Where the Crawdads Sing is based on a best-selling book. We met Kya (Daisy Edgar-Jones) an abandoned girl who lives alone in the North Carolina marshlands. She’s the subject of small-town gossip and is often called ‘Marsh Girl’. Slowly we learn about her difficult childhood with an alcoholic father. She finds an ally in the local grocery shop owners. Then she befriends a … [Read more...] about Where the Crawdads Sing – Film Review
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The Mystery of Henri Pick – Film review
Monsieur Henri Pick never says a word but his name will set his local village and before long, the whole country into a tailspin. All thanks to his unknown side hustle as an aspiring novelist, or was he? Who is Henri Pick, and how did a supposedly illiterate pizza cook write an acclaimed bestseller, is the very refreshing story behind The Mystery of Henri Pick. Based on … [Read more...] about The Mystery of Henri Pick – Film review
Vivarium – Film review
A big hint to this dark film is the title. Vivarium is described as, an enclosure, container, or structure adapted or prepared for keeping animals under semi-natural conditions for observation or study or as pets.Oxford Dictionary Young couple, Gemma (Imogen Poots) and Tom (Jesse Eisenberg), enter a real estate office to look at residential developments in the area. The … [Read more...] about Vivarium – Film review
Knives Out – Film Review
After the presumed pressure of helming a Star Wars feature, not to mention the toxic aftermath that surrounded the divisive Last Jedi, the fun evident within writer/director Rian Johnson's Knives Out can't help but be more pointedly noticeable given what he was previously subjected to. Returning to the genre that birthed his film career, Knives Out is very much Johnson … [Read more...] about Knives Out – Film Review
The Roadhouse by Kerry McGinnis – Book Review
The Roadhouse by Kerry McGinnis is her eleventh novel, a suspenseful mystery set in the Australian Outback region, which Kerry loves and knows so well. It begins when Charlie Carver, who is already questioning her acting abilities and her chances of finding work in Melbourne, learns of her cousin, Annabelle’s, suicide. She decides to fly home to be with her mother, who … [Read more...] about The Roadhouse by Kerry McGinnis – Book Review