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Daily Archives: March 19, 2020
Bingeworthy? Reese and Kerry are on the nose, and surprising in “Little Fires Everywhere”
You’d be hard pressed to find better examples of “on the nose” casting than having Kerry Washington play a proud, sensual but stand-offish artist and Reese Witherspoon an obnoxiously over-organized control-freak queen of an affluent “planned community.” Add “single mom” … Continue reading
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Streamable? Mackie, Jackson, Hoult and Long dress up “The Banker”
“The Banker” is a sturdy, entertaining period piece about a little known episode in civil rights history, an effort to open the door to “The American Dream” by a couple of real estate tycoons who took over two banks. The … Continue reading
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