Perry's death isn't the only thing causing problems in The Monterey Five's life in the latest episode of Big Little Lies.
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Big Little Lies Season 2, Episode 4
The Big Secret may not be the cause of every hardship in the lives of the The Monterey Five, but it certainly doesn't make dealing with the other traumas life throws their way any easier. In "She Knows," the lingering trauma of Perry's death looms large in the form of the ever-suspicious Mary Louise, but it is far from the only problem Renata, Madeline, Bonnie, Celeste, and Jane have to deal with.
Bonnie, Renata, and Madeline are really facing hardships that have nothing to do with the secret surrounding Perry's death, even if they are made more difficult to process because of that trauma. First, we have Bonnie, whose mother suffers a stroke at Amabella's party,...
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This Big Little Lies review contains spoilers.
Big Little Lies Season 2, Episode 4
The Big Secret may not be the cause of every hardship in the lives of the The Monterey Five, but it certainly doesn't make dealing with the other traumas life throws their way any easier. In "She Knows," the lingering trauma of Perry's death looms large in the form of the ever-suspicious Mary Louise, but it is far from the only problem Renata, Madeline, Bonnie, Celeste, and Jane have to deal with.
Bonnie, Renata, and Madeline are really facing hardships that have nothing to do with the secret surrounding Perry's death, even if they are made more difficult to process because of that trauma. First, we have Bonnie, whose mother suffers a stroke at Amabella's party,...
- 6/30/2019
- Den of Geek
I have the most adorable video for you today that took place back in 2013 on the red carpet of the Empire Awards. Seventeen year old Tom Holland was there talking about his film How I Live Now, when the guy interviewing him asked if he would like to play a superhero in the future. He responded saying, “Yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah. What superhero would I want to play? Maybe Spider-Man in like ten years time.”
How about three years, baby Tom Holland? Because it was three years later that he debuted the character in Captain America: Civil War, and just one year after that that he starred in Spider-Man: Homecoming. It’s just short enough of an amount of time that he probably hadn’t talked to the studio about the role yet, so the only logical answer is that Holland is psychic. Or he read that book The Secret and made it happen.
How about three years, baby Tom Holland? Because it was three years later that he debuted the character in Captain America: Civil War, and just one year after that that he starred in Spider-Man: Homecoming. It’s just short enough of an amount of time that he probably hadn’t talked to the studio about the role yet, so the only logical answer is that Holland is psychic. Or he read that book The Secret and made it happen.
- 6/26/2019
- by Jessica Fisher
- GeekTyrant
Friday night on HBO’s Real Time, Bill Maher deemed that the entire Democratic field would likely lose a presidential race against President Donald Trump and that they need to recruit someone who has not expressed interest in running. “One night, after self-medicating,” Maher said, “a name appeared in the vapor above me. The only person who is a sure thing is Oprah Winfrey.”
Maher made his case saying Winfrey would “energize” the Democrats’ African-American base, and women. And made the argument that white men would not be uncomfortable voting for her,...
Maher made his case saying Winfrey would “energize” the Democrats’ African-American base, and women. And made the argument that white men would not be uncomfortable voting for her,...
- 6/22/2019
- by Peter Wade
- Rollingstone.com
Some great character moments for Betty and Alice redeem an otherwise forgettable installment of Riverdale.
This Riverdale review contains spoilers.
Riverdale Season 3 Episode 18
"Bad things happen, but you can't get rid of your past because then you lose the good parts too."
Brevity is underrated. That could very well be the ultimate lesson from Riverdale as a whole. Much like Netflix Glut, overlong network television seasons tend to do more harm than good to a series. Last year this particular program had a Black Hood problem, and now viewers are impatiently watching everything from the ongoing Gargoyle King whathaveyou to, ridiculously, Archie's boxing career play out with very little payoff.
In my previous reviews of this season, I've held steadfast that yes, this is all heading somewhere great, words written with the fervent devotion of a Farmie -- based on good faith. The past two season finales of Riverdale have stuck the landing skillfully,...
This Riverdale review contains spoilers.
Riverdale Season 3 Episode 18
"Bad things happen, but you can't get rid of your past because then you lose the good parts too."
Brevity is underrated. That could very well be the ultimate lesson from Riverdale as a whole. Much like Netflix Glut, overlong network television seasons tend to do more harm than good to a series. Last year this particular program had a Black Hood problem, and now viewers are impatiently watching everything from the ongoing Gargoyle King whathaveyou to, ridiculously, Archie's boxing career play out with very little payoff.
In my previous reviews of this season, I've held steadfast that yes, this is all heading somewhere great, words written with the fervent devotion of a Farmie -- based on good faith. The past two season finales of Riverdale have stuck the landing skillfully,...
- 4/17/2019
- Den of Geek
Twin Peaks Recap is a weekly column by Keith Uhlich covering David Lynch and Mark Frost's limited, 18-episode continuation of the Twin Peaks television series.What's an FBI Special Agent to do after being locked away for 25 years in unearthly purgatory? Episodes three and four of Mark Frost and David Lynch's revived Twin Peaks, which aired on Showtime this past Sunday in a two-hour block (aside from September's two-part finale, it's all single, hour-long episodes from hereon out), follow our besuited, Black Lodge-incarcerated hero Dale Cooper (Kyle MacLachlan) as he reintegrates into modern terrestrial society. So this is basically Peaks doing Rectify, just with a sterile death row replaced by an infernal hellscape out of Clive Barker. Or David Lynch, really. What's becoming more and more evident as the new Peaks progresses is that the series is, in large part, a repository for Lynch's subconscious, past and present.
- 5/30/2017
- MUBI
Joe Matar May 30, 2017
Twin Peaks rediscovers its whimsy in episodes three and four. Here's a review from our Us chums...
This review contains spoilers.
Part Three
Part three of Twin Peaks: The Return feels like it marks an exciting turning point for this limited series. In my review of the first two parts, I said I found them intriguing but terribly unwelcoming, slow-moving and dour. The premiere engrossed me and piqued my interest, but I can’t say I much enjoyed watching it. I was left hoping for some of the whimsy of Twin Peaks’ past to find its way back into future instalments.
Part three begins with an extended sequence of mind fuckery in line with the parts preceding it but, after a long stretch of abstraction, things begin to move a little more quickly as more concrete plot elements fall into place.
To comment briefly on that opening sequence,...
Twin Peaks rediscovers its whimsy in episodes three and four. Here's a review from our Us chums...
This review contains spoilers.
Part Three
Part three of Twin Peaks: The Return feels like it marks an exciting turning point for this limited series. In my review of the first two parts, I said I found them intriguing but terribly unwelcoming, slow-moving and dour. The premiere engrossed me and piqued my interest, but I can’t say I much enjoyed watching it. I was left hoping for some of the whimsy of Twin Peaks’ past to find its way back into future instalments.
Part three begins with an extended sequence of mind fuckery in line with the parts preceding it but, after a long stretch of abstraction, things begin to move a little more quickly as more concrete plot elements fall into place.
To comment briefly on that opening sequence,...
- 5/26/2017
- Den of Geek
“Twin Peaks” has a message for you even if you’re Down Under.
The Showtime revival series has been advertised in a number of “Missing” posters — some featuring Laura Palmer (Sheryl Lee) and some featuring the creepy Bob (Frank Silva). As a nod to the international reach of the original series, the posters have been popping up in Australia.
Somebody in Australia call this phone # – #TwinPeaks pic.twitter.com/idppJ5jGeh
— Twin Peaks (@TwinPeaksArchve) March 5, 2017
The phone number listed at the bottom is for an Australia hotline, but fortunately CNET got video of the call being made. We can hear Angelo Badalmenti’s iconic theme music at the beginning and then some backwards audio of the variety that we could hear in the Black Lodge’s Red Room.
Read More: ‘Twin Peaks’: Hear Sheryl Lee Bring ‘The Secret Diary of Laura Palmer’ to Life in New Clips
Check out...
The Showtime revival series has been advertised in a number of “Missing” posters — some featuring Laura Palmer (Sheryl Lee) and some featuring the creepy Bob (Frank Silva). As a nod to the international reach of the original series, the posters have been popping up in Australia.
Somebody in Australia call this phone # – #TwinPeaks pic.twitter.com/idppJ5jGeh
— Twin Peaks (@TwinPeaksArchve) March 5, 2017
The phone number listed at the bottom is for an Australia hotline, but fortunately CNET got video of the call being made. We can hear Angelo Badalmenti’s iconic theme music at the beginning and then some backwards audio of the variety that we could hear in the Black Lodge’s Red Room.
Read More: ‘Twin Peaks’: Hear Sheryl Lee Bring ‘The Secret Diary of Laura Palmer’ to Life in New Clips
Check out...
- 3/8/2017
- by Hanh Nguyen
- Indiewire
With “Suicide Squad,” Warner Bros. and D.C. Comics for the second time delivered an opening competitive with a Disney/Marvel superhero movie. Its strong August-record-breaking $135 million debut also kept the recent late summer rebound alive. The question is: Will it hold or suffer the fate of “Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice” and fade quickly? Whatever its future, “Suicide Squad” marks a welcome start late in a bumpy summer.
Part of that seasonal trend is steep early-week drops for some live-action franchises—neither “Jason Bourne” nor “Star Trek Beyond” show much strength after strong openings. And Stx boasts a sleeper comedy hit driven by women– “Bad Moms” is thriving and looks to have a shot at reaching as much as $100 million.
Read More: Box Office Preview: ‘Suicide Squad’ Posed to Set August Record
Top Ten Chart
1. Suicide Squad (Warner Bros.) New – Cinemascore: B+; Metacritic: 40; Est. budget: $175 million
$135,105,000 in 4,255 theaters...
Part of that seasonal trend is steep early-week drops for some live-action franchises—neither “Jason Bourne” nor “Star Trek Beyond” show much strength after strong openings. And Stx boasts a sleeper comedy hit driven by women– “Bad Moms” is thriving and looks to have a shot at reaching as much as $100 million.
Read More: Box Office Preview: ‘Suicide Squad’ Posed to Set August Record
Top Ten Chart
1. Suicide Squad (Warner Bros.) New – Cinemascore: B+; Metacritic: 40; Est. budget: $175 million
$135,105,000 in 4,255 theaters...
- 8/7/2016
- by Tom Brueggemann
- Indiewire
Ahead of American Ultra's arrival in UK cinemas, here's our pick of the 25 finest, sneakiest secret agents in film...
Operatives. Spies. Moles. Infiltrators. Secret agents go by many names. In fact, Britain's national security agency doesn't even call them agents - they're covert human intelligence sources, or simply “officers".
Whatever we choose to call them, secret agents lead necessarily furtive and obscure lives - so obscure that most of what we know about them is defined by what we've seen and read in books and movies.
During the Cold War, the image of the secret agent as a well-groomed sophisticate in a suit proliferated all over the world, and even in the high-tech landscape of the 21st century, that image still stands - just look at such movies as Kingsman: The Secret Service, The Man From U.N.C.L.E. and, of course, the Bond franchise. But secret agents can come in many other guises,...
Operatives. Spies. Moles. Infiltrators. Secret agents go by many names. In fact, Britain's national security agency doesn't even call them agents - they're covert human intelligence sources, or simply “officers".
Whatever we choose to call them, secret agents lead necessarily furtive and obscure lives - so obscure that most of what we know about them is defined by what we've seen and read in books and movies.
During the Cold War, the image of the secret agent as a well-groomed sophisticate in a suit proliferated all over the world, and even in the high-tech landscape of the 21st century, that image still stands - just look at such movies as Kingsman: The Secret Service, The Man From U.N.C.L.E. and, of course, the Bond franchise. But secret agents can come in many other guises,...
- 8/27/2015
- by simonbrew
- Den of Geek
2Nd Update, Tuesday 4 Am Pt: Actuals are in for the international weekend with no major discrepancies save for a big drop on Taken 3. After Sunday’s report of a $57.2M total in non-Fox markets, the confirmed total came in at $39.8M. The difference was down to an incorrect cume provided to Fox by EuropaCorp for those territories. The overseas total is now a corrected $134M. In new pics, both JLo-starrer The Boy Next Door and Johnny Depp’s Mortdecai saw small bumps (up a respective $23K and $70K). American Sniper reloaded to $18M from a previously projected $17.6M.
Updated below are final numbers on those films along with: The Hobbit: The Battle Of The Five Armies, Night At The Museum: Secret Of The Tomb, Penguins Of Madagascar, The Theory Of Everything, Unbroken, Seventh Son, Exodus: Gods And Kings, Into The Woods, Ouija, The Imitation Game, Birdman, Ex Machina,...
Updated below are final numbers on those films along with: The Hobbit: The Battle Of The Five Armies, Night At The Museum: Secret Of The Tomb, Penguins Of Madagascar, The Theory Of Everything, Unbroken, Seventh Son, Exodus: Gods And Kings, Into The Woods, Ouija, The Imitation Game, Birdman, Ex Machina,...
- 1/27/2015
- by Nancy Tartaglione
- Deadline
NEW YORK -- Scott Rudin, Alexandra Milchan, Aimee Peyronnet and Miramax Films are set to produce writer Ann Cherkis' darkly comic drama Man Under, snagging the script in a low- to mid-six figure deal.
The American Beauty-esque story revolves around the drab, depressed and dysfunctional members of a suburban family. A young photographer who takes their family portrait is murdered and the photo makes its way to her high-profile museum retrospective, thrusting them into the spotlight of a trendy art scene and changing their lives dramatically.
The film will be the highest-profile project yet for Cherkis. She adapted the Japanese supernatural thriller Himitsu into the 2007 feature The Secret, starring David Duchovny. Under generated industry buzz last year after making the rounds of several studios and agencies.
It is just one of several high-profile films No Country for Old Men producer Rudin has in the pipeline with Miramax. They have paired to acquire numerous book properties in the past few months, including Rudolph Delson's relationship study Maynard and Jennica and Richard Price's crime drama Lush Life.
Milchan is about to launch numerous productions, ranging from Street Kings on Friday and Righteous Kill in the fall to Mary Queen of Scots next year.
The American Beauty-esque story revolves around the drab, depressed and dysfunctional members of a suburban family. A young photographer who takes their family portrait is murdered and the photo makes its way to her high-profile museum retrospective, thrusting them into the spotlight of a trendy art scene and changing their lives dramatically.
The film will be the highest-profile project yet for Cherkis. She adapted the Japanese supernatural thriller Himitsu into the 2007 feature The Secret, starring David Duchovny. Under generated industry buzz last year after making the rounds of several studios and agencies.
It is just one of several high-profile films No Country for Old Men producer Rudin has in the pipeline with Miramax. They have paired to acquire numerous book properties in the past few months, including Rudolph Delson's relationship study Maynard and Jennica and Richard Price's crime drama Lush Life.
Milchan is about to launch numerous productions, ranging from Street Kings on Friday and Righteous Kill in the fall to Mary Queen of Scots next year.
PARIS -- The Secret, Vincent Perez's remake of Yojiro Takita's Himitsu (1999) transposed to small-town America, is a variation on the afterlife dramas in such films as Ghost (1990) and Birth (2004). The success of such movies suggests this mainly French production could generate moderate ticket sales.
The premise is that, on the point of death after a horrendous road accident, a mother is able, in order to remain close to her husband, to transfer her soul into the body of her teenage daughter.
Samantha (newcomer Olivia Thirlby), or Sam to family and friends, is a typical 16-year-old -- bright, outgoing, but occasionally surly toward her parents, particularly her mother Hannah (Lily Taylor) whom she accuses of treating her like a child. It is her peevishness that distracts Hannah while she is driving, causing the accident that sees both rushed to a hospital in critical condition.
Hannah dies. Sam lives, but with Hannah's memories and consciousness. Hannah's distraught husband Ben David Duchovny) is incredulous when his wife speaks to him through Sam's lips, but is finally persuaded that Hannah is still around though located in his daughter's body.
A close, loving couple, they decide that Hannah should resume her daughter's studies so that when and if her daughter returns from whatever limbo she finds herself in, she may be able to slot back in as she was before.
This means her having to mix in with, and in the case of the testosterone-driven young males Justin (Corey Sevier) and Ethan (Brendan Sexton) face amorous advances from, Sam's college friends. Meanwhile Sam's guidance counselor Tara (Macha Grenon) starts taking a sympathetic and then distinctly friendly interest in Ben, triggering a bout of jealousy in Hannah.
The complications set in, not the least of them being the issue of conjugal relations. Ben makes it clear to Hannah early on that sex is out because it would be dangerously close to incest. As the frustrations mount, she complains: "I can't get laid." Ben responds: "I know the feeling". The filmmakers decide to play story of thwarted romance straight, but at times like these the dialogue smacks of Woody Allen.
As the movie gears up for the inevitable bittersweet ending, we feel briefly for Ben and the confusion he faces in his dual role as husband and father to two women apparently inhabiting the same body. Duchovny's playing of Ben is too wooden, the screenplay's handling of the life-and-death issues too prosaic and the ending too contrived and sentimental for the movie to be truly affecting.
On the plus side, Thirlby does an excellent job in the mother-daughter role, one minute a graceless schoolgirl, the next a mature, married woman stuck inside a teenager's body. Cinematographer Paul Sarossy adds the requisite sheen, while Perez, an actor making only his second feature, knows enough not to overdo the sugar coating.
THE SECRET
EuropaCorp.
Credits:
Director: Vincent Perez
Screenwriter: Ann Cherkis
Producer: Virginie Besson-Silla
Director of photography: Paul Sarossy
Production designer: Serge Bureau
Music: Nathaniel Mechaly
Costume designer: Francois Barbeau
Editor: Yves Beloniak
Cast:
Ben: David Duchovny
Hannah: Lily Taylor
Sam: Olivia Thirlby
Ethan: Brendan Sexton
Justin: Corey Sevier
Ian: Ashley Springer
Amelia: Laurence Leboeuf
Maggie: Jane Wheeler
Lindsay: Millie Tresierra
Tara: Macha Grenon
Running time -- 93 minutes
No MPAA rating...
The premise is that, on the point of death after a horrendous road accident, a mother is able, in order to remain close to her husband, to transfer her soul into the body of her teenage daughter.
Samantha (newcomer Olivia Thirlby), or Sam to family and friends, is a typical 16-year-old -- bright, outgoing, but occasionally surly toward her parents, particularly her mother Hannah (Lily Taylor) whom she accuses of treating her like a child. It is her peevishness that distracts Hannah while she is driving, causing the accident that sees both rushed to a hospital in critical condition.
Hannah dies. Sam lives, but with Hannah's memories and consciousness. Hannah's distraught husband Ben David Duchovny) is incredulous when his wife speaks to him through Sam's lips, but is finally persuaded that Hannah is still around though located in his daughter's body.
A close, loving couple, they decide that Hannah should resume her daughter's studies so that when and if her daughter returns from whatever limbo she finds herself in, she may be able to slot back in as she was before.
This means her having to mix in with, and in the case of the testosterone-driven young males Justin (Corey Sevier) and Ethan (Brendan Sexton) face amorous advances from, Sam's college friends. Meanwhile Sam's guidance counselor Tara (Macha Grenon) starts taking a sympathetic and then distinctly friendly interest in Ben, triggering a bout of jealousy in Hannah.
The complications set in, not the least of them being the issue of conjugal relations. Ben makes it clear to Hannah early on that sex is out because it would be dangerously close to incest. As the frustrations mount, she complains: "I can't get laid." Ben responds: "I know the feeling". The filmmakers decide to play story of thwarted romance straight, but at times like these the dialogue smacks of Woody Allen.
As the movie gears up for the inevitable bittersweet ending, we feel briefly for Ben and the confusion he faces in his dual role as husband and father to two women apparently inhabiting the same body. Duchovny's playing of Ben is too wooden, the screenplay's handling of the life-and-death issues too prosaic and the ending too contrived and sentimental for the movie to be truly affecting.
On the plus side, Thirlby does an excellent job in the mother-daughter role, one minute a graceless schoolgirl, the next a mature, married woman stuck inside a teenager's body. Cinematographer Paul Sarossy adds the requisite sheen, while Perez, an actor making only his second feature, knows enough not to overdo the sugar coating.
THE SECRET
EuropaCorp.
Credits:
Director: Vincent Perez
Screenwriter: Ann Cherkis
Producer: Virginie Besson-Silla
Director of photography: Paul Sarossy
Production designer: Serge Bureau
Music: Nathaniel Mechaly
Costume designer: Francois Barbeau
Editor: Yves Beloniak
Cast:
Ben: David Duchovny
Hannah: Lily Taylor
Sam: Olivia Thirlby
Ethan: Brendan Sexton
Justin: Corey Sevier
Ian: Ashley Springer
Amelia: Laurence Leboeuf
Maggie: Jane Wheeler
Lindsay: Millie Tresierra
Tara: Macha Grenon
Running time -- 93 minutes
No MPAA rating...
- 10/10/2007
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
David Duchovny will star in The Secret, a supernatural drama being directed by Vincent Perez, who is making his English-language debut. Luc Besson is executive producing through his Paris-based shingle, EuropaCorp, with producing partner Virginie Silla. Lili Taylor and newcomer Olivia Thirlby also are cast. Secret is based on the 1999 Japanese film Himitsu and is set against an emotional triangle among a 16-year-old girl, her mother and her father. After the mother is killed in an accident, her spirit inhabits the daughter's body. Ann Cherkis wrote the screenplay.
- 4/26/2005
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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