08 December
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BEING THE RICARDOS Director: Aaron SorkinStarring: Nicole Kidman, Javier Bardem, J.K. Simmons, Nina Arianda, Alia Shawkat, Tony Hale, Jake Lacy Writer Aaron Sorkin has tackled trailblazers like Steve Jobs and Mark Zuckerberg. Now he’s peeling back the curtain on Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz at a tumultuous time in their marriage and career in his new film Being the Ricardos. Aaron Sorkin pairs down their extensive life and career into a one-week period from a Monday table read of I Love Lucy through a Friday taping. Tapped to play Lucille is Nicole Kidman who finds her life upended when rumors spread about her being aRead More →

07 December
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BEING THE RICARDOS Interviews – Nicole Kidman, Javier Bardem, Aaron Sorkin, J.K. Simmons, Nina Arianda Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz were groundbreaking icons in the entertainment industry. Writer/Director Aaron Sorkin peels back the curtain on a tumultuous time in their marriage and career in the new film Being the Ricardos. I sat down with Sorkin and his brilliant cast: Nicole Kidman, Javier Bardem, J.K. Simmons, and Nina Arianda. A few fun highlights! -Nicole Kidman having a cheerleader in Aaron Sorkin after she received casting backlash -Aaron Sorkin giving writing advice after saying to me, “That’s exactly right. You put it well.” -J.K. Simmons comments onRead More →

10 December
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THE PROM Director: Ryan MurphyStarring: Jo Ellen Pellman, Ariana Debose, Meryl Streep, Nicole Kidman, Andrew Rannells, James Corden, Keegan-Michael Key, Kerry Washington I saw the Broadway musical The Prom in its closing weekend, and the energy from the crowd and its actors was massive. We knew we were watching something special. The movie musical adaption is now streaming on Netflix. For Emma, all she is wants to do is go to the prom with her girlfriend Alyssa. Newcomer Jo Ellen Pellman and Ariana DeBose play the couple in question, but the PTA led by Alyssa’s mother, played by Kerry Washington, decides to shut down theRead More →

19 December
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BOMBSHELL Director: Jay RoachStarring: Charlize Theron, Nicole Kidman, Margot Robbie, John Lithgow, Connie Britton, Mark Duplass, Malcolm McDowell, Allison Janney, Kate McKinnon The women at Fox News had their own to story to tell. Their story was about their boss, Roger Ailes (Lithgow), and the history of sexual misconduct under him and fellow anchors at Fox. As Megyn Kelly (Theron) is battling presidential candidate Donald Trump about his rhetoric toward women, Gretchen Carlson (Kidman) is debating about suing Fox and/or Ailes. She’s warned about going up against someone as powerful as him, but she pulls the trigger. After she’s let go, word spreads as moreRead More →

15 October
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BOMBSHELL Director: Jay RoachStarring: Charlize Theron, Nicole Kidman, Margot Robbie, John Lithgow, Kate McKinnon, Alanna Ubach, Allison Janney, Connie Britton, Mark Duplass, Ashley Greene, Richard Kind You may already have strong feelings about Fox News depending on where you fall in the political landscape. What you may or may not know about is the toxic workplace that it became for many of the women who worked under Roger Ailes (Lithgow). There were many big names that came out of there like Megyn Kelly (Theron), Gretchen Carlson (Kidman), Kayla Pospisil (Robbie) and more. Bombshell tells the story of these women along with many others who finallyRead More →

12 September
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THE GOLDFINCH Director: John CrowleyStarring: Oakes Fegley, Ansel Elgort, Finn Wolfhard, Nicole Kidman, Jeffrey Wright, Luke Wilson, Sarah Paulson, Aneurin Barnard If you’ve read Donna Tartt’s Pulitzer Prize winning novel, you are familiar with the sweeping gut punch she lays out in her story about Theo Decker. Too bad the film adaptation is missing all of that. When Theo was a kid, his mother took him to an art museum that forever changed their lives. A terrorist explosion took the lives of Theo’s mother and many others. He survived but has been plagued with guilt since that fateful event. The only thing keeping him connectedRead More →

03 June
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THE GOLDFINCH Director: John CrowleyStarring: Ansel Elgort, Oakes Fegley, Nicole Kidman, Sarah Paulson, Finn Wolfhard, Willa Fitzgerald, Luke Wilson, Jeffrey Wright, Denis O’Hare The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt has been passed around from book club to book club. My mother-in-law absolutely loved it and couldn’t put it down. It went on to win the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 2014. The film adaptation is now here with a wonderful cast including: Ansel Elgort (The Fault in Our Stars), Oakes Fegley (Wonderstruck), Sarah Paulson (American Horror Story) and Nicole “rip my heart out” Kidman. Per the Warner Bros. website “Theodore “Theo” Decker was 13 years oldRead More →

17 January
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DESTROYER Director: Karyn KusamaStarring: Nicole Kidman, Sebastian Stan, Tatiana Maslany, Toby Kebbell, Scoot McNairy, Bradley Whitford If you feel like you’ve seen every side of Nicole Kidman, guess again. In Destroyer, she plays LA Detective Erin Bell, who has seen her better days. Her life is practically in shambles due to the devotion and lengths she’s gone through in her work. The body of a John Doe is found shot to death and the tattoos on his body indicate that a former gang member from her past is back on the scene. Here’s my review. Don’t forget to click SUBSCRIBE on my YouTube channel toRead More →

15 January
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THE UPSIDE Director: Neil BurgerStarring:   Kevin Hart, Bryan Cranston, Nicole Kidman, Aja Naomi King, Julianna Margulies Dell (Hart) is unemployed and can’t find work due to his criminal record. His bad attitude doesn’t help matters. He’s being threatened with going back to jail if he doesn’t come up with the proof that he’s at least job hunting. His latest attempt has him at the doors of Phillip Lacasse, a wealthy writer (Cranston) who’s quadriplegic. The position is to be his caregiver and attendant. Phillip is attracted to Dell’s unfiltered attitude and hires him on the spot despite the fact that Dell doesn’t really want theRead More →

08 November
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BOY ERASED Writer/Director: Joel Edgerton Starring: Lucas Hedges, Nicole Kidman, Russell Crowe, Joel Edgerton, Troye Sivan, Xavier Dolan, Britton Sear, Joe Alwyn, Cherry Jones Lucas Hedges has secured himself as a promising star on the rise thanks to his work in Manchester by the Sea and Lady Bird. In Boy Erased, he continues his string of playing these fractured young men in that transition period of growing up. He plays Jared who realizes his truth of being gay while in college. It’s not an easy discovery, but one that comes with consequences given that his parents are deeply religious with his dad being a localRead More →