Her Screen Thoughts - Movie & TV Reviews
Hollister reviews all things on the screen... every week. Not to be missed.
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Film Review: Practical Magic 2 (opens the original)
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Why is Practical Magic 2 filling theaters with women, and why are so many of them leaving in tears? Wilder and I talk about why this sequel feels bigger than its plot, what 26 years of loss and lived experience brought to Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman’s performances, and why a story about women reclaiming their power matters so much right now. We also ask why Hollywood still seems surprised when women show up. - Christine Merser
Film Review: The Drama (opens the original)
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Zendaya and Robert Pattinson play a couple preparing to get married when a confession from her past changes everything. The film then moves into deeply disturbing territory, confronting a planned school shooting and the way people respond when someone’s worst act, or even the intention to commit it, becomes the only thing they can see. Audiences and critics panned the film, in part because they arrived expecting a quirky romance and instead found themselves watching something dark, painful and p
Film Review: The Odyssey (opens the original)
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Is it a success? That depends on what you were looking for when The Odyssey started rolling. Different people came to this film expecting very different things. Emily Wilson, whose translation helped inspire Christopher Nolan to take it on, was looking for something quite different from film aficionados. Christine was looking for an education in the Classics she never got—and didn’t realize mattered until she saw the film. And Wilder? She is all in, but with thoughtful commentary on everything f
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