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Read more about the article Child Scare: “Wolf Play” reviewed

Child Scare: “Wolf Play” reviewed

  • Post author:Doug Strassler
  • Post published:March 24, 2023
  • Post category:Review

“The truth is a wobbly thing,” according to Wolf. He is the title character of Hansol Jung’s Wolf Play, but he isn’t the central one. That’s Jeenu, a six-year-old boy…

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Read more about the article The Weight of Water: “Nanny” reviewed

The Weight of Water: “Nanny” reviewed

  • Post author:Doug Strassler
  • Post published:March 24, 2023
  • Post category:Review

Nikyatu Jusu’s film Nanny carries a premise full of potential: Aisha (Anna Diop) is a former teacher from Senegal hired as a nanny for the daughter of Amy (Michelle Monaghan)…

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Read more about the article The Music Woman: “Shy” reviewed

The Music Woman: “Shy” reviewed

  • Post author:Doug Strassler
  • Post published:March 24, 2023
  • Post category:Review

The Music Woman: “Shy” reviewed Unfair or not, Mary Rodgers, whose father, Richard Rodgers, helped pioneer the Broadway musical alongside Oscar Hammerstein and Lorenz Hart, was a nepo baby. But…

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Read more about the article The Chain, Broken: “Daisy Jones and the Six” reviewed

The Chain, Broken: “Daisy Jones and the Six” reviewed

  • Post author:Doug Strassler
  • Post published:March 24, 2023
  • Post category:Review

Taylor Jenkins Reid’s popular book Daisy Jones and the Six was a literary blast from the past, a fictional oral history of a drugs-and-sex-fueled rock band from the 1970s that…

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Read more about the article “The Harder They Come” reviewed

“The Harder They Come” reviewed

  • Post author:Doug Strassler
  • Post published:March 24, 2023
  • Post category:Review

Natey Jones gives a star-making turn in The Harder they Come, a new musical adaptation (there have been several earlier attempts) of the 1972 film that brought Jimmy Cliff and…

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Read more about the article “She Said:” Not a Publish-or-Perish Tale

“She Said:” Not a Publish-or-Perish Tale

  • Post author:Doug Strassler
  • Post published:March 24, 2023
  • Post category:Review

It has been a half-decade since New York Times reporters Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey charted the horrific crimes of Hollywood titan Harvey Weinstein, helping give birth to the #MeToo…

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Read more about the article Who Owns a Story? “The Book of Goose” reviewed

Who Owns a Story? “The Book of Goose” reviewed

  • Post author:Doug Strassler
  • Post published:March 24, 2023
  • Post category:Review

The works of Yiyun Li don’t only address the darkest of areas – grief, loss, sadness – but also deal with them in the deepest of ways. So, too, does…

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Read more about the article A Shore Thing: The Real Housewives of New Jersey Season 13, Episode 7 recap

A Shore Thing: The Real Housewives of New Jersey Season 13, Episode 7 recap

  • Post author:Doug Strassler
  • Post published:March 23, 2023
  • Post category:Feature

This is episode seven, which historically means we’ve just about reached the midway point of an RHONJ season (following the early years, their later seasons have historically been shorter than…

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Read more about the article Escape Acts: “A Doll’s House” reviewed

Escape Acts: “A Doll’s House” reviewed

  • Post author:Doug Strassler
  • Post published:March 23, 2023
  • Post category:Review

Jessica Chastain dares you – but to do what? Nearly 150 years ago, Nora Helmer left her husband with a door slam heard round the world, inspiring innumerable analyses of…

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Read more about the article London Calling: “You Season 4” reviewed

London Calling: “You Season 4” reviewed

  • Post author:Doug Strassler
  • Post published:March 23, 2023
  • Post category:Review

There’s no way around it: Joe Goldberg (Penn Badgley) is a bad, bad boy. That’s the fun in watching the series You, initially based on Caroline Kepnes’ novels. That’s the…

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  • The Music Woman: “Shy” reviewed
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