLER with Susan Sarandon and Lorene Scafaria

April 25, 2016 By Leave a Comment

Welcoming THE MEDDLER with Susan Sarandon and Lorene Scafaria

Lorene Scafaria had threatened her mother for a long time about making a movie based on their relationship and calling it THE MEDDLER. With this smart and heart-warming comedy, she has made good on that threat. Based on their relationship, with a few flourishes involving creative license, Scafaria has crafted the story of Marnie Minervini,… Read More »

Tagged With: fresh eggs, heart attacks, inspired by true events, Mia Farrow, mother-daughter, pilot season, screenwriter, widow

CRIMINAL

April 13, 2016 By 1 Comment

CRIMINAL

CRIMINAL is a trifle of a thriller.  Sure, guns are fired, things explode, and Ryan Reynolds meets a grisly end shortly after the flick begins, but the necessary tension to keep us all on the edge of our seats is noticeably lacking. What we are left with is an intriguing premise, Gary Oldman at his… Read More »

Tagged With: CIA, hacking code, living Tiki idol, memory transfer, poor impulse control, prefrontal cortex, widow, wormhole

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